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Meltdown prediction: Intellivision Amico doesn’t seem long for this world
A decent retro console idea for 2018, but delays and questions have changed our tune.
arstechnica.com
Will the Amico ever reach a full-steam-ahead slate of manufacturing lines? Will its OS and games emerge as polished and easily approachable fare for families? Will the company be able to convince any retailers to clear out valuable shelf space for a system that doesn't have much organic hype? Questions like these are the stuff of vaporware legends. A completed, working "Amico" may well land in preorder customers' hands by the end of 2022, but an updated estimate from Intellivision reports only 6,000 orders in the wild. I'm not convinced Intellivision will get far past that number—or continue existing as an Amico-driven company—by the end of 2022.