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Atari VCS Console All in One Bundle $784.95 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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Lucille Bluth on 10/09/2021 - 13:21 amazon.com.au (984 clicks)
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RRP $849.95 (yeah, really).

Reviews not that great, but posting in case someone has been on sidelines waiting for a price drop. IMO still is crazy expensive for what it is.

Atari VCS Is The First Console To Have Direct Access To All Major Game Streaming Services which includes Xbox Cloud Gaming, and Nvidia GeForce Now, as well as its own retro streaming service, Antstream Arcade. Also but not available in Australia Google Stadia and Amazon Luna.

EB Games $849.95

JB hi-fi $849

Gamesmen $849.95

Kogan/Dicksmith $866.95

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  • mrhamez on 10/09/2021 - 13:23
    +9

    who knew the console killer would be a console

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 10/09/2021 - 13:25

    One console to rule them all!

    Better not let u/mirror xt8 hear about it

  • TheDukeOfNukem on 10/09/2021 - 13:26
    +2

    Got a PS5, X & S, but daaaaamn, this the real playa.

    All all seriousness though I thought about getting one when they tank and drop in price a shitload to setup as like an emulation box but then, I already had the Shield TV, RetroArch on X&S, and a million other gizmos. Still. If it ends up around the hundred / two hundred mark I might check it out for the (profanity) of it.

    • mboy on 10/09/2021 - 13:34

      I’ve been thinking of throwing together an emulation box. What’s been your experience? Is the shield the way to go?

      • ItsMeAgro on 10/09/2021 - 13:50
        +7

        Old laptop you already have sitting around is always the best value for an emulation box.

        Get a controller and an HDMI cable to plug it into your TV. Better than any set-top-box style emu box.

        • limucat on 10/09/2021 - 15:19
          +3

          I bought a raspberry pi from one of the deals here. Took awhile to set up retropie (cos I knew zero about this kind of stuff). Got it working and now it lives inside the drawer cos it's easier to play switch or emu on laptop

          • Ulven on 10/09/2021 - 21:22
            +1

            @limucat: Look up the virtualman gold and platinum images. You just need a 128gb or 256gb SD card. He has everything setup for you so it just works without and screwing around.

      • TheDukeOfNukem on 10/09/2021 - 21:45
        +1

        Look first off, as Argo said, if you have something lying around, it's always gonna be cheaper to convert it over.

        As for my experience, had the Shield for idk 3 years or so, runs most GameCube games fine, everything earlier with no issues at all. I mostly used it as a PSP and GameCube emulator, replacing my Wii U for GameCube games, only to then be replaced by the Series X for them.

        If you wanna do stuff like PS1 and earlier (and stuff like GBA, DS, etc, easy small scale stuff), you can get by on just about any Android box. Like I have an OG Fire Stick like the very first one and it runs PS1 fine. The Foxtel Now box they gave out a while back can rock Dreamcast and PSP pretty well too (as well as more demanding Android games like GTA LCS). Depends what you want. Android emulation is really (profanity) great if you wanna go that route, but then, if you have a decent phone you could probably look into a cheap BT controller and HDMI cable and just do that.

  • TheDukeOfNukem on 10/09/2021 - 13:26
    +4

    Atari VCS Is The First Console To Have Direct Access To All Major Game Streaming Services

    Get (profanity), PlayStation Now, I guess.

  • SpeedRunnerLink on 10/09/2021 - 13:31
    +4

    I'm going to wait it out.

    Pretty sure it will drop in price.

  • Hinee on 10/09/2021 - 13:37
    +6

    This is placed weirdly in the market. A very niche product with a high price tag that tries to be a jack of all trades but probably a master of none. I see value in putting Windows on it, but at $800 I would think you'd be far better off putting that towards a mid-range PC.

    • Mortgagetightass on 10/09/2021 - 13:48
      -3

      I agree… but $800 for a midrange PC? $800 buys you a 6600 XT, let alone any other parts

      • Hinee on 10/09/2021 - 13:53
        +7

        "putting it towards" implies further saving required…

  • Manny Calavera on 10/09/2021 - 13:38
    +2

    So it's a sort of NUC?

  • The Value on 10/09/2021 - 13:46

    sidelines waiting for a price drop.

    Yep. 7% off $850 was the reason I haven't got one yet.

  • Lost-Sons of dallas on 10/09/2021 - 13:53

    Why is it so expensive. Its just a streaming box so its just decoding video and sending inputs

    • Tiges98 on 12/09/2021 - 00:04

      It does play PC games natively as well (you can install windows/linux on it), just not very well. Not worth it at this price regardless.

      • Lost-Sons of dallas on 13/09/2021 - 15:23

        That makes more sense then . Yea i think id rather a laptop or wait out for the steam deck. Dont really care about having to have every single one of those streaming services on one device.

  • bigbadboogieman on 10/09/2021 - 13:59

    I think I have the original Atari sitting somewhere.. used to work well and was stored properly so should still be working.

  • dealsforlife on 10/09/2021 - 14:15
    +5

    This or Tesla?

  • zomgbargain on 10/09/2021 - 14:19
    +4

    hooo boy glad i wasnt drinking a coffee when I read that price :)

  • chops on 10/09/2021 - 14:28
    +1

    I owned one, it was rubbish. Make sure they have stock before putting any money down … their manufacturing and logistics promise the world but deliver months later.

  • tm32 on 10/09/2021 - 14:55

    What is $849 give you that likely can be done with a built in app on most smart tvs? Doesn't take a lot of technology to stream.

    Maybe they messed up the decimal point and its $84.99 :-)

  • Unsafe on 10/09/2021 - 15:06

    Anyone know if the price is ridiculously high as Atari has signed exclusive rights to the streaming services & if so, for how many years?

  • Twisty on 10/09/2021 - 15:13
    +1

    Hahahahaha $784

  • Freezies on 10/09/2021 - 15:17
    +1

    Google Stadia and Amazon Luna aren't even available in Australia…

  • WayneOZ on 10/09/2021 - 15:17
    +1

    eMMC internal storage, 802.11b/g/n… is this really a 2021 product? Especially as a game console?

    • [Deactivated] on 10/09/2021 - 15:50
      +1

      2018 2C/4T embedded CPU, 2019 APU etc

      This genuinely is a $250 tops device

      • DeToxin on 11/09/2021 - 19:54

        Don't you mean $25? 😂

  • BlinkyBill on 10/09/2021 - 15:40
    +4

    Looks like it's cheaper to buy:

    https://www.amazon.com.au/Atari-VCS-Oynx-Base/dp/B08JNYQ153/…

    $540 + Controllers separetely: $93 + 56 == $689

  • M00Cow on 10/09/2021 - 15:52
    +1

    That's a lot of money to play Pong.

  • B3 on 10/09/2021 - 15:58
    +2

    Have rarely seen a more doomed product.

  • Cosybargain on 10/09/2021 - 16:03
    +2

    Great, cancel my PS5 order now! So sick of being waiting.

  • XVX on 10/09/2021 - 16:32

    Wouldn't mind getting my hands on the VCS controller just so I could test whether the analog stick module can be swapped into a PS5 controller.

  • WaddaDouche on 10/09/2021 - 16:59
    +1

    +1 for the deal. Unfortunately, as you imply, the console itself is garbage.

  • driew on 10/09/2021 - 17:29
    +1

    Lol this is a joke console

  • henesey on 10/09/2021 - 19:48

    That's more than a PS5 or X1X, and far more expensive than an Oculus Quest, Switch, or an Nvidia Shield. Getting this would be regretrable at that price.

  • UberIsCool on 10/09/2021 - 20:36

    $129.95 at best

  • Gomo on 10/09/2021 - 20:37
    +2

    11 September 1977 called they thought now was the current year 🙈

  • Creepy Woody on 11/09/2021 - 02:16
    +1

    What the hell are they thinking at this price.

  • Rukiata on 11/09/2021 - 08:06
    +1

    this is such a scam.

  • Dan G on 11/09/2021 - 08:35
    +1

    Wow, this is expensive for what it is! I bought a legit fountain force 2 console the other day for $120. Was released in '79 and close to one of the first consoles on the market.

  • KRiSX on 11/09/2021 - 13:34
    +1

    Don't buy this garbage system.

  • MrFunSocks on 13/09/2021 - 09:53

    So this is just a low powered PC really, right?

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