<![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq - Kotaku Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq - Kotaku Comments]]> http://kotaku.com Fri, 09 May 2008 23:23:10 MDT Fri, 09 May 2008 23:23:10 MDT http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5630650 @CaptMonkey: Thank you and goodnight. Let it die, already!

randomizer9

]]> 9:388936:c5630650 Fri, 09 May 2008 23:23:10 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5628476 I recently watched Blade Runner again, and it has an Atari game store in one of it's the city street shots.

It's funny how poorly movies predict the future....

I_fit_in

]]> 9:388936:c5628476 Fri, 09 May 2008 18:26:09 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5628460 @psychicfriend:

ATARD, I'm sorry, who chooses that symbol?

Kaljin

]]> 9:388936:c5628460 Fri, 09 May 2008 18:23:53 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5627319 Dang! Last time Atari was delisted, they were trading under the symbol ATARD. I think they should have stuck with that one.

psychicfriend

]]> 9:388936:c5627319 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:42:44 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5625135 @insaneo:

Infogrames, the majority shareholder of Atari stock, has proposed buying all outstanding Atari stock at 1.68/share sometime in the third business quarter.

I actually sold my shares earlier this week for a penny or two shy of that, because otherwise I was unsure how or when I would get my money back.

Islandkiwi

]]> 9:388936:c5625135 Fri, 09 May 2008 14:52:42 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5625086 haha Phil Harrison will be back on the job market here again soon.

Hey, Phil! Wanna help me start a gaming blog?

I jest. But it does seem as though him leaving Sony really was the wrong move.

Narynan

]]> 9:388936:c5625086 Fri, 09 May 2008 14:50:48 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5624996 Atari killed itself long ago. In the cooperate climate of the post 2600 age, it got traded, tossed around like a rag doll and bastardized to no end.

It's kinda like a puppy that stepped on a landmine and lost it's vission, both legs, and abilit to eat most dry dogfoods, aptly named Lucky. A playful puppy in the past who's future looks bleak and desolate to the point where you seriously consider taking the poor thing out back and pulling an Old Yeller....

That is the sadness of Atari's plight.

LuppyLuptonium

]]> 9:388936:c5624996 Fri, 09 May 2008 14:47:32 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5624761 They just needed to release some good games... really their choice for products was pretty poor.

They need to do some marketing research, and figure out what games like GTA 4, Halo 3, and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune do right.

They also need to gather information from gamers because the root of their problem is they are putting stuff on the market that the majority of gamers do not want to play.

fenderfuel08

]]> 9:388936:c5624761 Fri, 09 May 2008 14:39:21 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5622689 Atari, Acclaim, and Midway, time for a group hug -- Ship's going dooooown!

Then again, I saw Atari logos in Blade Runner, so there's hope that they'll still be around in 2019.

boopadoo

]]> 9:388936:c5622689 Fri, 09 May 2008 13:33:15 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5621769 Why is it that none of their strategies for staying listed (and now getting re-listed) involve shipping some good games?

When a company starts focusing on business strategies and "prioritizing core competencies" rather than doing what they were founded to do the cart starts leading the horse.

Optimizing you business model is good, forgetting to make good games is bad.

So the Atari brand is once again just a label.

Sigh.

Zazu_Yen

]]> 9:388936:c5621769 Fri, 09 May 2008 13:04:04 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5621755 That's a nail on the coffin.

KM91

]]> 9:388936:c5621755 Fri, 09 May 2008 13:03:36 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5621564 ...and nothing of value was lost.

1080Peter

]]> 9:388936:c5621564 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:57:22 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5620903 Who cares? The real Atari has been dead for years.

CaptMonkey

]]> 9:388936:c5620903 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:36:27 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5620647 Stay tuned for the Phil Harrison Autobiography: When Bad Decisions Get Worse. Due out this summer!

Rampage

]]> 9:388936:c5620647 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:28:22 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5620581 @Ehardergardens: complete in that it will again confuse the heck out of me and really not be the original atari at all..

Ehardergardens

]]> 9:388936:c5620581 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:26:03 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5620524 Infogrames the parent company will now change it's name to Atari and then name the games division infogrames and the cycle will be complete...

Ehardergardens

]]> 9:388936:c5620524 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:23:48 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5620442 Whomp Whomp WHomp.... They couldn't maintian. Shareholders feeling anxiety

ceokhan

]]> 9:388936:c5620442 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:20:50 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5620273 If you own stock in Atari, what does this mean? Do you lose all your money? Or do you maintain the stock, but can't sell it so...it's good for nothing.

insaneo

]]> 9:388936:c5620273 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:15:42 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5620151 *pours out a 40oz for dead homies*

Seiven

]]> 9:388936:c5620151 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:12:27 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5619989 @Stimpy:
No, they'll be fine for now. Just becoming a subsidiary instead of an independently run company.

string_theory

]]> 9:388936:c5619989 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:07:04 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5619942 From market leader to desisted.

Makes you wonder where the xbox & playstation brands will be in 20 years.

string_theory

]]> 9:388936:c5619942 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:05:44 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5619885 Sorry for being so ignorant of the stock market, but what does this really mean for Atari? Is this a business-ending event or what?

Stimpy

]]> 9:388936:c5619885 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:04:10 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5619686 Well at least this means theres not going to be a release of Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkachi Arikado Tournament Super Battle 5

excel_excel

]]> 9:388936:c5619686 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:58:17 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5619668 I think I read two lines trying to figure out what the hell Atari had to do with NASCAR before I actually focused. I was trying to think if delist meant that they couldn't make NASCAR games somehow.

I ate way too much at Benihana for lunch today, clearly.

Puck

]]> 9:388936:c5619668 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:57:37 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5619568 Maybe this'll be the kick in the ass that Atari needs to get back in the swing of things and start making some good games.

Prob not though. Let's start digging the grave for Atari, right next to Acclaim...

RSTStop780

]]> 9:388936:c5619568 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:55:04 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5619527 This is what, the second time Atari has died? Hopefully we'll end up getting some good games from this merger.

TheCleaningGuy

]]> 9:388936:c5619527 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:53:31 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5619402 R.I.P.

termination_shock

]]> 9:388936:c5619402 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:50:03 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5619352 Sad, but inevitable.

Will they at least keep their name?

Mesren_Makai

]]> 9:388936:c5619352 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:48:35 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5619344 I believe the stage after denial is acceptance...

Silent Predator

]]> 9:388936:c5619344 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:48:27 MDT <![CDATA[Atari Officially Delisted From Nasdaq]]> http://kotaku.com/388936/atari-officially-delisted-from-nasdaq#c5619254 It was inevitable.

LosDaddie

]]> 9:388936:c5619254 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:45:35 MDT