The new, reinvigorated Commodore has introduced that its maiden product reached a major milestone. Just a few hours in the past, the official Commodore account on X shared proof that the Commodore 64 Ultimate had eclipsed the ten,000 models offered milestone. The assertion additionally supplied profuse because of the neighborhood.
If you unfurl the embedded Tweet, above, you possibly can see the expansion in gross sales charted for the C64 Ultimate (all fashions). Things received off to a galloping begin from the get-go on July 12 this 12 months. From August, we have now seen extra regular progress in gross sales numbers. Interestingly, the chart has markers on the timeline to coincide with the ‘Let’s Buy Commodore’ video trilogy releases. These movies received a whole lot of hundreds of views (one over 400,000), so the Commodore administration had been clearly measuring the media impression on gross sales developments.
Our final report, on how Commodore efficiently raked in over $2 million during the C64 Ultimate’s debut week, coincided with a video release titled ‘Making History: Signing the Commodore Contract + C64 Ultimate Production Update.’ We also saw a very positive blip in sales around that date. Perhaps people felt assured that Commodore was really back.
In a fast follow-up to the 10K milestone Tweet, Commodore reminded its followers that “there’s still time to secure your spot in Batch 1 of the Commodore 64 Ultimate pre-orders over at to make sure you’ll be among the first to receive yours this year.” Pricing for this FPGA-powered retro-futuristic machine that includes the “world’s first transparent keyboard circuit board” begins from $299. Readers are reminded that the “Founders Edition will be a one-time run,” and we don’t have phrase on what is going to succeed it for latecomers – absolutely one thing very comparable.
Retro computing followers must be cheered by this newest Commodore milestone, even when they aren’t significantly occupied with experiencing a contemporary C64. Remember, the brand new Commodore has fairly boldly claimed that it’ll grow to be a “Founder’s Sandbox,” for brand new laptop tech tasks. Its roadmap will function as many as 12 main releases over the following 4 years – which must be thrilling for all laptop fans.
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