The primary designer of the Atari VCS– the crowdfunded Linux gaming PC whose launch has actually been postponed consistently– has actually taken legal action against the company, stating he was not paid for 6 months of operate in creating the console.
Rob Wyatt, who was likewise the system designer of the first Xbox, states he is owed more than $260,000 by Atari Gamebox, the company behind the AtariVCS Wyatt quit the company in October over the unpaidsalary Wyatt’s claim, submitted in federal court in Colorado, states that when he required full payment in October, Atari declared that he had actually postponed the console and had not performed his deal with the schedule they concurred upon.
” In truth, it was Atari’s own mismanagement of the Console Project that was the reason for or factor for the postponed launch of the console Project,” the claim states, “and not due to the fact that Tin Giant [Wyatt’s personal corporation] had actually stopped working to carry out the Contract.”
Wyatt’s match goes on to state Atari workers, consisting of president Frederic Chesnais, blamed Wyatt in declarations to the media about the Atari VCS’ hold-up. Wyatt is taking legal action against Atari both for the unpaid money and for character assassination.
Polygon has actually connected to Atari agents for extracomment VentureBeat, which reported the lawsuit on Thursday, stated Chesnais declined to comment, stating he had not gotten a copy of the claim.
The Atari VCS was developed in 2017 (as the “Ataribox”) and moneyed in 2018 with $3,058,123 in pre-orders on Indiegogo. It was initially prepared to launch at some point in the spring of2019 Atari revealed a hold-up in March 2019, and 3 months later on moved the launch date to March 2020, with Indiegogo donors getting their systems by the end of the year.
Then in December, the company stated donors would not be getting their machine that month, however that the hold-up referred “weeks, not months.” In February, the company posted a note that obliquely discussed its factory in China had actually been closed due to the fact that of the unique coronavirus break out.
Most just recently, on March 20, the company stated it had sufficient parts to produce its first 500 Atari VCS systems, which it was striving with its Chinese factory and supply chain to broaden production to satisfy Indiegogo pre-orders. That message didn’t state how numerous backers have actually gotten their systems (just that a great part were allocated as advancement packages) or offer a time frame for the VCS’ retail launch.
The Atari VCS, regardless of its name, is not a throwback mini-console; it’s a Linux gaming PC, with a high-end AMD processor, 4GB of RAM, plus 4K and HDR assistance, and it offers for $24999
