PAL Commodore 64 DTV outselling PSP *AND* Nintendo DS?

[redrumloa]

Looks like it!

[kd7ota]

Nice.

If I could get my hands on one locally, I would have definately bought one.

I think I have seen a few demo groups making demos for the DTV.. Good stuff. :-D

[amigakit]

Well we have the C64 DTV NTSC version in stock now, and now we have recevied shipment of the new C64 DTV PAL

[Cyberus]

OT, very sorry: How are things, Red?

[jj]

I know lou_dias will not see the funny side to this next bit but......

prehaps with these outselling a nintendo product we could port os4 to it lol

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[Nitro]

I just got mine last week.  As soon as I get some time I`m going to do a MOD using an external cd drive case, add the keyboard, and 1541 and fun, fun, fun!

[adolescent]

@kd7ota

They don't have Toys R Us near you?

[Belial6]

Given the number of units that are selling, it would be nice to see a new version that had the ports exposed.  Even if it required a special adapter so that they could use a something like the mini-parallel port form factor to keep costs down on the main unit.  This could then be followed with a SD based "disk drive".  With the ability to use SD containing D64 images as a drive, C64 software could go on sale again.

[amigakit]

It would be great to play my personal favourites such as Blue Max, Spy Hunter, Up n Down, Infiltrator.....

[Lando]

Belial6 wrote:
Given the number of units that are selling, it would be nice to see a new version that had the ports exposed.  Even if it required a special adapter so that they could use a something like the mini-parallel port form factor to keep costs down on the main unit.  This could then be followed with a SD based "disk drive".  With the ability to use SD containing D64 images as a drive, C64 software could go on sale again.

It is a nice idea, but it will never happen.  These are being sold as dirt-cheap, plug into the tv, toys, nothing more.

Just like the £20 megadrive 5-in-1 pads at my local Tesco.  99% of the people who buy them don't want or need anything else, and the other 1%, the "enthusiasts", probably already have a C-One, or an old C64 lying around.

If there was still a market for the C64, or C64 software, then they would still be on sale.  There isn't, so they aren't.  People have moved on.

[redrumloa]

Lando wrote:
It is a nice idea, but it will never happen.  These are being sold as dirt-cheap, plug into the tv, toys, nothing more.

Just like the £20 megadrive 5-in-1 pads at my local Tesco.  99% of the people who buy them don't want or need anything else, and the other 1%, the "enthusiasts", probably already have a C-One, or an old C64 lying around.

If there was still a market for the C64, or C64 software, then they would still be on sale.  There isn't, so they aren't.  People have moved on.

I wouldn't be so fast to jump to this conclusion..

c.s.c link

Ok, just noticed this from Jeff's DTV Hacking forums today. It seems
that Curt Vendel, one of the Atari Flashback dev team, has revealed
that a company in the Netherlands is working on a c64DTV into a
keyboard?


Not Nick Coplin's hack, this seems to be a commercial enterprise:


As Curt said in this thread -
http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78664


"Actually the Commodore C64 and assets are now owned by a company in
the Netherlands and they are working on a C64 in a keyboard."

[KThunder]

>If there was still a market for the C64, or C64 software, then they would still be on sale. There isn't, so they aren't. People have moved on.

the c64 was still selling fairly well when commodore axed it. they had even developed a nexgen c64 the c65 with an amigalike chipset and c64 emulation. i know quite a few people who used c64 regularly up till about '95.

manufacturers sometimes dont sell what could sell because they want to move the company in a new direction or dont have a know what direction they are moving. (commodore (what are we doing today? pc clones, c65 AAA amiga transputer))

[whabang]

I knew you'd come back, Red! :-)

As for the Commodore outselling the modern consoles, I think it has something to do with people missing the good ol' days.

[kd7ota]

adolescent wrote:
@kd7ota

They don't have Toys R Us near you?

Not that I am aware of actually.  I never seen one and im in the middle of Kansas.  :-(

[coldfish]

I'd say the huge price difference has a lot to do with that.

Good to hear the C64-DTV's doing so well though.  I'll be getting a PAL one to hack for sure.

Now, where's the A500-DTV?