I don't know about the price of a DVD player back in 2000 but DVDs were such a huge part of the PS2 experience that both PSM and OPM (PlayStation magazines that I subscribed to) dedicated monthly chunks of their magazine to DVDs. I rented DVDs weekly, beginning with Hollow Man.
By the time the Gamecube and Xbox released, according to PSM, the war was already over and the other two consoles were already going to be fighting for distant second.
I still have the magazines and memories to back up my claims.








