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- From: evunder@Bgnett.no (EVEN UNDERLID)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AB3D II beats Quake....
- Date: 8 Apr 1996 22:21:39 GMT
- Organization: Bergen Nett og Media AS
- Message-ID: <2024.18T69T1189@Bgnett.no>
- References: <4j4jkt$9c5@cwis.isu.edu>
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-
- >>Wouldn't the Amiga be the most sold games machine (with best market) if we
- >>had AAA when it was time to have it (lotsa years ago)? Wouldn't the Amiga
- >>(both high-end and low-end) have *no competition* if 3 years ago (when
- >>PowerMac did born), or also today, it had HP-PA Hombre?
- >No, not necessarily. Remember when the CDTV was released? It was the most
- >advanced console available at the time. It DIDN'T sell like hotcakes.
- >Commodore lost even when technology was on its side. The problems were
- >largely market related, unfortunately.
-
- The CDTV would have sold well if it did cost about 300-400ú.
- Marketing is important, but without a good price, it's a dead idea (unless
- your name is Bill Gates and you want to spend all of your money on it).
-
- >>Escom/AT is sincerely acting *worse* than the Commodore of 1991.
- >But distinctly better than the Commodore of 1994.
-
- >>For what I've seen untill now, "constructive" and "AT/Escom" are two words I
- >>wouldn't put together without feeling a foolish.
- >They're a hell of a lot more constructive than Commodore turned out to be.
-
- Agreed. The Walker seems like a very big move ahead. If it is fully upgradeble
- to the PowerAmiga (what about a card with a fast gfxchip, a good soundchip, AND
- the PPCprosessor on?) i know of many people who will buy it.
-
- >>BTW: It's official: Dave Haynie is *NOT* moving to Germany, nor working for
- >>AT. He personally corrected the rumor, saying an equivalent of "dont trust
- >>rumors, there's rarely something true in them".
- >Well, at least he's doing some consulting for them, so he'll have SOME
- >hand in the design of the PowerAmiga.
-
- >>| Stop that fucking imperialist embargo against Cuba.
- >>| |
- >>| Hasta Siempre Comandante Che Guevara.
-
- >BTW, I favor socialism as well, but we can't ignore capitalist rules when we
- >live in a capitalist economy.
-
- That's good, me too :-)
-
- -- Rustybrain -- Sigop AMIGAvsPC at Global Issue (tlf.56599956) CALL NOW!
- #|-DZ-Tags-|# Hvorfor drive hor nσr du kan bruke Thor???
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