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Atari VCS retro console being retired after troubled decade

Original: Following a decade long saga of delays, name changes, and Atari having to assure backers of a crowdfunding campaign that

Atari is retiring the VCS platform, announcing the software store will shut down on February 1st, 2027. The retro console was originally funded through a crowdfunding campaign and spent roughly ten years beset by delays, name changes, and doubts from backers, whom Atari repeatedly assured the project was not doomed. The announcement closes out one of the most troubled hardware sagas in gaming.

Why now: Atari just announced the end of a notoriously troubled crowdfunded console, prompting reactions about crowdfunding risks and broken promises.

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• Following a decade long saga of delays, name changes, and Atari having to assure backers of a crowdfunding campaign that its retro console wasn't doomed, the Atari VCS platform is being retired early next year. On February 1st, 2027, the Atari VCS software store is shutting… · verge@www.urbanmind.net · 4

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