veritaz said:
archer9234 said:
veritaz said:
I found out by accident and asked them afterwards. You're right about it being anecdotal though, not much I can say about that. I just have a hard time believing the huge software sales for PS2 has anything to do with it also being a DVD player. Seems like it should have been an opposite reaction.
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You're not putting yourself in 2001 mindset. No streaming, no one cared about hd resolution, no DVD-R burners, no cheap hard drives, 56k modems dominated still, no heavy file sharing, DVD's were brand new and phased out VHS, and no portible devices that could play videos. Then the PS2 was the cheapest DVD player for a few years.
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wouldn't that mean software sales should have been lower then? People buying it for a DVD player doesn't explain almost 1.7 billion games sold.
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Another factor is the XB and GC were not taking game sales away from the PS2. Microsoft in those days didn't money hat huge games. And Nintendo was in the dump. Plus, no DLC, no online store. Everything was physical only. Out of all my friends in high school (30 people that gamed), I was the sole person who didn't own a PS2. Not to mention how many times the system broke. The fat models were really badly made. I know one firend who had to buy 3 fats till it stopped breaking.
