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dhau
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msx master
Posts: 1062 |  Posted: September 27 2005, 23:24 |
Does anyone have any hard data on the number of TurboR computers produced by Panasonic?
Intelligent specilations are tolerable, but real information is much better.
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4992 | Posted: September 27 2005, 23:36 |
I believe about a million (!) turboR computers were produced altogether. Source: this timeline. |
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Sonic_aka_T
msx guru
Posts: 2269 | Posted: September 28 2005, 00:29 |
with all due respect: r.o.f.l.m.a.o...  (my guess: 50-100k, tops) |
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tfh
msx addict
Posts: 496 | Posted: September 28 2005, 08:58 |
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You think so?
It took like 7 years to sell 4 million MSX's according that time line. And this was in the time MSX was popular and also available in South-America, The Middle-East and Europe.
And you think that the Turbo-R sold over 1 million in the 90's, when MSX was already more or less dead wordlwide, except for Japan?
Don't think so. I doubt it ever passed 100K. |
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ro
msx guru
Posts: 2347 | Posted: September 28 2005, 11:18 |
Snout's known for execurating. the little bugger!
My guess: about 8k were sold. not one more.
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Sonic_aka_T
msx guru
Posts: 2269 | Posted: September 28 2005, 13:07 |
It has to be a bit more than 8k to warrant making the 'engine' and the R800...
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4992 | Posted: September 28 2005, 13:09 |
1 mill is probably overly optimistic indeed. ^_^ Still, the move from "more than 4 million" in January 1990 (admittedly, this could very well be 4.9 million) to 5 million in the end is interesting. When did production/sale of the turboR GT stop? So many questions...  |
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konamiman
msx freak
Posts: 138 | Posted: September 28 2005, 13:37 |
Ramon Ribas informed me about Panasonic stopping Turbo-R production in the beginning of 1994. I don't know what/who were his sources...
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wolf_
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msx legend
Posts: 4781 | Posted: September 28 2005, 13:47 |
wasn't it the 3DO ?
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tfh
msx addict
Posts: 496 | Posted: September 28 2005, 14:31 |
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Well, maybe they developed the R800, expecting to sell a few 100K of Turbo-R's. But maybe ther never made that number and 8K could very well be correct. No one knows for sure.
This wouldn't have been the first (nor the last) project that maybe ended up with a big loss due to high development cost, but almost no sales.
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4992 | Posted: September 28 2005, 14:39 |
I think the turboR sold fairly well. Look at MSX meetings around the world and you can find quite a lot of turboRs at any meeting at any place. Of course this is the 'MSX elite', but even in the mid-90s turboR computers were not a rare sight on stands at large MSX meetings. Besides, if the turboR was a genuine big loss project, the GT would never have seen the light of day.
Perhaps I can dig something up on turboR sales figures, I'll see what I can do |
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tfh
msx addict
Posts: 496 | Posted: September 28 2005, 14:47 |
Just send an e-mail to Panasonic |
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ro
msx guru
Posts: 2347 | Posted: September 28 2005, 14:54 |
indeed, ask the source.
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4992 | Posted: September 28 2005, 14:55 |
which is what I'll do in a roundabout yet possibly effective way  |
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POISONIC
msx professional
Posts: 883 | Posted: September 28 2005, 19:44 |
i could be because the 3DO uses 2 v9990's
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