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echo: atari_st
to: Troy H. Cheek
from: Rodney Rudd of 1:138/245.0
date: 1996-01-12 20:32:11
subject: Re: Pack-in Profits

            On Tuesday, January 9th, 1996 - Troy H. Cheek wrote:
 
TH> And I highly doubt that they wouldn't, if only because I would never 
TH> consent to a contract that left me no rights concerning the software 
TH> I'd written for another party.
 
But doesn't that depend on how much money is waved under your nose?
 
TH> However, I think the real reason why Atari is not likely to pack in 
TH> AvP or T2k with the Jag is that they sell quite well all on their 
TH> own, and why give away what people are willing to pay for?
 
Why?  That's what we were talking about in the first place: The pack-in
game becomes the store demo game by default.  Atari, like Nintendo,
should pack in a killer title to "sell the system".
 
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