Nobody Knows How Many Amigas Commodore Sold (Patreon)

The lack of accurate Amiga sales figures has always bothered me. They became particularly apparent when I was writing 'Flatline' back in 2018. I knew the Amiga had a slow start, but it was impossible to quantify with any real data - Commodore were not forthcoming with unit sales.

There was only one hope for any official information on the matter - Commodore's annual shareholder reports. Sadly, I was unable to locate them.

But around a year after Flatline's release, a chance listing on eBay meant that I was able to acquire four such reports - and they were from a crucial period of the Amiga's lifespan. Since then, they've been sat on a shelf, silently begging me to plumb their tables of data and financial spiel to uncover the secrets within.

This video is the result.

I'm not sure if it's the most interesting thing I've ever done, but the quest for historical truth is seldom glamorous. In any case, I'll probably do something lighter next - and I'm just happy to close the loop that my research for Flatline originally untangled!