Tretton Talks PS4: “We’ve Never Been First, Never Been Cheapest”

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d21lewis said:

ZaneWane said:
pretty sure playstation 1 was the cheapest

Saturn launch (1995) $399

Playstation launch (1995) $299

N64 launch (1996) $249

and while were at it,

Dreamcast launch (1999) $199

Playstation 2 launch (2000) $299

Xbox launch (2001) $299

Gamecube launch (2001) $199

On January 23, 2001 a story ran in Nihon Keizai Shimbun that said Sega was going to cease production of the Dreamcast and develop software for other platforms.

So Sony was not only cheapest at the time (1995) with the PSX, but also first  with the PS2 (2000) with viable platforms.