I was in a few shops with my son yesterday and noticed how much merch there is for Playstation, Xbox, Atari, and characters like Mario etc. There are mugs, keyrings, lights etc in high street shops. I'd love to see Commodore and Amiga branded stuff alongside them.
If they existed, what sort of thing would you buy?
(Let's not make this a discussion about trademark ownership etc. There are already items sold with the checkmark or boing ball, so let's assume there are no blockers.)
Okay. So just to point this out.
1).. The youth of today are normally the target market. Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, okay and even Atari (Having a resurrection phase) are in the here and now, being massed produce and bought in the shops as the must have item. Therefore advertised a lot on TV, films, TV shows etc.. So will be bigger sellers for shops.
2).. News flash! Commodore went bankrupt in 1994! Therefore the Gen Z’s of the day will not of heard of the brand. Yes there are a lot of old timers out there (Like me!) who have nostalgia for the 80’s and 90’s. But that’s where the problem lies. Shops won’t sell a lesser product on their shelves when you have option 1 above. Besides no mass product being sold anymore. Dare I say it’s niche. Yes you can buy reproduction mini machines like C64, Amiga 500. But what are the numbers being sold? Don’t forget the average 40+ year olds were not all into Computing back in the day 😉 Therefore not all from that era would be interested.
