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I believe the PS2 marketing hype was further bolstered by great initial sales in Japan, because it was a reasonably priced DVD movie player. https://www.gamesp

• perardi 5y ago
  Oh I so remember that, and can even find mainstream media articles to back that up. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/26/technology/playstation-2-game-console-as-trojan-horse.html https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/26/technology/playstation-2-... Same thing with the PS3—it was a lot of bang-for-the-buck for Blu-rays when it debuted. (Not that Blu-ray took the world by storm like DVDs, but still.) https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/4/20992215/playstation-3-ps3-blu-ray-disc-hd-dvd-sony-25th-anniversary https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/4/20992215/playstation-3-ps...