CaptainExplosion said:
Wyrdness said:
PS2 did have a killer app at launch, DVD, it was the cheapest DVD player on the planet this is highlighted in how in Japan the biggest seller at PS2's launch was The Matrix DVD. Lack of DVD is one major reason DC lost Japan so quickly to the PS2 despite a really good start in the region, brand perception is one thing but it's not as key as a solid line up which PS2 had that's why people got it and DVD covered that in Japan for the first year. In it's first year in the west mean while which was the second year for Japanese consumers (we still had staggered launches back then) PS2 had GT3, FFX, Jak and Daxter, Onimusha, Devil May Cry, MGS2, Silent Hill 2, Red Faction and the break out hit of that decade GTA3. |
I told you all it was a glorified cheap DVD player. |
I feel this is a myth. PS2 launched in late 2000 in the west at $300. I got my first DVD player in early 2001 for $150 and it was a Sony DVD player. If you only used one for DVDs, better prices out there at the time even from Sony.