I think it might have gotten them a few more sales initially, then more people would figure C64-with-gfx-and-sound sufficed and not moved on to learning ASM on

I think it might have gotten them a few more sales initially, then more people would figure C64-with-gfx-and-sound sufficed and not moved on to learning ASM on it, and in turn not produce the awesome music, graphics effects and games that in turn helped sales later on. I think it would end up equal or even worse.