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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: Toaster news
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Date: 27 Apr 91 01:19:12 GMT
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In article <6499@amiga.UUCP> jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) writes:
>(Ray Cromwell) writes:
>)>   People around here have been glorifying in the increased Amiga 
>)>sales in Europe to the point that they have been blind to the fact 
>)>that the Amiga market in the U.S. is dying.  The U.S. now accounts 
>)>for less than 8% of Commodore's world-wide sales, and this will likely
>)>get worse as Commodore focuses more and more on Europe.
>)
>)"99.7 percent of statistics are made up." Marc, please don't quote
>)meaningless %'s or make blanket statements about the Amiga market. The U.S.
>)market is not dying, it has been increasing.
>
>It has, has it?  Got any figures for that assertion?  Heard the published
>estimates on Amiga sales in US last year?  Talked to any US software
>developers?
>
>I won't quote the published number of A500 sales in the US last year,
>because I can't give the reference to whatever magazine made the
>quote, but if I had a nickel for every time Marc B. was less full
>of shit than his detractors, I could afford to buy them all.
>
	Try starting with the annual reports from Commodore.
Although Canada and the US can't be separated (they only give a
North America figure) sales HAVE been increasing. Of course, it
hasn't been anything like what has happened in Europe.

	-- Ethan

"Brain? What is Brain?"