Ataribox finally revealed

How are there no threads about this?

>Atari is back in the console game with their upcoming Ataribox which is slated for a late spring 2018 release. At the heart of the system is a specially designed AMD processor running on Radeon Graphics technology. According to the Atari team, they've opted to implement a customized version of Linux operating system into the Ataribox to bring a full PC experience for the TV. Linux allows users to customize the OS the way they want it while also giving them access to games they've bought from other content platforms. The Ataribox will come preloaded with many classic Atari retro titles, so that gamers can relive their childhood days. However, it will also support modern titles from other studios. Besides gaming, we can use the Ataribox for other tasks like running applications, multimedia streaming, web browsing or checking social media.

>Initial images revealed the Ataribox sporting a black plastic casing. It will be available in two editions: black and red with a glass front panel or wooden front panel. We also noticed numerous modern ports at the back of the console. So far, we counted four USB ports, one HDMI port, and an Ethernet port for internet access. There is also a SD card slot for expandable storage.

>The Ataribox team will be launching a campaign on Indiegogo next month to crowdfund the development of the console. In regards to pricing, we expect it to cost between $250 and $300 depending on the edition and memory configuration.

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OUYA 2: Electric Boogaloo

yes but what about the GAYMES

>a full PC experience
>Besides gaming, we can use the Ataribox for other tasks like running applications, multimedia streaming, web browsing or checking social media.
WHY NOT JUST USE A COMPUTER

So it's just a steambox? meh

Did someone actually want this?

At least it's not on android.
If atari name was stronger, or closer to more people, this could do quite well.
But it's dead and this thing will die fast.

kek

>AMD
Fucking dropped.

Because it's an expensive plug-and-play

at $250 i'll probably buy it
i wonder if it can be hacked into a decent ps3 emulator

because a console/tv space device has a much bigger market of stuff around it

I already have all the consoles and a good PC, why would I want this thing?

i dont seem to understand
what would this offer over a pc
will this even do something more than what you could with a pc that costs around the same

250 bucks? fuck it ill buy one.

that's really awesome that atari is doing new stuff but I feel like this will be the case

As evidenced by the 3 decades of failing to do it by so many other consoles.

Steam already tried this exact same thing and it failed.

>wooden front panel

o-oh my

I can't believe the level of dumb this is.

>specially designed processor
Okay so its yet another device to have to port to, yet another division in the market during a time where no one console really hits hard enough with exclusives to justify existing

>Atari
The company that tanked before the generation that continued to play games into later adulthood. Most current gamers even on the older side really just know them for arcade collections and bad movie games at this point so its not a great name to stand behind.

>not just a console
Then its a computer with a special pain in the ass processor, so you know a gimp ass one.

>linux
So its any cheap laptop or steambox

>SD card slot
God damn it I have a Raspberry Pi, that was under 50 bucks and plays hundreds of games.

This guy called it. FPBP

I didn't say Atari was successful at it, but consoles have a very big market space

>$300 for an emulation box

>Crowdfunded console
>no games
>mobile architechture
>basically Ouya 2.0

Yeah, no thanks.

>>linux
>>full pc experience
Can I hack windows 10 on it?

better than a 1000 dollars emulation box

I know that Atari is just a trademark and it's just a Kickstarter level scam by the Chinese company that owns that trademark, but this is infuriating me more than it should. It's just so stupid.

so it's pretty much a linux/AMD version of the nvidia shield tv

doesn't make it any better
and name one nigger

Windows 8.1 you mean. And not likely without heavy errors for a lack of proper drivers.

because you seem to be one of these people who enjoy cluttering their homes with shitty plastic boxes.

On the bright side that is one sexy console

Linux. You do not run linux on your gaming PC. You also do not use AMD.
That's about it.

given the price point of this console I wouldn't be suprised in the slightest if it is just debranded common pc hardware. I would almost bet that during a teardown of the console there is just an itx foxconn motherboard in there

fpbp

It's a "custom" AMD radeon you dumb fuck

Literally what the Ps4 and Xbox use

There is no reason not to. Infogames- Ahem, I mean Atari are trying to squeeze into a market in which there is no room for them.

>"custom"
Yes what part do you not understand about that you retard?

Just like PS4 and Xbox. Just like that needing another version of the game. Do you think they use the same SDK for both fucking consoles? You do know that requires some specializing from one to the other?

Do you think Xbox original emulation is such a bitch because reasons or because 'custom' nvidia gpu.

Or did you think all versions of games come out of a magic box and run the exact same regardless of hardware?

>At the heart of the system is a specially designed AMD processor running on Radeon Graphics technology
lol
>However, it will also support modern titles from other studios
So, more non-exclusive indies?
>Besides gaming, we can use the Ataribox for other tasks like running applications, multimedia streaming, web browsing or checking social media
My smartphone can do all of this, never complained about the Switch not having multimedia
>Crowdfunded by indiegogo
Red light when Atari can't even fund their own console
>$250-$300
You're better off getting a PS4 or Switch for the same price

also
>First-party exclusives
Current Atari only has one notable franchise, and the last game completely flopped on its ass

To make a long story short, it's basically an overpriced Ouya but from a recognizable brand

>using a nigger gif
>>>/neogaf/

>From a recognizable brand
A stolen brand. Infogames is trying to ride off Atari's name hard. Unfortunately, I see this succeeding.

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Nice reddit picture faggot go back to niggergaf

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oof! you sure told that guy

I don't masturbate faggot because I actually have a wife you little shit.

Your pillow doesn't count friendo.

How about I shove my dick down my throat so that you can know what semen tastes like. I've been in the united states marine corp I eat little shits like you for breakfast

This is literally me.

I bet it is liberal cocksucker

How is this anything like an Ouya outside of being crowdfunded? Sounds more like a steambox

Its an Ouya in the sense that you suck globalist dick.

The only thing that makes it more like a Steambox instead of an Ouya is that it runs on Linux instead of Android. It's like an Ouya because it's crowdfunded, relies on indie devs to make games for it, tries to justify itself as a media streaming box, and will probably fail just like the Ouya did. The steambox failed too but that was designed as a way to get PC games in the living room and on linux, and isn't Valve's core product.

The console space is shrinking, and the TV space is dominated by smart tv applications. Almost everything from multimedia streaming and web browsing is covered by smart TV applications or a cheap android/kudu box. There's no market for anything more complex than that on your TV. Basically there's no market for a $300 gaming branded linux box.

>it's a cheap laptop hardware in a box running linux with a couple shitty atari games
Great

>crowdfunded manufacturing
lol

Until I see a UI and the console in action, I'm not touching it with a six foot pole.

I just want it to do well

> only 2 disco wojaks itt
It’s over

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Ataribox-tan when? aside from the groovy wojack

>Sup Forumsnigger gets assmad whenever his feefees are hurt
like pottery

>a crowdfunded steambox with a woodgrain sticker on the front
Pretty much exactly what I expected.

Hillary lost in case you forgot.

Well thats great and all, but where are the games?

>B-but shilarry!!1!

>implying I care about the losers in government
maybe next time, bud

sorry about ur trailer dude
told you to stop messing around with meth

>Crowdfunding

>Indiegogo
If you are dumb enough to fund this, you deserve what you get

I'd take a mini atari 520 ST instead

Have to jump through hoops to get those games working on PC, and a lot of them aren't readily available.

YOU HEARING ME, INFOGAMES!

Been saying this since it was originally announced. Did anyone seriously expect anything else?

if it ain't an Atari Mini preloaded with old atari games to cater to the nostalgiafags and capitalize on the NES/SNES mini craze, this is the only likely outcome. why bother entering the console market if you got nothing different to offer? cause i haven't heard of exclusives of any sort.

I didn't think it was possible for them to fuck up this badly after Jaguar.

Color me surprised.

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Do you think Atari's going to take this down?
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I can't wait to play Atari E.T. on a modern console.

We need more drawings of Afrojak and Ouya-tan

Funny how Sup Forums's opinion of it went full 180 when they just mentioned that it's Linux. It's still the implementation, not the operation system that makes the box. Now to be honest I don't agree with Atari that it's a "You can do anything" box. People don't want that. They want a simple box that can run Atari games.

>Linux not droid
This is actually exactly what I hoped for.

I agree with you, but

>meh

>Implying Atari the hardware company is anything more than a memory

>Implying Atari(TM) isn't just a name owned by a French company now that licenses its use to anyone who pays them a fee to make some cash-grabbing merch

You realize a fucking McDonalds has more employees than the actual business entity that owns the Atari name, and that they've never actually produced anything on their own right?

Shake that booty you crazy cats

>customized version of Linux operating system
>to bring a full PC experience for the TV

So basically a steambox... Do companies even do market research anymore? No one wants or needs a gimped PC for their TV. If the Steambox failed then Atari has absolutely no chance.

Oh boy, a console that will have no exclusives and rely entirely on multiplatform games, thus holding back the entire gaming industry, just like the Xbox 360 did ten years ago.

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It could be kind of neat if it could properly emulate Jaguar games.

Damn you blew him the fuck out

You can throw stats at us all fucking day long. WHAT ABOUT THE GAMES?!

Im only buying one to shitpost on Sup Forums

retard

>Indiegogo
Was anyone not expecting this to be the second coming of Ouya?

> comparing a crowdfunding scam to the console that won 7th gen

yo user FYI you can get a used ps3 for under $100 these days

>Linux
>not Android
Good.

Nah, 'cause it ain't meant for Android games. There is a good chance that Atari will ship the console with THEIR OWN STORE. This is potentially exciting shit. Steam will finally have a competitor 1) with corporate backing; 2) but not by user-hating shitheads like EA. With luck, they will even market it towards indie developers.

It is a computer.

>smart tv applications
I thought smart TV sales have been worse than predicted for a while.

>Developer: Salty Games

>I am still valuable via genetics I do not understand
Not exactly false.
>I don't masturbate faggot because I actually have a wife
You're LARPing. Protip: when you hear a healthy married man under 65 say he doesn't masturbate, he's lying.

Because it sounds like ass

>Protip: when you hear a healthy married man under 65 say he doesn't masturbate, he's lying.
>>>r/CringeAnarchy
>>>r/IAmVerySmart

>"""custom"""
The PS4 and the Xbox don't run Linux. If the Ataribox does and its GPU supports standard OpenGL and/or Vulkan, there is no need for a separate SDK. Games already ported to Linux will just work. Your porting effort will amount to finding the right default graphics settings and QA.