Posted By
MIK
on 2004-11-12
07:26:13
 |  Re: Commodore's market decisions in the 80s
I believe if the C64 was released with 16k it would of killed the machine, much like the C16 did to the Plus/4. Kiled the machine as in limited 64k only software...
Its a different story in the UK. The C16 didn't last 5 minutes because it was being sold for £30 more than the Plus/4. Not only that the Plus/4 by xmas 1984 was being sold with its 11 games, 2 joysticks bundles all over the UK. There was a large TV promo going on air for the C16 at the time, but when you walked into the shop the Plus4 was sitting next to it, and thats how I got my Plus/4.
The plus/4 may of been or ment to be a business machine but it was being sold as a games machine. I would imagine at this time Commodore knew they f**ked up. 
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