What killed off the Amiga?

[CU_AMiGA]

So, what was it that sadly killed off the Amiga? Personally i think it was largely to do with piracy, but also a mix of Commodore's poor management and the way they produced machine's that haven't been updated? What does anyone else think?!

[CU_AMiGA]

Well okay, not dead, but the position it became in the late 90's and now.

[CU_AMiGA]

Agreed. What gets me is that Amiga was in a good position about 1990 when the Amiga 3000 came out and was nicely set up for the next kick ass Amiga. All what we got was the A4000, which was a considerably rushed version of the A3000+ and the A1200, although the A1200 sold well. Even just after the bankrupcy of Commodore, the Amiga was still doing okay. I do remember some guy warning back in 1995, that Amiga would soon die of piracy, the guy being the author of Virtual Karting on the Amiga, forgot his name. Whats happened to him now anyway, he left cos hackers hacked hacked into Virtual Karting 2. Poor guy.

[CU_AMiGA]

Edwardo_T wrote:
So there were several reasons.
* Amiga was its time far ahead
* The 'wrong' software
* hardware: 'too little too late'
* Not a standard, nor a specialised niche
* Good enginering bad sales, bad managment
* Good programmers, bad that a lot also cracked programs

It is a wonder that it still lasts at all! :-D

:-) The Amiga spirit will never go away!

[CU_AMiGA]

Im>bE wrote:
@ CU_AMIGA

How the hell can something alive be dead ?
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Well, i already stated that the Amiga wasn't dead just in a pretty bad and uncertain position.

[CU_AMiGA]

Bobsonsirjonny wrote:
Who killed it? Well Its kinda sleeping ;-)


What will kill it?

Us, unless we stop all the #### and flame.....

WOW! Steady Bobsonsirjonny! I wasn't trying to start anything!