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Yeah that's what, five people affected? I haven't heard of this thing outside the context of making fun of it.
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Tommy can have a little a fraud, as a treat
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https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gamestop-is-reportedly-cancelling-amico-pre-orders-at-intellivisions-request/ lol
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kirbysuperstar posted:https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gamestop-is-reportedly-cancelling-amico-pre-orders-at-intellivisions-request/ The Article posted:Doubt was cast over the console’s release last month Buddy...
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I have never seen a Seth Abramson tweet that wasn't "BREAKING: DONALD TRUMP DID X, THIS IS A GAME CHANGER" so this tweet has me laughing and hoping he pre-ordered an Amico.
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So now the SKUs are different and the price is jacked up. 
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Wasn’t this thing announced at like $150?? Lmao imagine paying that much for an amico instead of any other console e; lmao at the one controller option when the console has a bay for 2 controllers built in. Kashuno fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Apr 8, 2022 |
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Lol you can buy an Xbox Series S for the same price and get access to the whole MS ecosystem or spend a few more bucks and get a digital PS5. loving lunacy.
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Apr 8, 2022 23:52
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If it even does manage to release it's gonna have less games than Ouya.
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Zeether posted:So now the SKUs are different and the price is jacked up. I was wondering if there were any updates in this scam and lmao I am so glad I bothered to check.
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The Intellivision is my first ever console, so a part of me dies inside when I see this attempt to bring it back and butcher it this badly.
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I had a friend on the block about four decades ago who had a Colecovision. I have never heard of the Intellivision but I looked it up and apparently they were pretty much the same thing except the Intellivision could display more colors per line simultaneously, or something like that. I don't know, that sounds like it would be impressive because in my child's mind that Smurfs game on my dude's Colecovision was better than anything I'd seen on the Atari 2600. Glad I caught this thread, this is amazing.
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Kashuno posted:Wasn’t this thing announced at like $150?? Lmao imagine paying that much for an amico instead of any other console Yeah the original target was $149, then Tommy repeatedly guaranteed it would never go above $199. Mysteriously that turned into $249, and now it's $289 to $339. So they removed one controller and raised the price. No one outside of the Tommy cult would ever give the Amico a second look even at $199, but this is beyond stupid. Other consoles in the same price range: basic Switch is $299, Lite version is $199, and OLED model is $349. An Xbox Series S is $299. The PS5 digital edition is more at $399. Obviously the only comparison is the price, since those consoles are way more modern, powerful, and have huge libraries. The Qualcomm mainboard in the Amico only costs $38. That extra $250 is for the privilege of playing browser games and mobile games with a weird controller.
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Former Human posted:Obviously the only comparison is the price, since those consoles are way more modern, powerful, and have huge libraries. Also they actually exist
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So in the past month, Intellivision has lost a Software Engineer, the Senior Hardware Engineer, a Quality Assurance Analyst, and a Quality Assurance Specialist. I wonder if they are abandoning ship before it's too late or if their paychecks have started bouncing. Also, if you like Fake Tommy on the CUPodcast, apparently it's Retro Bird who does the character. Check out his channel and give him some views.
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I love the CU Podcast but I usually stop when they get to the voicemails now.
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Why am I so suprised if it is indeed Retro Bird who's doing the Tommy phone calls? Probably because it's a way different persona than his own youtube channel. I haven't delved deep into it but I did like what I did see, as I had stumbled across it while looking for inspiration(?) To curb/sell my own retro collection. There's quite a rash of "why I stopped/sold my collection" vids on youtube, mostly from a lot of smaller and lesser known channels.
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I noticed those too. As someone who used to frequent retro game stores a ton, they have a different vibe these days. With the ballooning prices, it's just not worth it anymore. I picked a perfect time to go all in on Everdrives and ODEs.
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Detective No. 27 posted:I noticed those too. As someone who used to frequent retro game stores a ton, they have a different vibe these days. With the ballooning prices, it's just not worth it anymore. I picked a perfect time to go all in on Everdrives and ODEs. Yeah, I don't know if it's just the high prices or if there's something more to this apparent collective exodus from the hobby. Personally I hit my original collecting goal, to experience all the games I'd missed as a child, and it happened to coincide with a great seller's market so it's time to scale back. And even if it's due to game companies realizing they can make a quick buck I am glad they're making rereleases of beloved old games or finally bringing poo poo to the west so it's accessible to the average person. Too bad the Amiico/Intellivision over estimated its appeal and missed the mark on this and what people like about physical games to boot.
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I like physical games , I just don’t like needing to have furniture to store or display them all . I requested a refund on my intellivision deposit from years ago now . To no surprise , the company is not responding .
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That's the saddest thing I've seen today.
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https://twitter.com/giantbomb/status/1517607426798751744 This is refreshing to see if only because I want to believe Jeff has been keeping some of this in him for a while...like a decade and a half maybe and now it feels like it's okay for someone to point out that it's kinda hosed up for a person to review games that they themselves worked on or had major input on in some capacity. Even if (from what I can remember) he started those reviews with a disclaimer it still felt like maybe there was such a conflict of interest that you just...shouldn't review those specific games at all?
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So why is Tommy Tallarico so revered by some people? I get that he was fun to watch on old Reviews on the Run and Judgement Day episodes and he did a lot of cool stuff with music and sound effects. I have heard rumors that he can be toxic online and attack people who dare disagree with him. Its a shame that this console will never see the light of day. It sounded promising but it sounds like it failing to deliver.
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I think there's the nostalgia of seeing him on TV, having him be responsible for some soundtracks they loved back in the day. He's famous enough in the gaming community to be a notable person, but not famous or wealthy enough to have been able to turn heads when he announced he's working on a system. If, say, Hideo Kojima were to randomly tweet "Kojima Studios is working on a new game system. Details in 2023." and then go silent, people would go nuts. (It being viable or necessary would be a different conversation. Point is, it would generate hype and conversation.) Tommy Tallarico on the other hand, needed to approach ANYONE who would listen to him and he didn't discriminate. Youtube, Twitter, Reddit. He'd give interviews and be open to communicate with any youtuber with a community. I think the less experienced and more easily influenced ones really got starstruck. There's shades of Trump and Elon Musk in Tallarico. Like, a super watered down version of those guys.
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I apparently forgot about this thread for a few months and I come back to... many more cars smashed into the pileup. Personal favorite is Tommy's dad's note that sounded like an annoucement that he was loving dead, not that he needed to be bailed out of jail or given leniency or whatever.
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Some more of the higher ups at INTV have been quitting in the last few weeks, like the Director of Global Logistics and the Vice President of Customer Experience. Looking at all those titles reinforces how many superfluous execs they employed and how much investor money they wasted on directors and vice presidents who collected paychecks doing nothing for 2+ years. It looks like Tommy's strategy is to hope this debacle fades away and the only "announcement" of the end will be a bankruptcy filing with the IRS.
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VGC: Intellivision is trying to save the Amico by severely cutting staff and licensing out its IPquote:Intellivision has confirmed it’s been taking drastic measures to keep its troubled Amico console alive.
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kirbysuperstar posted:What Intellivision IP? What You know, all their great exclusive games such as
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You're gonna see a port of Intellevision Lives on current gen consoles, by some desperate third tier game dev. It will have exactly the same impact as last time that Intellevision compilation was made, which is to say none at all.
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"“Because of reduced staff and financing requirements for continued operation, our responses to and processing of these requests has been delayed. Rest assured that our intention is to honor all refund requests." They are flat fuckin broke.
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Jose Oquendo posted:"“Because of reduced staff and financing requirements for continued operation, our responses to and processing of these requests has been delayed. Rest assured that our intention is to honor all refund requests." Yeah, really. It's cheap to say that their intention is to fulfil refunds; no one can reasonably argue that on the surface.
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Jose Oquendo posted:"“Because of reduced staff and financing requirements for continued operation, our responses to and processing of these requests has been delayed. Rest assured that our intention is to honor all refund requests." Huh, why is it that whenever I see the phrase "our intention to honor all refund requests", it means maybe 5 people get full refunds, and the rest get maybe 10% of what they paid, if that?
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It still kinda bugs me that Genuine Nice Person John Riggs ended up shilling for this garbage.
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I mean, if they legally sold the full romset at a reasonable price, it's something I might actually purchase and spend a few hours with on a steam deck.
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I don't think they're interested in letting people play Intellvision games on something more powerful than a midrange 2015 Android phone.
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