super_etecoon on 26 June 2017
I worked in a video store at the time. This is not a myth. It's not about the PS2 being a cheap DVD player...that's not true and was never the assumption. It's the fact that the PS2 was a game console AND a DVD player. The combination of those two items in one system made buying a PS2 a consumer savvy decision. Consumer savvy decisions always help a market excel. In a capitalistic society we're trained to scope out major oppportunities for savings and this combination was like the holy grail for entertainment technology.
Again...you main problem with your thesis is that you state that the PS2 was a "cheap" DVD player and that was never a claim which makes this thread a strawman argument.
