Posted By
Bacon
on 2002-12-28
|  I don't want to start a war here, but...
I think you have a slightly too much British perspective on the Spectrum/C64 issue (I guess British. Correct me if I'm wrong). The Spectrum was massively popular in Britain, Spain, Russia (through clones) and a few other countries while it never made much of an impact in many other places. This becomes evident if you do an international search for Spectrum on ebay. Virtually all Spectrums sold there turn out to be either British or Spanish.
I'm not out to bash the Spectrum here. On the contrary, I think its lack of success in many countries was undeserved; it was a great little computer for a very low price.
I guess the reason is it was a British micro, so of course people in Britain bought it. Also, when it was introduced in Britain it had virtually no competition. Considering the troubles Sinclair had trying to keep up with British demands the first year, it probably didn't hit other markets until the C64 (and the VIC-20) already had a firm grip on computer sales.
Of course, this is just me rambling here. Any other thoughts on the subject?
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