Adjust those numbers for piracy (lots on micros, little on consoles) and you'd probably have an even better idea of just how micro focused we were in the uk
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Reasons for picking a home computer over a console:
a) easier to convince parents you'll use it "for homework"
b) games cost either £1.99 or £9.99
c) all your mates had the same system so trading games was easy
d) piracy involved a blank cassette & your parent's hifi
e) YOU COULD MAKE YOUR OWN GAMES
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a) easier to convince parents you'll use it "for homework"
b) games cost either £1.99 or £9.99
c) all your mates had the same system so trading games was easy
d) piracy involved a blank cassette & your parent's hifi
e) YOU COULD MAKE YOUR OWN GAMES
Every kid in the land said it.
Every parent said, erm well, maybe. OK then.
0 work was done anywhere.
Don’t cry for me. It was done with the best of intentions.
When I bought my C64 it was way ahead of the Atari 2600 that was the only console option I’d seen.