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am i the only one that thinks dvd functionality is what slaughtered ps2's competition? When ps2 released there was no games for it. But ppl drove up the install base by purchasing it to play dvds. The large install base gave developers reason to get working. Its a perfect storm. |
Yes I do think people bought it for the DVD,but you can also say a hefty bunch bought it for the games.
The software sales justify this almost every third party game was guarenteed to sell atleast 1mil on the PS2 if not over 900k atleast lol.
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I still think that the PS2 being a DVD player is what made it so succesful. The average person would have had much more use for a DVD player than a video game console.
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To be honest the PS2 would have outsold the GameCube regardless of the DVD player.
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we'll never know
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Bullshit. The Playstation 2 sold mostly because of its library of games, no way in hell more than half of the install base bought it for a DVD player, and without the DVD player it still would've pushed 100M units. The PSX had no DVD player and it DOMINATED the N64. That was so delusional of you to say.
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The PS1 had a CD player instead. :p
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Oh yea and since you guys think the PS2 sold off the DVD player can you explain the PSX then?
Don't even say the CD player because you could buy a walkman for even cheaper and no one buys a console to listen to CD's so I'm guessing it's safe to say 40mil PS2's were bought for the DVD's+Games?
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Okay, first of all, I was joking about the CD player selling the PS1, hence my ":p" smilie.
DVD was a big hook for PS2 as the medium was taking off and few (none for a while, I think) players were as cheap as the PS2. Rebuys due to the disc read error also sold quite a few PS2s. However, the PS2 would still have won comfortably without them , thanks to brand power, a year's headstart, and third party support.
As for the PS1, its success can be chalked up to lower game prices versus the N64, and again, more third party support and a headstart.
