> If it had a DVD player, I think it literally could’ve saved SEGA
It was released just as the PS2 was announced, back in an era when people only bought one game system. I think it was the timing more than anything else that killed it.
It was released just as the PS2 was announced, back in an era when people only bought one game system. I think it was the timing more than anything else that killed it.
I think that's the point. A lot of people bought a PS2 because it was also a DVD player (same with the PS3 and Blu-ray).
(To my and my brothers' initial disappointment, my parents didn't understand why we wanted a PS2 and got us a Dreamcast instead, then refused to get a second game system. One of my brothers still has and plays that Dreamcast.)
The Xbox required the IR remote controller to play a DVD (So you had to pay $300 plus that price), and the Gamecube could not play a DVD at all (but it was $150 at release).