Comment on World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles
rljkeimig@lemmy.world 5 days agoI think the PS2 being so well sold is more impressive because the price adjusted for inflation is closer to $560, or $299 in the year 2000.
I think part of it was the idea that it could also be a DVD player so you wouldn’t need two devices that helped sell it if I recall correctly.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 days ago
I remember that was the case for PS3 and BluRay, but not so much DVD and the PS2. PS3 was, what, $300? $400? Where as the cheapest BluRay player that just played BluRay movies was almost a grand.
I may just not remember it being similar for PS2. I was a sophmore in high school when it came out.
ripcord@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That was absolutely true for ps2 and DVD. They were trying to recapture it with ps3 and blu ray and with less success.
rljkeimig@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The PS3 was stupid expensive at launch, like $600 in 2006, nearly $1000 in 2026 dollars. But yeah I think that argument was made then also.
I think the PS2 was marketed specifically for DVD capabilities in some cases, I remember an IR dongle and remote control they sold so you didn’t have to use a controller.