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Sure. But it would have kept the industry going in the US as well. Electronic Arts targeted the Amiga quite a bit. As did Spectrum Holobyte.
by sien 8y ago
Sure.
But it would have kept the industry going in the US as well.
Electronic Arts targeted the Amiga quite a bit.
As did Spectrum Holobyte.
- opencl 8y agoThe Amiga was a fantastic machine it was far too expensive to be anywhere near as mainstream as the NES. If it would have kept the industry going it would have been in a far more niche fashion. $1300 Amiga 1000 (without monitor, $1800 with it) vs $200 NES. The $700 Amiga 500 helped but the NES had also dropped in price by then. Sales figures for the Amiga do not seem entirely reliable but supposedly ~8 million vs ~60 million, and obviously not all of the Amigas were used for games.
- digi_owl 8y agoYeah, the 500 was what kept the Amiga going in the home market afaik (i didn't even know the x000 range existed until years after i had gone PC, all i knew was the 500/600/1200). All in all the NES was more akin to the C64, while the Amiga was more akin to the SNES.