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Published · transcript-backedNolan Bushnell: belief
15 Oct 2019 Acquired Atari (with Nolan Bushnell)
“In fact, I think Atari is maybe the only company in the world in which the market leader abandoned its market.”
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- Speaker
- Nolan Bushnell
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 15 Oct 2019
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Atari (with Nolan Bushnell)
Transcript context
…One other question before moving on. Atari pioneered video games in so many senses but is not relevant today, and that's a strong statement. How could Atari have traversed the waves that came over the next few decades and been what Nintendo became, especially in the United States? It all comes down to management. The company never had a strong sense of self. In fact, I think Atari is maybe the only company in the world in which the market leader abandoned its market. Can you imagine that? But it did, and the sale to Jack Tramiel, it was just a total cluster. This is Warner sold it off?…
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