CompuServe Messages

Speaking as both a published game developer and registered Amiga developer, I can relate my experiences concerning C='s support of their developers. On two occasions this year, at industry-specific "developer"-releated gatherings (C='s developer conference last January and the Game Developers Conference this past April), I spoke with representatives of Commodore Application and Technical Support (CATS) about the problems that we game developers are facing in the US market concerning supporting the Amiga platform. On both occasions, I was told something to the effect that "we have something coming that will address your concerns, but we can't tell you anything about it". End of story. Since those encounters, I have heard absolutely 0 (nothing) from Commodore concerning the CD32, until yesterday when they officially informed me of its existance. Yes, I've heard about it in the rumor mill and on the nets before yesterday, but not from Commodore. This is how they are supporting their developers? This type of treatment has led me to a single conclusion — since Commodore is not interested in really supporting me as a developer, and since supporting the Amiga is a marginal proposition at best _with_ support from C=, my developer status will be allowed to expire and we will not be considering supporting the Amiga until the market is able to _prove_ to us that it would be in our financial interests to reconsider. It's going to take more than a "marginal, maybe" indication, however.