What killed the Amiga? Poor management and marketing. It was dreadful. Everything was rushed. The CD32 was a good machine but was put in a ####ty box - very cheap, very tacky - and was seen as Commodore trying to cash in on video game market by cheaply converting an existing product (critics were forever failing to realise that the CD32 was a very capable machine at the time). However, this was partly due to poor software support (maybe as a result of the Amiga's perceived piracy problem). Also, having established the links between CD32's and A1200s, serious users became wary of a game machine, failing to realise its power. Thus, the few business users who had remained faithful to the Amiga, became disillusioned and quickly joined their friends on the PC bandwagon lest they got left behind. What I have just said is probably all crap. Suffice it to say, Commodore management was always sufficiently crap to ensure that no money was ever available to finance projects that would have resulted in guaranteed investment from loyal Amiga users throughout the world. I believe that the best example of crap Amiga/Commodore management was the A1200 CDROM debacle. Who didin't think that the CD32 would lead to a CD drive for the A1200 within months? We all know how long it took and frankly it was crap when it did. (Good old Archos managed to produce one for the PCMCIA slot despite this being impossible according to Commodore). Sorry for rant but all very annoying.
Computers for Dummies Dictionary for Computers; definition for Amiga: "the most technologically advanced, inexpensive home computer available - naturally , it flopped"
That about sums it up. Unfortunately.
