Erik Aston on 10 January 2007
sieanr said:
The built in DVD player really helped the PS2 sell that first year, when DVD's were still far from common. This was especially true in Japan where the PS2 had a big feature the Dreamcast was lacking. By the fall of '01, the PS2 had a varied game library plus DVD, something neither of it's competitors offered(xbox only had halo and PGR).
So once again, the library was the deciding factor. 
XBox only slightly outperformed GC WW despite the DVD player, and was vastly outperformed in Japan...
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
