Author: Karl at AEX (p62-82.as1.bri.dublin.eircom.net)
Date: 05-20-2003 13:46
Phil,
I was provided information for European Falcon sales (until they were no longer available) from a good friend who worked at Atari UK. Although its not an actual sell through figure (ie, to the user directly) it is a shipment figure to distributors through the Atari Distribution facility (which was located in the Netherlands). Approx. 20K units were distributed in Europe for sale in its lifetime (92/93/94), although its very possible some of these ended up outside Europe, sold on by other resellers.
Worldwide, you could take a guesstimate at total Falcons produced - my guess for what its worth, would be no more than 30-35K units were physically manufactured by Atari for worldwide sales, basing this on the Euro number. Again, I'm only guessing the worldwide number ;-)
As the number of actual Atari supporting companies can be counted on one hand, I'm sure most would agree that it must be difficult paying the bills these days, and while even I would desperately love a Falcon - I would prefer they stick around a while longer to support my other Atari products...
And while I am on the subject, if Anybody does have a good condition Falcon chasis casing(top/bottom)for sale, please get in touch...
Karl
www.atari-explorer.com
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