Would You Consider Nintendo Switch The Most Commercially Successful Gaming Hardware Of All Time?

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DekutheEvilClown said:

MadDogg said:

Well than let me ChatGPT that for you:  (sources included)

• About 60%+ said they were using it primarily as a DVD player

The survey referenced in the article does not seem to actually say that though? The survey says 6% of people bought it as a DVD player only.

You also need to understand that the PS2 launched in Japan earlier than the west, by over half a year, when DVD players would have cost more than they did by the time of the western lunch. So, it’s possible that some people them are buying it solely for DVDs but that effect would diminish quickly over time as DVD players got cheaper much faster than the PS2 received price reductions, and the PS2 DVD player quality would be quickly outdated. 6% of people that bought the PS2 in its launch month in Japan would be a tiny number of overall buys, less than 0.1% of total lifetime owners. 

Japan had DVD-players long before west had them. Since 1996? Especially in Europe PS2 was among the first DVD-players, so it's very likely that more people had PS2 as a DVD player in the west than they had in Japan. Secondly, it's not just how many bought it overall as DVD-players, but also when did they buy it as such. Especially at the time of the launch it was cheap and also had the Sony brand. 

PS2 had it's first price cut a year after it's release and every two years after that, if I recall.