Concerning _Pack-in Profits_, Rodney Rudd said to Troy H. Cheek in ATARI_ST:

 TH>> And I highly doubt that they wouldn't, if only because I would
 TH>> never consent to a contract that left me no rights concerning the
 TH>> software I'd written for another party.
 RR> 
 RR> But doesn't that depend on how much money is waved under your nose?

It would have to be so much money that I wouldn't think it possible to make
more later by keeping the rights.  Thing is, you never know which game will
be the next Mario or Sonic, and by signing away your rights, the company can
go on to make millions and you'll get squat.

 TH>> However, I think the real reason why Atari is not likely to pack
 TH>> in AvP or T2k with the Jag is that they sell quite well all on
 TH>> their own, and why give away what people are willing to pay for?
 RR> 
 RR> Why?  That's what we were talking about in the first place: The pack-
 RR> in game becomes the store demo game by default.  Atari, like Nintendo,
 RR> should pack in a killer title to "sell the system".

Maybe where you are, the pack-in becomes the store demo game.  Where I am,
there aren't any games being demoed, and the pack-in becames the only game we
have until we pay off the console.  :-)

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