weirdami wrote:
I don't see how he can base AOS4 sales on MOS ones. That's folly as far as I'm concerned.
No, because, at the moment, almost twice as many Pegasos have been sold than AmigaONEs, and I'm not talking upgrades from Peg-1 to Peg-2. Even then the number is probably less than 2000.
And so out of the maybe 1200 AmigaONE or owners out there, 1 in every 600 need an astronomy program, and of those only half are willing to pay, it doesn't amount to many sales, does it?
I'd think Amiga owners would be much more willing to shell out cash than the blue folks. After all, they're gonna hae to pay for AOS4, not just get it for free. Basing sales on the freeware crowd isn't a good idea.
That's nonsensical FUD I've seen splashed all over AmigaWorld a lot, and there isn't one single shred of evidence for it. Truth is there is more commercial software for existing and lined up for MOS than there is for OS4 (exluding silly vapor promises), and the commericial developers like Titan have already made decisions based on that. Don't be deluded into thinking that OS4 users are more magically willing to spend because they consider themselves the "true Amigans supporting the Amiga" - they're just as cheapskate or willing to pirate as anyone else, and the state of the Amiga market since 1996 proves it.
