{"id":191614,"date":"2025-12-22T21:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=191614"},"modified":"2025-12-22T21:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:39:14","slug":"commodore-64-ultimate-2025-sales-update-prices-go-up-january-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2025\/12\/22\/commodore-64-ultimate-2025-sales-update-prices-go-up-january-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"Commodore 64 Ultimate (2025) sales update &#8211; prices go up January 1st!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I previously posted about the all-new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commodore.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Commodore 64 Ultimate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2025\/12\/03\/commodore-64-ultimate-gets-even-better-with-100-games-on-usb-ships-soon\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2025\/07\/12\/commodore-64-ultimate-computer-available-for-preorder-save-10\/\">here<\/a>. Daniel Zandelin created a sales track, which, as of this writing, shows an amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/slapsoft.com\/c64_sales.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15,242 units sold so far<\/a>. Sales have picked up even more now that some reviews are starting to hit. Some units out there are not without their minor issues, but overall, it&#8217;s been an undeniable success. And speaking of sales&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting January 1, 2026, prices are going up for various reasons out of their control. So, if you want to lock in the best price, due it before then. Remember to use\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.commodore.net\/referral\/Hnfj2Eo2JDPp?utm_source=referral_program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this link to save $10<\/a>\u00a0on any order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/><br \/>Have fun out there and happy holidays to you and yours!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"551\" data-src=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Commodore-64-Ultimate-Founders-Edition-Rear.png\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Commodore 64 Ultimate: Founders Edition - Rear showing ports.\" class=\"wp-image-191615 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Commodore-64-Ultimate-Founders-Edition-Rear.png\" alt=\"Commodore 64 Ultimate: Founders Edition - Rear showing ports.\" class=\"wp-image-191615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Commodore-64-Ultimate-Founders-Edition-Rear.png 827w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Commodore-64-Ultimate-Founders-Edition-Rear-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Commodore-64-Ultimate-Founders-Edition-Rear-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Commodore-64-Ultimate-Founders-Edition-Rear-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Commodore 64 Ultimate: Founders Edition (rear view).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sales have picked up even more now that some reviews are starting to hit. The units out there are not without their minor issues, but overall, it&#8217;s been an undeniable success. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":22,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Commodore 64 Ultimate (2025) sales update - prices go up January 1st! #c64 #commodore #commodore64 #c64ultimate #commodore64ultimate ","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[306,9,8,3974,1663],"class_list":["post-191614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-c-64","tag-c64","tag-commodore","tag-commodore-64-ultimate","tag-fpga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Commodore 64 Ultimate (2025) sales update - prices go up January 1st! - Armchair Arcade<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sales have picked up even more now that some reviews are starting to hit. 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