>The Spectrum was less than half the price of a Commodore 64 not proportionally less to what you received, or rather didnt receive: rubber dead fish keyboard s

>The Spectrum was less than half the price of a Commodore 64 not proportionally less to what you received, or rather didnt receive: rubber dead fish keyboard substitute, color clash, pc speaker beeps, no joystick ports, no floppy support, less ram, abysmal hardware quality (build using defective ram, failing ferranti ulas etc) >by the end of 1983 there were more than 450 companies selling video games on cassette compared to 95 the year before While UK was spared from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983 the market died in 1984. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Electron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Electron : >Hohenberg later noted that after the 1983 Christmas season, Electron deliveries had increased to meet a demand that was no longer there, with the market having "completely dried up" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research#Amstrad_acquisition_of_assets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research#Amstrad_acqu... >1985, but this offering was postponed, ostensibly due to turmoil in the microcomputer industry, with Acorn Computers undergoing refinancing, and other companies such as Sinclair's competitor Oric and distributor Prism entering receivership. Everything was crashing down and the only two winners were Amstrad (rock bottom prices and good grip on manufacturing cost) and Commodore (terrible management but great product).