== The GX4000 ==
[[Image:Gx4000.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Amstrad [[GX4000]] ]]
By 1990 Amstrad had realised that the home market was heading towards the 16-bit machines, one one hand, and towards the new generation of game consoles like the Sega Master System or the Nintendo Entertainment System, on the other. Therefore, just as they created the CPC464+/6128+ by upgrading the old machines, to compete against the ST and the Amiga, they also created a stripped-down variant called the GX4000. The GX4000 was, in essence, a CPC6128+ motherboard in a new case, with no keyboard and with most entension ports gone - save for the cartridge port and two joypads.
As was quite easy to predict, the GX4000 was a flop, and something of a 'way too little, quite a bit late' solution that could not penetrate the stronghold that Sega and Nintendo had in the market at the time. As a result, the GX4000 was soon to be found selling at ridiculously low prices as dealers were trying to offload their stock. It was a shame, because if Amstrad had realised the market potential and had marketed this console a few years earlier, it'd have made for a nice little machine. As it was, it had to suffer the same fate as the Commodore 64GS.
== Outtro ==
All in all, the CPC series met with great success. Although they would never achieve the status of the c64 or even the humble Spectrum series, the CPCs managed to sell very well and attain leader status in several countries. The CPCs were very popular in the UK, Spain, France, Greece, Germany and Australia, to name a few countries.