• Brewchin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    25 days ago

    What I see: “You can verify this image if you install our app.” Garbage post.

  • davidgro@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    25 days ago

    Genuinely surprised that nothing old-school made the list: NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, A2600, etc.

    • Infrapink@thebrainbin.org
      5·
      25 days ago

      The NES was the best selling of those, at ~60 million. The PS1 completely changed the curve.

      It’s funny. People remember the PS3 as a failure because it’s the worst-selling PlayStation, but it still crushed NES numbers

  • Pistcow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    501·
    25 days ago

    The reason for the high sales of the PS2 was because it was a cheap DVD player at being nearly half the price of a stand alone DVD player.

    Funny by the time I worked at Target when they discontinued selling VHS and a customer was arguing with me about why did we stop selling VHS and I replied, “Dude, buy a DVD player, there’s one on that shelf for $35, its cheaper than a toaster now.” My manager standing next to me wasnt too happy but the customer reluctantly bought the cheap ass-DVD player.

    • Agrivar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      25 days ago

      As someone who moved on from consoles between the Nintendo and the Super Nintendo, the PS2 is the only modern console I’ve ever owned, and it was 90% for the DVD player.

    • itsamelemmy@piefed.zipEnglish
      21·
      25 days ago

      The ps3 was also one of the cheapest blu-ray players at the time. But I’m pretty sure the 2 launched for 3 or 4 hundred, not 500 or 600 like the ps3 so that probably put a damper on sales. I know I waited for the 40gig $400 ps3 version that gen, and the ps3 price is what made me buy a 360 initially instead.

      • greybeard@feddit.onlineEnglish
        13·
        25 days ago

        There was also a pretty aggressive format war between BluRay and HDDVD that tempered demand for a little while. I bought a launch PS3 as well, in part because of BluRay.

        I also think it was a time where not everyone had an HD TV, nor did most people see a huge difference between DVD and BluRay, so there just wasn’t quite the demand compared to VHS vs DVD. Aside from the graphical stepup to DVD, it also didn’t need to be rewinded and didn’t take up nearly as much space. I think those two were big selling features, that the DVD to BluRay transition just didn’t have.

        • itsamelemmy@piefed.zipEnglish
          5·
          25 days ago

          All true. I also remembered that I actually bought 2 ps2 as I bought my girlfriend’s mom one for a dvd player for Christmas I think. The vhs to dvd was definitely a bigger jump than to blu-ray.

    • Buffy@libretechni.caEnglish
      12·
      25 days ago

      How was your manager not happy with this? You not only talked them into a purchase but a purchase into an ecosystem that would likely generate future revenue for the company. There is nothing but positives here?

    • rljkeimig@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      25 days ago

      I 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.

      • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
        31·
        25 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.worldEnglish
          2·
          24 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.worldEnglish
          2·
          25 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.

    • zikzak025@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      25 days ago

      Switch has a good chance of overtaking PS2 before the end of its lifespan. The Switch is still selling and still getting game releases.

  • Björn@swg-empire.deEnglish
    13·
    25 days ago

    Strange, I distinctly remember it being a big deal that the Wii outsold the PS2 at some point.

    • paultimate14@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      24 days ago

      I don’t remember that. Maybe you’re thinking of something like “if the Wii keeps selling at its current pace it will pustell the PS2”?

      They said that about the Switch as well and it didn’t happen.

    • bus_factor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      25 days ago

      I figured the 2004 release as the PS2 slim turned the tables again, but that was still before the Wii came out in 2006. It’s possible that story only counted the original PS2 and this chart counts both, though.

    • jedibob5@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      25 days ago

      The Wii might’ve had higher sales at its peak, but PS2 had a lot of longevity.

  • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    English
    22·
    25 days ago

    I’m actually shocked how low 360/ps3 are.

    I felt like everyone I know has at least owned one, and they where more consoles where actually used as Netflix boxes back then out of necessity due to lack of good smart TVs or set top boxes.

    Plus they had an extra 5 years of being around, not to count the fact most early adopters bought another twice, especially with the 360 due to RROD.