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Barkley on 05 August 2020
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OTBWY said:
Barkley said:

If we're going to play that game then we could bring up that the PS2 launched at $299 while the DS launched at $149 and was dropped to $129 in less than a year.

The "PS2 was bought as DVD player" is a silly story. "By the end of 2000, players were available for under $100 at discount retailers. In 2003 players became available for under $50"

So by PS2 launched.... DVD Player was $99 while PS2 was $299.... by end of 2003 DVD player was available under $50. It cost 3 times as much to get a PS2 instead of just a DVD player.

Yeah so if we ARE playing that game why not include that Sony sold the PS2 for more than 10+ years. As far as 2013 in fact. 

But we're not playing that game. My point was that it's stupid to discount DS sales, and it's equally stupid to make dumb claims to try and discount the PS2.

And there's a difference between the PS2 at launch in Japan selling great because of DVD feature and attributing the DVD feature to it reaching 155m sales globally.

People say the PS2 sold because of it's DVD player in the USA which makes zero sense considering the price of DVD players compared to the price of the PS2.

Last edited by Barkley - on 05 August 2020