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Re: Was America nonchalant about Amiga arcade gaming?
« on: May 20, 2010, 08:11:15 PM »
I think Nintendo and other consoles beat out Amigas because you didn't need to  know anything about computers,and thus it was less confusing to Mom and POP when buying  holiday presents.

 The best idea in the world still must be marketed.
 

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Re: Was America nonchalant about Amiga arcade gaming?
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2010, 02:05:59 AM »
Video stores could rent Nintendo cartidges but could not by law rent computer disks in the U.S. so there is that availability thing again.
 

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Re: Was America nonchalant about Amiga arcade gaming?
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2010, 02:13:13 AM »
And "on topic";software houses run  by investors and accountants care NOTHING for improved graphics,neat programming tricks or anything else but maximizing profit;therefore they would likely hire the cheapest programmers to port anything that would sell.And if sales are disappointing,the accountant types will be slow to recognize it is because of poor quality;they will just advise dropping unprofitable lines such as Amiga.