Posted By
JamesD
on 2006-08-15
00:49:12
|  Re: Missed opportunities with the Plus 4
Did you watch the Bil Herd/Dave Haynie video?
The 264 was supposed to retail for $79 with no built in software. Only $20 more than the 116 was supposed to sell for and IMHO better suited for the US market.
The Plus 4 was a middle management changeover after the real boss left.
The C64 was still over $200 when the machine was released. At less than half the price (actually closer to 1/3) of the C64 there wouldn't have been a problem and CBM could have even slowed down the C64 price cuts because they didn't have to worry about the Spectrum undercutting their sales like they had done to everyone else.
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