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thismeintiel on 26 June 2017
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The_Yoda said:
thismeintiel said:

That doesn't run contrary at all.  And the underlined is the reason for the vast majority of people who bought the PS2.  Otherwise, the attach ratio wouldn't have been so high.  Instead it almost doubled that of the DS, which sold almost the same amount as the PS2. So, yea, I'll use actual data to prove my points, not anecdotal evidence from a few random people online.

Also, funny how you latch onto someone showing the more top of the line models and their crazy prices, while I actually show proof of the lower end.  The $99 price was in fact Black Friday pricing, which I never claimed it wasn't.  However, those that ranged from $149-$159 were not priced for Black Friday.  It also doesn't change the fact that by 2003, you could get a DVD player for under $50.  Yes, these were lower end models, but guess what, so was the DVD player found in the PS2.  No one who wanted the best quality video was going to get a PS2.  And those looking to get a cheap DVD player would have gotten a $50 one.

So you do claim to know the intent of 155 million households and why they bought their PS2's  that is very impressive indeed.  I worked at Best Buy during that era, I know people that looked at the console as primarily being for DVD's, I remember packages with TVs (same with the PS3)   There will be no reasoning with you however as I can see from many of your replies ("I would contend that absolutely no one bought the PS2 as a DVD player."  anecdotal evidence is all that is needed to disprove a claim that silly) .  Most people bought it as a Console but for some they bought it as a DVD player. Believe what you will. Oh and  black Friday prices are for one day a year and really shouldn't be used unless you are only talking about sales for the day after Thanksgiving. Also some people were happy with a DVD player period, they didn't care about high or low end. 

I'm sure you will have no problem ignoring someone who actually sold this stuff any more than you have an issue ignoring people that told you they or their friends bought them primarily as a DVD player.

Still stuck on that Black Friday thing, huh? Even though I pointed out that the ones ~$149 weren't for Black Friday, so still half the price of the PS2?  And within 3 years you could pick one up for $49?  I also guess you didn't read the post prior where I took apart that user's post you seemed to latch onto with all the "big" DVD player prices?  You may want to. 

And yea, some people don't care too much about the quality of the DVD player.  That's why they get a cheap one, i.e. not the one that costs 2x-3x as much.  Or 6x-8x as much a few years later.  Anyway, I can see how this convo will continue to go, so I will end it here.