 While some of the first generation of video game consoles like dedicated "Pong" consoles, had made their way to the UK, they did not gain much traction.Additionally, there had been home computers available to the UK earlier than this, including the Commodore PET and Apple II (both released in 1977), but these were comparatively expensive.Computer literacy had been seen as a key skill that Britian's children should possess to help improve the technology savvy of the nation in the future, and the BBC worked with Acorn to create the low-cost BBC Micro home computer alongside a set of broadcast programming to help teach fundamentals of computers for school-aged children.