Passage: At the June 1983 Consumer Electronics Show, Commodore lowered the retail price of the 64 to $300, and stores sold it for as little as $199. At one point the company was selling as many computers as the rest of the industry combined. Its prices for the VIC-20 and 64 were $50 lower than Ataris prices for the 600XL and 800XL. Commodores strategy was to, according to a spokesman, devote 50% of its efforts to the under-$500 market, 30% on the $500–1000 market, and 20% on the over-$1000 market. Its vertical integration and Tramiels focus on cost control helped Commodore do well during the price war, with $1 billion in 1983 sales. Although the company and Tramiels focus on cost cutting over product testing caused many hardware defects in the 64, by early 1984 Synapse Software—the largest provider of third-party Atari 8-bit software—received 65% of sales from the Commodore market, and Commodore sold almost three times as many computers as Atari that year.
According to Commodores strategy, how many percent of its effectors were not devoted to the over-$1000 market? Did Commodore or Atari sell more computers? How many dollars below retail did some stores sell the 64? How many dollars higher was the retail price of the 64 compared to what stores sold it for? How many more percent did Commodore focus on its most preferred market than its least preferred market? How many more percent did the Commodores devote their efforts to the under-$500 market compared to the $500-1000 market? How many percent of sales from Synapse Software were not from sales from teh Commodore market? Were Commodores or Ataris more expensive? What was the lowest price for the Commodore 64? Which were the prices higher for, the VIC-20 and 64 or the Ataris prices for the 600XL and 800XL? Who sold fewer computers in 1984, Atari or Commodore?