allegro@sunpix.UUCP ( SunVis) (08/08/89)
Does anyone have an idea how many ST's & MEGA's have been sold in N.A. and Europe as well as Asia ect. I have a friend who's developing a productivity package for the Amiga and Mac and he wants to know the ST's user base to evaluate the profit potential of our system. He has called Atari but they just tell him that info is unavailable for general release. -- uucp: mcnc!rti!sunpix!steve or mcnc!rti!sunpix!allegro |Stephen McKay Matson "FRODO LIVES!!" COLORADO DREAMS | Daddy to be Support the formation of a multi-national space agency.|_______________________ Mans destiny belongs to the stars. | MARS OR BUST
david.megginson@canremote.uucp (DAVID MEGGINSON) (08/13/89)
I have read that the ST is the best selling personal computer in free Europe (an archaic term at best), and in England specifically, it is second in sales to Amstrad. In North America the largest user base is probably around Toronto. A Timeworks sales rep told me that they sell more software in Eastern Canada for the ST than in all of the US. Remember that we have a tenth of the US population... Forget about the US market. They are still debating whether the mouse is a good thing or whether real men should use line interfaces. I'm surprised that they use a crutch like the keyboard, instead of punch cards or dipswitches! Software companies have told me that it is better to deal with Atari Canada than Atari US for help in North America, so tell your friend to give Atari Canada a call (I think it's in Markham, Ontario). --- * Via ProDoor 3.0R
obryan@gumby.cc.wmich.edu (Mark O'Bryan) (08/15/89)
In article <747@greens.UUCP>, allegro@sunpix.UUCP ( SunVis) writes: > > Does anyone have an idea how many ST's & MEGA's have been sold in N.A. > and Europe as well as Asia ect. According to Sam Tramiel in a recent issue of STart magazine, there are almost 1.5 million worldwide, and almost 200,000 in the U.S. I don't know how close "almost" means, but this is what he reported. Beyond just the raw numbers, however, you'll want to consider what seg- ment of the potential market is going to be interested in your product. This is almost never close to 100%, usually much, much less. -- Mark T. O'Bryan Internet: obryan@gumby.cc.wmich.edu Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008
covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) (08/17/89)
In article <822@gumby.cc.wmich.edu>, obryan@gumby.cc.wmich.edu (Mark O'Bryan) writes: > > According to Sam Tramiel in a recent issue of STart magazine, there are > almost 1.5 million worldwide, and almost 200,000 in the U.S. I don't > know how close "almost" means, but this is what he reported. > -- > Mark T. O'Bryan Internet: obryan@gumby.cc.wmich.edu > Western Michigan University > Kalamazoo, MI 49008 In the same interview ST said that the Stacy and the Portfolio would be available by the end of June. But, good old Sam didn't say which June!! And as this is the end of August already, Sam must have meant that they would be out by 1990 or maybe 1991. So, I don't believe anything that the Tramiels @Atari say, either publicly or privately. I think the Tramiels get a big kick out of announcing vaporware!! My local Atari store has NO idea of when the new Atari hardware will be available, but they don't expect to see anything before Christmas!! And that includes TOS 1.4 as well!! So, I don't believe that Atari has sold 1.5 million STs world wide. Unless you include those stripped down 520STs (you know 1/m of RAM, no monitor, etc.) that Atari just tried (unsuccessfully) to dump through the Price Club stores. rec
Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) (08/18/89)
Stephen McKay Matson writes: > Does anyone have an idea how many ST's & MEGA's have been sold in N.A. > and Europe as well as Asia ect. September '89 issue of STart has an interview with Sam Tramiel in which he states: "We don't give country-by-country numbers. Obviously, we've been shipping more than the lion's share outside the United States, especially since late 1987 and 1988. Around the world now I'm guess that it's approaching ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ one-and-a-half-million machines." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Larry Rymal in East Texas <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET>