[game_preservation] Release date of the Odyssey?

[Frank Cifaldi]

Maybe we just have different philosophies but I'm going to have to strongly
disagree here. The only thing we know as solid fact right now is that
sometime between May 3 and August 30, the Odyssey was in at least one
store. Saying "by August" is safe, I agree, but I fail to see how saying
the first sale was in August is any safer than saying the first sale was in
July. We just don't know.

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com>wrote:


> August is safest at the moment because the ad is thus far our earliest

> proof of a unit physically being in a store. Again, it doesn't mean it was

> for sale - it could have been a demo unit - but even if it wasn't

> necessarily in stock, it was likely available for order. If we have some

> type of earlier proof a unit was in a store, we can revise the estimate.

> That's why I personally think August is "safe" and the best available time

> period. If someone can dig up earlier availability at a Magnavox dealer,

> all the better...

>

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> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Frank Cifaldi <fcifaldi at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> Why is August the safest estimate? And do we want a "safe estimate" or do

>> we want an exact range?

>>

>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com>wrote:

>>

>>> I think right now August is still our safest estimate, though you're

>>> right, it could certainly have been released sooner. Even the ad - which at

>>> least proves the system was at dealers by August - doesn't necessarily mean

>>> it was for SALE in August (it's a relatively modest "come see" - you would

>>> think they would advertise something so "cool" with the TVs and indicate

>>> its actual availability).

>>>

>>>

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