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Originally Posted by CCCP alert
Not sure what the anti competitive import taxes on electronics imported into Japan were in the time of A500 but in the time of VCS vs Famicom the VCS was 2-3x more expensive. The Max Machine console also. If the A500 is more than the already non impulse purchase price of £520 vs the awesome FM Towns and X68000 or even budget option of NEC PC XT clone + PC Engine probably would be less.
Not sure why USA/EU didn't do the same to Japan imports.
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Regarding the x68000, the machine was so powerful that it was at this time subject to restriction on exportation outside Japan !