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From: Graham@ucl-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga/Atari St sales figure
Message-ID: <76@ucl-cs.UUCP>
Date: 15 Nov 88 16:12:42 GMT
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>Can someone at Commodore provide the latest numbers of Amiga sold
>worldwide, in Germany and in U. S.?  Is the Amiga the
>best-selling computer in Germany?  Also, anyone knows the
>number of Atari ST's in Germany and in the U. S. ?  I am just curious on
>how badly the Atari is defeated by Amiga.

I don't know about worldwide figures but in Great Britain the
figures are around 150,000 ST's and 50-60,000 Amiga's. The ST
market is noticeably more mature than the Amiga market, with a
wider range of good software.

Commodore has never really marketed the Amiga properly in the U.K.
When the A1000 came along it was late and over-priced
getting the machine off to a bad start. The A2000 and A500 are
now selling well (relative to the A1000) and the Amiga market
is starting to achieve a critical mass. Both systems remain
overpriced, however.

While Commodore claims huge sales etc. in Europe, these should
be treated with caution. Many of the machines they sell are
PC's and C64's - not Amigas. Commodore's presence in the U.K.
is less than is some parts of Europe, especially in the PC
market. I read recently that Commodore U.K. hope to sell
140,000 C64's in the Christmas market and this reflects their
main marketing push, with the Amiga going for far fewer sales
at the upper end of the (home) market. I have actually seen a
TV advert for the amiga(on channel 4), which is a hopeful sign.

Graham
grahamr@uk.ac.ucl.cs
Dept. of Computer Science
University College London