I'm sorry, I just don't believe this "piracy killed the Amiga" myth.
Piracy existed, sure it did. But the vast majority of it was conducted by schoolkids who couldn't afford the games new, but still wanted to play them. Net effect on sales was nil. They wouldn't have bought the game even if there was no other way to play it than to buy the original.
I know this because I was a schoolkid back then and saw a lot of games being passed around and copied. When we were all a bit older and had jobs, some of us (like me) bought loads of original boxed games.
The only effect uncopyable software would have had would have been to reduce the Amiga hardware sales dramatically. And the Amiga would have died a lot quicker.
No, what killed the Amiga (as a games machine) was the arrival of better rivals, with better games. The playstation just blew away everything. And you know, you could chip that and play copies, but nobody ever says piracy killed the playstation.
Even look today, where piracy is relatively difficult. You have games priced at £45+ selling a million copies in a couple of days. There are (and were) plenty people buying games to support the software industry. If that industry moves on and your hardware is left behind, then that is the major reason for your market collapsing, not piracy.
On topic, I hope many more people buy and are pleased with their X1000s. Thanks again Trevor.
