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Re:E.T. cartridges found in infamous Atari landfill by callesgg on Saturday April 26, 2014 @04:08PM (#7652598)
It Is a shity game. Allowing people to play it would have been bad for the brand.

Where I work, we(someone) burns the stuff that we can't sell not cause the stuff is bad, it is done to make shore the brand does not get associated with Cheap stuff.

Brand status is important.

(I know it is somewhat insane but it is the way capitalism works)

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Re:E.T. cartridges found in infamous Atari landfill by xrjn on Saturday April 26, 2014 @07:41PM (#7653196)
One of the local super markets sends containers full of new TVs, washing machines, and more, to the local scrap yard. They didn't sell them within the period that they expected, and instead of discounting them (which would drive away consumers from more expensive products), they 'recycle' them.
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Re:E.T. cartridges found in infamous Atari landfill by gregd on Saturday April 26, 2014 @04:12PM (#7652610)
And yet look where Atari is today..
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Re:E.T. cartridges found in infamous Atari landfill by callesgg on Saturday April 26, 2014 @04:21PM (#7652638)
Classical http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_caus...
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