C64x sales top $10,000,000.00 claims Dammy

[Darrin]

They haven't.

This is what he was told :

Dammy's imagination did the rest.

That sounds like a reality check for Dammy.

Take 20,000 units and multiply it by the cost of the unit and that is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay short of $10m.  Once you take into account that the sales price isn't the profit, and you factor in the advertising budget, company expenses, etc, I doubt 20,000 units even cover the cost of the Disney DVD deal.

However, it is a start.

I still don't see that big a market for expensive retro PCs, but who knows.

[Darrin]

If it doesn't contain a perfect SID sound and allow use of a Zipstick it ain't no C64 let alone worth $600.

My friend is loaded, he loves C64 and I sorted out 3Gb of 8bit Commodore games and emulators for him to play......even he wouldn't buy one for $600 I wouldn't buy one for sure. So a few thickos will be buying one....then nothing.....dead end.

What they should have done is resurrect the C64 DTV for $15-20 in massive quantities AND wired one of those FPGA boards to the C64x case & keyboard for $99.

If people want a cheap shit PC they can buy one for $250 too, total = $350. half price of C64x

Greed is ugly.

I bought a Chameleon the other month and that wasn't exactly cheap, but I'll be buggered if I can see the need for a $600 emulated C64 that won't let me plug in a real floppy.

Now I could see the market for a cheap (and I do mean cheap) retro style case for those who want to use the Chamelon in "standalone" mode without having to plug it in to a real C64.

[Darrin]

Doing a case in small numbers is never going to be cheap. Which is why the vic/c64/c16 used the same moulds.
 
If you want a 64 then the cheapest way is to buy an original one & get a 1541 ultimate II.
 
A stand alone chameleon is no better than an emulator on a PC, you can plug a 1541 & joystick into any PC using a USB adapter.

I picked up a C64C for it having used my breadbox C64 for a while and decided I needed a bit more comfort.  

It is interesting that I used a VIC20 and C64 for years and years with no issues, but once the C128 and Amiga models with low keyboards arrived and became standard then it is hard to get comfortable with the bulky breadbox case again.

[Darrin]

I thought the Chameleon was still in dev?
it list a price which is not that bad I bought one of those 1541 Ultimate II (only about 50 less).
Can you let me know when you receive yours since I am dieing to buy one.

It is still in development, but I've had mine for around 5 weeks.  There are regular core updates coming out and updating it is as simple as connecting it to a PC via the supplied USB cable and running a small program (it takes less than a minute).

I've been away on business for 3 weeks so I'm looking forward to getting home and reflashing it with a new core.