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switchblade · 15 December 2010, 22:09

Just wanted to chime in, again.

If the Amiga was truly "doomed from the start", it would've never been successful in the first place. The fact that the Amiga became popular with the A500 and owned the competition for several years, kinda proves your argument wrong.

The only way a system can be "doomed from the start", is if the entire product was a bad idea to begin with. Take the Sega 32X, for example. That little turd was doomed from the start, because it was the wrong product released at the wrong time. You can probably add the Atari Jaguar and the Phillips CD-I along as well. The Amiga was just too good for the competition when it was released, but it became successful. Not the same thing as, "doomed from the start."

15 December 2010, 22:09	#49
switchblade Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: United States Age: 37 Posts: 99	Just wanted to chime in, again. If the Amiga was truly "doomed from the start", it would've never been successful in the first place. The fact that the Amiga became popular with the A500 and owned the competition for several years, kinda proves your argument wrong. The only way a system can be "doomed from the start", is if the entire product was a bad idea to begin with. Take the Sega 32X, for example. That little turd was doomed from the start, because it was the wrong product released at the wrong time. You can probably add the Atari Jaguar and the Phillips CD-I along as well. The Amiga was just too good for the competition when it was released, but it became successful. Not the same thing as, "doomed from the start."