After losing in the first nine months of the year, Atari that month announced that prices would rise in January, stating that it "has no intention of participating in these suicidal price wars." The 600XL and 800XL's prices in early 1984 were $50 higher than for the VIC-20 and Commodore 64.
After losing in the first nine months of the ye,ar, Atari that month announced that prices would rise in January stating that it "has no intention of participating in these suicidal price wars" The 600XL and 800XL's prices in early 1984 were $50 higher tha.n for the VIC-20 and Commodore 64.