Justin

Yeah, I watched the last episode earlier. They ended with their usual misinformation about the VCS. Still, I've enjoyed their half-baked takes over the years and have even seen them in person at a con. I've said it before and I'll say it again, they are the Statler and Waldorf of gaming. Cranky, entertaining, sometimes poignant.

@Sabertooth I was wondering about that. I haven't paid much attention to them since around 2014. That last episode title says "Atari VCS Continued" - I had to read it three times to make sure I was reading it correctly. I watched their VCS segment and they were claiming the VCS is canceled - but I haven't heard that from you and I haven't seen anything serious about that. Please keep me up to date, I want to see the VCS be a success, and in my mind it already is. The people who wanted one actually got to get their orders fulfilled, the controllers are truly amazing, and people seem happy with it. That's more than a lot of other niche market console projects can say.

Atari's recent financial reports indicated the cancelation of existing manufacturing contracts for the VCS hardware. The same reports also talk about a pivot in strategies and additional hardware through licensing to grow the VCS ecosystem. Some outlets reported on the first part without reporting on the second.

Atari issued a clarification that only Game Spot seemed interested in reporting. Their statement underscored their commitment to supporting the platform. Obviously, that doesn't jive with the narrative Pat & Ian (and other YT folks) want to spin. It's easier to keep at the whole "zombie Atari" thing.

Atari have something like 13 games in the pipeline for VCS in 2023. There are at least that many indie games slated coming to the platform this year. So 25-30 new games expected this year. We'll see what happens beyond that.

Bottom line: the VCS isn't done yet. Folks that want it to succeed should support it.