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To: babble-on

This reminds of the millions of exta E.T. game cartridges that they had to dig a hole and bury because they produced many millions more games than the number of Atari consoles owned by consumers. So that even if every one who owned a console bought one they’d still have millions left over.


9 posted on 08/07/2018 9:18:52 AM PDT by Truthsearcher
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To: Truthsearcher
Kernal of truth, but the story you recount has been exaggerated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial

12 posted on 08/07/2018 9:46:44 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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