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- From: grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)
- Subject: Re: Market Forces and the Lynx
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.005635.5788@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: Eastern Michigan University
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:56:35 GMT
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- In article <1k157hINN456@sal-sun43.usc.edu> rjung@sal-sun43.usc.edu (Robert A. Jung) writes:
- >
- > If all things were equal, and the Lynx wasn't selling, then saying that the
- >machine is not so hot is justifiable. The problem here is that all things are
- >_not_ equal; Atari Corp. doesn't have nearly half the resources devoted to
- >promotion and production that Sega and Nintendo do. It really _is_ a case of
- >the little guy trying to push a superior product against the name recognition
- >of the big boys.
-
- I think you are forgetting one major point: Atari used to be a moving
- force in the Video Game business, and many people recognize the lack
- of support that they have given to previous products. I, for one, do
- not want to risk yet-another Atari "investment" only to be left out on
- a limb by next year no matter how technologically better the Lynx seems
- to be to others.
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