The word "was" is doing a lot of heavy-lifting here. The Black was 2013, and the Pi was 2012, mate. Arguably, the branding of the Pi is much better too, and th

The word "was" is doing a lot of heavy-lifting here. The Black was 2013, and the Pi was 2012, mate. Arguably, the branding of the Pi is much better too, and they conquered the education market, and are widely available at various retailers. Not to mention the Pi compute modules being used in a lot of products by the likes of Korg. Point of the Pi wasn't perf, even on release.