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[-] Jomega@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I could have sworn Atari was bankrupt. Where'd they get the money to acquire anything?

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

Bankruptcy is intended to be (though is not often in actuality) a temporary restructuring period. A lot of companies just end up liquidating while under bankruptcy proceedings, but Atari emerged from Chapter 11 in 2014 after a year of restructuring and selling off IPs to pay their bills. Now they're doing a bunch of stuff, including casinos and hotels.

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 5 points 5 months ago

… casinos and hotels.

On one hand, that’s weird AF. On the other, I would definitely stay at (and probably steal towels from) the Hotel Atari.

[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

🎶 You can check out any time you like, but you can never ~~leave~~ set the high score.

Guitar solo 🎶

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

(Half of bankruptcy is restructuring/planning while the other half is liquidation. Either way, the goal is to have a clean-ish start in debt terms.)

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