Tag: Ataribox

The planned House Show is being held off until further notice due to unseen technical difficulties. Sorry. In the mean time, I decided to publish my tracking of the Indiegogo campaign’s progress as I follow its journey to see this campaign finally break the three million mark… which is has yet to do.

The numbers seen here was taken from the main Atari VCS Indiegogo page at the time and date specified. There will be occasional dips here and there, but beyond that, it has been a steady stream upwards. Just not quite the rocket launch that we got to that first day.

And for comparison’s sake…

High Score: OUYA – $8,596,474

Also, Atari did a Gameband watch thing that made $325,996. Don’t know what became of that, but…  anyway, here are my recorded numbers.

June 02 09:50 a.m. EST: $2,327,376
June 02 04:14 p.m. EST: $2,327,376
June 02 05:25 p.m. EST: $2,367,076
June 03 11:07 a.m. EST: $2,410,371
June 03 06:45 p.m. EST: $2,445,373
June 04 12:33 a.m. EST: $2,461,554
June 07 10:01 a.m. EST: $2,764,620
June 10 09:50 a.m. EST: $2,793,207
June 10 11:05 a.m. EST: $2,793,441
June 11 01:58 a.m. EST: $2,825,498
June 11 02:24 p.m. EST: $2,853,309
June 12 04:03 p.m. EST: $2,872,070
June 12 11:00 p.m. EST: $2,872,395
June 13 02:24 a.m. EST: $2,873,319
June 13 02:48 p.m. EST: $2,870,176
June 13 05:52 p.m. EST: $2,870,879
June 13 06:59 p.m. EST: $2,871,019
June 13 07:34 p.m. EST: $2,872,044
June 13 11:13 p.m. EST: $2,874,743
June 14 10:30 a.m. EST: $2,878,083
June 14 03:10 p.m. EST: $2,877,258
June 14 04:24 p.m. EST: $2,876,879
June 14 05:12 p.m. EST: $2,876,209
June 15 10:41 a.m. EST: $2,882,255
June 18 01:00 p.m. EST: $2,907,984
June 18 07:11 P.M. EST: $2,909,306
June 18 11:55 p.m. EST: $2,910,203
June 19 02:05 A.M. EST: $2,910,824
June 19 09:46 A.M. EST: $2,913,530
June 19 04:02 p.m. EST: $2,913,354
June 19 05:23 P.M. EST: $2,913,419
June 20 03:49 P.M. EST: $2,915,785
June 21 03:49 P.M. EST: $2,920,730
June 21 11:05 P.M. EST: $2,922,310
June 22 03:49 P.M. EST: $2,920,280
June 22 05:09 P.M. EST: $2,920,019
June 22 05:28 P.M. EST: $2,920,342
June 22 05:40 P.M. EST: $2,920,484
June 22 11:18 P.M. EST: $2,922,311
June 23 12:43 A.M. EST: $2,922,414
June 23 02:00 A.M. EST: $2,922,479
June 23 10:20 A.M. EST: $2,921,744
June 23 11:15 A.M. EST: $2,920,642
June 23 12:52 A.M. EST: $2,920,348
June 23 02:08 A.M. EST: $2,919,299

And yes, before anyone asks, there have been drops here and there. Nothing too significant since it eventually gets back up, but it does happen. Beyond that, it’s a slow, steady climb.

Update: And now NintendoLife, a UK-based Nintendo news fansite, has picked up on the story.

Source: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/21/atari_interview_in_full/

Satirical news site The Register had posted a couple hilarious yet revealing articles in regards to the Ataribox device that people are apparently raving over. Well, this didn’t sit well with Atari, who accused those dastardly Brits of publishing FAKE NEWS!

The Register shot back by releasing the audio interview they did with Ataribox cheif Michael Artz and well… I haven’t heard it yet, but I’m assuming they’re on the up and up and Atari is just being flaky at this point.

Look, whatever thoughts I have on this thing will be somewhat expressed on the House Show this weekend. In the meantime, however, your lovely Ataribox campaign has thus far amassed a grand total of $2,922,310 as of three minutes ago.

I would like to remind folks that the Ouya collected $8.5 million in their campaign.

Just a thought.

June 18 01:00 p.m. EST: $2,907,984
June 18 07:11 P.M. EST: $2,909,306
June 18 11:55 p.m. EST: $2,910,203
June 19 02:05 A.M. EST: $2,910,824
June 19 09:46 A.M. EST: $2,913,530
June 19 04:02 p.m. EST: $2,913,354
June 19 05:23 P.M. EST: $2,913,419

So I take it that it’ll take them THREE WEEKS to break the three million mark?

You know what? I tap. This stopped being fun.

How about a house show, this weekend?

That’ll be fun.

Remember that post I did on Ataribox this past Saturday? The one where I said this blurb;

“…it took them two weeks to come close to the three million mark… though, I’d imagine that mark will be surpassed by Monday morning if not sooner.”

Well, as of 1:00 P.M eastern standard time today, the amount sits on $2,907,984.

Clearly, my standards were way too high.

June 02 09:50 a.m. EST: $2,327,376
June 02 04:14 p.m. EST: $2,327,376
June 02 05:25 p.m. EST: $2,367,076
June 03 11:07 a.m. EST: $2,410,371
June 03 06:45 p.m. EST: $2,445,373
June 04 12:33 a.m. EST: $2,461,554
June 07 10:01 a.m. EST: $2,764,620
June 10 09:50 a.m. EST: $2,793,207
June 10 11:05 a.m. EST: $2,793,441
June 11 01:58 a.m. EST: $2,825,498
June 11 02:24 p.m. EST: $2,853,309
June 12 04:03 p.m. EST: $2,872,070
June 12 11:00 p.m. EST: $2,872,395
June 13 02:24 a.m. EST: $2,873,319
June 13 02:48 p.m. EST: $2,870,176
June 13 05:52 p.m. EST: $2,870,879
June 13 06:59 p.m. EST: $2,871,019
June 13 07:34 p.m. EST: $2,872,044
June 13 11:13 p.m. EST: $2,874,743
June 14 10:30 a.m. EST: $2,878,083
June 14 03:10 p.m. EST: $2,877,258
June 14 04:24 p.m. EST: $2,876,879
June 14 05:12 p.m. EST: $2,876,209
June 15 10:41 a.m. EST: $2,882,255

The complete “daily” Ataribox progress chart as depicted above, recorded up to just now, I made an effort to check the numbers at least once or twice a day. And whereas it took Ataribox an astounding single day to shatter the two million dollar mark in its crowdfunding, it took them two weeks to come close to the three million mark… though, I’d imagine that mark will be surpassed by Monday morning if not sooner.

Yes, I’m that specific.

And given that they’re limited on stock – stock for a product that doesn’t exist beyond a so-called prototype phase, don’t forget – I’d be (mildly) surprised if this hits four million by the time this whole campaign is done, let alone reach the Ouya amount of eight and a half million. The two occasions where the number has actually DROPPED also leads me to believe this isn’t going to be entirely smooth sailing.

Suddenly, I no longer have the urge to do a video on this Ataribox thing… and it’s too bad. I had a fun little idea to play around with regarding stretch goals and things of that nature, as well as toss out a couple potential ideas on how to make this thing work, but honestly, folks? I’d much rather do another E3 video.

Bleh.

Source Article here.

I’m a little late to the party and quite honestly, this revelation or pointing out of the obvious (if you prefer) may either sour you on the project going forward or it will not affect you in the slightest. If there is one thing that I’ve learned, it’s that that one game being played that isn’t Tempest or an old Atari game is apparently a remake of the 2600 classic Yars’ Revenge.

Mind you, a Yars Revenge remake from 2012. A remake designed for mobile devices and web browsers… as demonstrated here in this very old blog. Hell, you can play that very same Yars Revenge remake from 2012 featured in that Ataribox trailer right here… provided you have a good working version of FLASH!

Soooo… we’re about a week in, the campaign has garnered less than three million, and there’s already potential cracks that may lead some to believe that this thing might not be all it claims to be. You can tell how inspired with confidence I am at the moment.

So add another bit to the big ol’ Ataribox video… and maybe let’s do that joke video along the way if possible.

Ataribox’s IndieGoGo campaign has so far accumulated $2.7 million, just shy of surpassing the 3 million mark… well, that’s rather anticlimatic considering the somewhat strong start. However, if recent Youtubers are to be believed, apparently Ataribox might not be on the up and up. I’d elaborate on this further, but I’m still trying to find a source for this information before I comment. If that’s the case, then… welp.

Still, I might have a little fun with this thing via a video this week, while I save the other video that I wanted to get out for a while now for when the campaign terminates at the end of the month (or earlier). I thought this was going to be a quick thing and it turns out to be a potentially huge video that I need to split in half.

As a bonus, I thought of the idea to try and keep track of this campaign’s progress, by recording how much it made at what times. Stuck with the idea last weekend for the most part before I promptly forgot about it, because apparently I had better, more important things to do during the week like produce a stool test or something.  So this is what I recorded:

As you could probably tell, it wasn’t a huge, colossal leap and I was so certain that this thing would surpass 3 million by this point that I was ready to announce that there were new paddle controllers on the way. So maybe that gag video might be worth a damn after all.

As for that other piece of news… well, more on that later, I suppose.