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Re: Amiga vs console vs PC
« on: September 23, 2014, 10:23:21 AM »
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Another what if scenario:

Should the Amiga have competed against the console market or the PC market?
Supposing you could only go one way, would you have had another big box Amiga or would you try and fit as much as possible into the one package?

If you went big box would you cease development on the AA chipset?
If you went for the wedge would an 030 min spec version be fast enough?


Amiga was designed to the console market. Amiga 500 made it big, CD32 and A1200 sold quite well.

A1000 flopped, A2000 and later big box Amigas had their strengths but sales were relatively small.

I say, it should have competed against the console market (and it did).
My Amigas: A500, Mac Mini and PowerBook
 

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Re: Amiga vs console vs PC
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2014, 12:55:30 PM »
4 channel 8-bit audio was dated but not the biggest issue. Amiga just needed more ram and computing performance, was it achieved by CPU or blitter or both.

However, I don't believe Commodore had a chance against PC or PlayStation anymore, Amiga was too small.
My Amigas: A500, Mac Mini and PowerBook