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mjk45 said:
What people forget with Sony is the flow on and synergy they got with the playstation in regards to other divisions , like helping bring dvd and bluray to market and underpinning the cost of R&D for the cell ,even though that was envisioned to be a cpu for use in a wide range of electronic appliances and white goods , so really it has done more than it's share of the heavy lifting ,one reason it is seen as the easiest way to introduce this tech to the public from a Sony point of view and that benefits the companies strategy , unfortunately it stops the Playstation brand from making the amount of profit it should .

PS2 had nothing to do with DVD coming to market.  DVD players were available for under $200 when PS2 launched.  DVD players launched nearly 3 years before PS2 launched.  Now BluRay is of course a big part of the PS3 story, but will never be as big as DVD and wont have as long a mainstream life.



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.