| gergroy said: Yeah, there is a reason the gamecube was 100 bucks cheaper too, it didnt have a dvd drive. Dvd technology was still pretty expensive back in 2000. Ps2 is actually one of the major reasons it got pushed into the mainstream and drove prices down. There were a lot of bells and whistles included in the ps2 and xbox that werent included in the gamecube (ie hard drive, usb ports, dvd, etc.). There is a reason they were able to come in at a hundred bucks cheaper. |
The Gamecube does use a proprietary version of DVD technology made by Panasonic for it's disc and drive.
Also the PS2 didn't include a hard drive, and you needed to buy a dongle for DVD movie playback on the Xbox.
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The $100 price advatage only lasted six months before Sony cut the price of PS2 to $199 to match the Gamecube (which in turn dropped to $149).
Also to note around 80% of all PS2 sold were priced at $199 or under.
