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On Tuesday, the Atari Group announced a partnership with the Litecoin Foundation, betting on the overlap of interests between the crypto and gaming communities.
Atari has raised 74.19 Bitcoin (BTC), worth around $ 514,000, during the presale phase of its initial coin offering so far. Funds came mainly from partners. Atari will not only accept investments in Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin and Ether (ETH), but players will be able to pay for its next Video Computer System, or VCS, with Litecoin and receive a discount. It will be available in the foundation’s online store.
The overlap between players and cryptocurrency
Atari CEO Frederic Chesnais told Cointelegraph that he hopes the Litecoin community will be receptive to the partnership:
“I hope [Litecoin’s] it’s a big community. There is a good overlap. Ultimately, we just hope that people will take advantage of the discounts and also take advantage of the opportunity to use Litecoin. ”
Fantastic connection with players
Jay Milla, the head of marketing at the Litecoin Foundation, told Cointelegraph that he also believes there is an overlap between the two communities:
“We both have a fantastic connection with the games or even with the players. In the digital currency space, of course, there are a lot of people who are in the game space and the game space is usually the people who are the first to adopt. And it’s nice to see a brand like Atari reinvent itself. And we plan to see how we can work together in everything Atari is doing. “
Additionally, according to Chesnais, the VCS could be used to work on a variety of blockchain use cases:
“The VCS is very interesting. It’s your personal computer. So I think in the crypto community, it could become one of the platforms, which is very flexible and you can use it to work on Blockchain cases. “
Recently, the gaming industry has become one of the hottest areas for blockchain technology adoption. With Litecoin among the top 10 cryptocurrencies and one of the largest communities, this partnership could further contribute to the adoption of blockchain and cryptocurrency in the gaming space.
