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Originally Posted by Megalomaniac
Spookily Mobygames has exactly the same number of ST games as Amiga games for up to 1989, and 2225 ST games from 1992 or earlier, compared to 2693 Amiga games (not all commercial, in both cases, and not a compete archive, but a good guide). It was only the Amiga's longer survival that meant the Amiga finished with maybe twice as many games as the ST. ST games must have still been selling something.
Besides, were Amiga owners proiritising buying Amiga originals? I bet Amiga Xenon 2 (more or less an ST port) outsold Hybris and Datastorm (both pure Amiga originals which an ST could not match) combined, for example. This would change in future, of course. ST Format was slightly outselling Amiga Format early after they split in mid-1989 (though not by 1990, suggesting that Amigas sold much more than STs at Christmas 1989, despite or perhaps because of the STe) , so maybe the Amiga owner letters were offset by letters from ST owners appreciating their games, and asking for conversions of Hybris and Datastorm (unrealistic though they may have been if they expected them to match the Amiga versions)?
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You need to remove all the double entries on ST. The ST had specific titles, never released on Amiga, but the Amiga had much more titles never released on ST.
the Hybris publisher was only dev and releasing on Amiga, they never worked on Atari ST.