>2018
>Ataribox is released
>it's a masterpiece
>perfect launch games
>strongest system specs
>affordable price
>billions sold within several months
>Atari saves gaming
>Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft fall to Atari
>Switch, Playstation, and Xbox are no more
>Atari attains every single popular IP
>90% of console games are Ataribox exclusives
>2020
>Atari starts manufacturing graphics cards and CPUs
>wipes the floor with Intel, AMD, and Nvidia
>Atari buys Valve
>Atari becomes becomes the main distributor of video games on PC
>control the gaming industry with an iron but fair fist
>2022
>celebrating E.T.'s 30th anniversary
>Atari announces The Extra-Terrestrial® at AE3 (Atari Electronic Entertainment Expo)
>an extensive quadruple-A video game with top of the line gameplay, graphics, and story, on the newly announced Ataribox 2600, coming December 2022
>everyone is hype
>almost a billion pre-orders just minutes after announcement
>December
>ataribox 2600 is released
>it's a disaster
>The Extra-Terrestrial® is riddled with bugs
>game is a massive flop
>facial animations worse than ME:A
>The Extra-Terrestrial® is so bad that people boycott Atari altogether
>everyone returns their Ataribox 2600 and their copies of The Extra-Terrestrial®
>Atari buries the consoles and the games in various landfills because of the high supply
>people stop playing video games
>Atari goes bankrupt
>gaming industry crashes yet again
>>384576037
This is probably what's going to happen