PowerUP Registration: First Results

[itix]

126 BlizzardPPC cards and 112 CyberstormPPC cards is not much.

[itix]

It doesn't mean that there are only 238 PPC users in the world, only that there are 238 PPC users who

a. read the forums
b. understand english or gernam
c. happened to read about this poll, and
d. bothered to register.

If 238 was the real number, it would mean that 98% of PPC cards disappeared or died since 1998.

98% didnt disappear or die but are sitting unused on unused Amigas. 238 is not the real number but I wouldnt expect more than 500 real users.

[itix]

Absolutely normal. What percentage of the original sold C64s were still in use 8 years after? What percentage of the original IBM XT clones were in use 8 years after they were produced? What percentage of the 603 and 604 based Macs didn't disappear or die since 1998?

And what percentage of A1200s are still in use.

[itix]

I think this is a different situation. First, the PPC cards still have a substantial cash value attached to them. And so, when a person ceases to use them, they tend not to sit unused but to be sold on to another user who, having invested a relatively large amount of money, is going to use it. A C64 / old Mac / XT/AT PC, on the other hand has no value, and so is more likely to be left in a closet gathering dust.

Then why those Blizzards are never sold anywhere? Not even 060 only models?