Conference hydra::amiga_v1

129.0. "Numbers Game" by JOKE::ACCIARDI () Fri Oct 03 1986 09:22

    I pulled this info off of Compuserve last nite...Atari Corp, in
    their first Stock Prospectus (they are going public) revealed that
    150,000 ST computers have been shipped worldwide, with 60% of that
    volume sent to Europe.  These are Atari's own figures, so I don't
    want to hear any wild rebuttals of how many zillions of STs there
    are.  None of us sat and counted as they went out the door anyway.
    So, if one were to believe Atari's Prospectus, that makes for 60,000
    STs in the USA, with 90,000 sent abroad.
    
    According to official C-A leaks (nothing documented, so these numbers
    may be bull), 90,000 Amigas were shipped Stateside as of July. 
                                            
    In late July, the Amiga became available in limited numbers in Europe.
    Sales worldwide are expected to double with the $500.00 price cut,
    as they did during the first price reduction.
    
    Here again, these are unofficial numbers, and I personally haven't
    kept track of each Amiga shipped.
    
    As to COMPUTE! magazines recent claim that the ST had "an installed
    base at least 10 times larger than the Amiga", I guess they were
    off a tad.  They never did reveal where they got their numbers,
    but I suspect they just made 'em up!
    
    So, even if one cuts C-A's estimates in half, Amigas are not quite
    as rare as some would have you believe.  And the ST volumes are
    also quite pitiful compared to almost every other successfull micro
    ever shipped.  (Consider the millions of C'64s and 800s out there)
    
    I guess it aint over 'til it's over!
                                                                 
    
    
    

    Reply to -1,
    
    That's right!  I don't hear no fat lady singing.
    
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