RE: Amstrad CPC464 - The 'Biggest' Retro Computer of the 1980s

As far as I know, this machine wasn't even available in North America. The Commodore 128 was successful for Commodore in the sense that it made them money. There was quite a lot of business/productivity software made for the Commodore 128 but almost no games (though of course it could also run in 64 mode and run any Commodore 64 software). If you used your Commodore 64 for word processing, spreadsheets, database stuff, etc., or needed to run CP/M stuff for some reason, then the 128 was a really nice upgrade. If not, there was no real advantage over the cheaper Commodore 64.