Bizarrely Atari digital publishing SVP Owais Farooqui is under the impression that the failed hardware manufacturer has the edge over Nintendo. Farooqui claims that Atari has two major advantaged over Nintendo, firstly it doesn’t have any investment in hardware and secondly they are focusing a lot of time in the mobile space.
“Compared to Nintendo, we have two advantages: We don’t have an investment in hardware, and we’re fully committed to supporting iOS and Android. And our games target older males and females, which as you know are big consumers in the casual space. It’s a big opportunity.”
lame. they lost the console wars long ago. no room to talk
And their games aren’t anything special now.
Not true, they have the roller coaster tycoon series out, but other then that I would agree.
i llllllloved that game :PPP
I’m not invested in hardware either and this one time I played Angry Birds on my phone. I must have the edge over Nintendo too, right guys?
Lol love this comment
as much as i’d love to bash atari for saying this, i’m not gonna. since nintendo probably would never had been a video game company without the video game industry being introduced, which was mainly atari that did so, i have my respect for atari. i can say, however, that making you own hardware is certainly to be ashamed of, and there’s certainly much shame for being a mobile phone-only developer
Actually that is where you are wrong Atari did not make video games popular a game called Space did and than Atari stepped in. As a matter of fact many people didnt game until Nintendo came out with the NES! BTW I do know this stuff because I did a report on the history of video games which includes which companies were in and who came out with what first! Space was a Arcade game not an Atari game!
Actually “Computer Space” did not make video games popular. It was widely considered too hard to learn to play. Even its creator admitted it was a failure due to its learning curve. The only places it had success was college campuses with people at arcades and bars rejecting it. Atari’s “Pong” was the first video game to actually see commercial success and is widely considered to have led to the start of the video game industry. The Video Game Crash of 1983 severely hurt Atari. The crash of 1983 led to the demise of the Atari 5200 which was released in mid 1982 and discontinued in 1984. The crash caused the demise of Atari as it was never able to regaine its popularity. The NES came in 1985 and was able to take the industry out of its slump. With its release and success it basically sealed the fate of Atari. This led to the rise of Nintendo and Sega becoming the prominent names in Video Games until the mid to late 1990s.
Yea dude, the gaming industry was DEAD until Nintendo came along. They shaped the industry and made it popular again. Without Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft would only be half as rich as they would probably not have gone into the gaming industry. Nintendo constantly lead the way for other companies to follow – more like copy – and was always creating new and exciting games to make gamers say “Wow!”. If Nintendo never made a console in America nobody today would even know what Atari is. Sure Atari deserves some respect because they did do SOME significant things in the gaming industry, but most of that respect they do deserve deserves to be taken away from them because of this statement.
I’ll have to agree with this. Nintendo actually created a lot of what games are today. Nintendo is responsible for analog sticks, rumble packs, shoulder buttons, the d-pad, and(I think) touch screen gaming. I think that the other systems are good but they need to have some more respect for Nintendo. After all, imagine where they would be without them.
^This
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Lol this is ridiculous, I can’t even be bothered to point out why he’s wrong…
HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
oh Atari, when will you learn that Phone games are cheap pieces of crap.
LOLWUT?? ATARI THINKS THAT THEY GOT NINTENDO BEAT?? Omg that is just rich, I literally lol’d when I read this.
Atari? Haven’t heard from them for a long time and now this?
Ah…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAJAHA… oh um he’s serious, well then AH…hahahahahahahahaha
^This
“And our games target older males and females, which as you know are big consumers in the casual space. It’s a big opportunity.”
Ya, because Nintendo totally didn’t just dominate the casual market with their last console. Makes total sense.
2008 was a great year for mobile gaming because Java was at its peak and people were developing left right and center. People (who have a smart phone) are more concerned about updating Twitter, Facebook, etc. than they are about passing time gaming. Does anyone remember when being bored meant playing video games and not tweeting about it?
Being bored never meant playing video games. Being bored use to mean you had no video games to play 8)
This^
Who is this Atari again?
They should watch out before Rovio kicks their asses.
I’m sorry, but that’s hilarious.
Wow. I’ve blacked out and awoken in 1985. Now I know how Marty McFly felt.
Excellent use of a YouTube video
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agreed 9/10
They may have advantages, but that doesn’t change the fact that nintendo are in fact still alive, contrary to them.
As much as I have enjoyed some of atari’s work, this is just laughable
lol atari games target older male and females? that explains the porn games for Atari 2600…….
Says the company whose only game I can remember in the last 4 years was a decent DBZ fighter…
This is what happens when you start hanging out with Apple.
^Truth
ditto.
Atari isn’t half as good as Nintendo is. Mobile games aren’t that great. Awesome games are on consoles. and making hardware is an advantage to nintendo, since you can make a lot of money if good decisions are made. I agree that Nintendo lately are not doing as great but they probably will regain their status
BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!……….hes funny… :)
I, too have an edge over Nintendo. I don’t have an investment in hardware either, and I’m fully committed to supporting Android.
This is like saying that I personally have an edge over Google, Microsoft and Apple, because I don’t have to pay for marketing.
Lol soo true XD
iOS and Android? What a joke! Hey Atari can you focus on making a console that plays games that have better than a 16-bitrate?
Atari is too funny, go ahead and nose dive into the android market for all we care. Now your really not part of the game industry, just a figment of the past.
Funny that this came up right after i played pitfall on an emulator right after watching AVGN LOL
Atari is great (Well, USED to be great), but they are certainly no Nintendo. I don’t think anybody can or will be as well-known or quality as Nintendo… or for a matter of fact, I don’t even think Atari can beat Sony or Microsoft. That statement is an absolute joke… No offense.
The same Atari who thought ET on the 2600 would be a success? Nintendo must be quaking in their boots.
Mobile games mean something lolwut?
What is Atari even making these days? Oh yeah, they’ve got a cool version of Yar’s Revenge on Facebook…and they went to another company to make it. So what advantage are they referring to?
2 words about Atari’s last attempt about trying to be cool….
Atari Lynx
Well Ninty kills in the casual department, so actually it’s (arguably) one advantage. Here’s some of Ninty’s advantages over Atari:
Nintendo has Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, etc etc etc etc
Ninty is one of the biggest and most recognizable companies in gaming
More than 4 people care about Nintendo or are aware of anything they’re doing
It’s not 1979
The Great Video Game Crash of 1983 occurred
Shigeru Miyamoto
Just to name a few
WUTZ ATARI???
atari is this a joke lol
Oh Atari, you silly, saucy broad you.
Wow I love how Nintendo and Apple just let competitors talk smack and and never say a word about their products. Then they kick their asses!
Since when was your last even slightly successful console? 1977, Atari 2600? I can name one, big advantage Nintendo has: Nintendo isn’t dead.
I was not even aware Atari still made games, I thought the crash killed them.
Atari’s attitude is like they decided themselves to no longer have hardware, instead of being forced out of business by poor decisions and hardware that couldn’t effectively compete. Gaming has long since evolved from the early days of arcade where the games were similar in their simplicity to the majority of today’s smartphone games. Just because Nintendo isn’t top dog doesn’t mean they fail as a company.
Nintendo has two major advantaged over Atari, firstly it has investment in hardware and secondly they aren’t focusing any time in the mobile space.
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What???
Yeah he’s tripping on some hardcore acid. Nintendo has always been better than atari. Even if atari made some decent games or helped sponsor beast games. They still have nothing on nintendo.
wait, Atari still makes games? No, really, I didn’t know this.
this is so laughable really. atari are deluded to think they are better than nintendo.
the atari debacle in the late 70s, early 80s killed the video game market. nintendo stepped in, rescued it and they are still here 30 years on.
btw, the atari lynx and jaguar bombed big time.
Anything I can think of to say about Atari would be too obvious. Besides, it looks like most of you beat me to it.
lol wut? haha don’t make me laugh. Atari is as dead as a door nail, well maybe even more so.
What a stupid thing to say, Atari. You are the reason video games went to shit back in the 1980’s…then the NES came out and fixed that. Now you are contributing to cell phone games, aka, “the new shit,” while stating that you have some sort of advantage over Nintendo…
Stop being stupid, Atari.
Atari saying they have the edge over Nintendo is like Sega saying they have the edge over Nintendo. Hahaha!
um… dude they’re freaking atari! they failed at making consoles after the 2600 and ever since then they’re games have been pretty crappy. atari has nothing. why would they even say this.
2 Questions, Atari.
1)What are you smoking?
2)And can I have some?
Atari needs to take a cue from Sega, move in the background and keep your mouth shut. You don’t saying stupid shit like this.
I thought Atari was out of business?
that statement is coming from the company who made the jaguar, so it shouldn’t be taken too seriously. And who has the edge on software sales? By far nintendo, i dont even think atari is in the top 20.
This is practically them telling Nintendo to bow to the investors.
Sorry, Atari, I strongly disagree on this one.