Thread 714338036

Can somepony explain to me why the PS2 is the best selling console of all time? You mean to tell me 160 million people saw shit like Crash Bandicoot and felt the need to hop on that bandwagon? At least nintendo had pikmin and mario super strikers

>>714338036 (OP)
Third-worlders that can't afford good consoles.
Also, there are Sony TVs that have built-in PS2s. These count as PS2 sales.

>>714338036 (OP)
>the cuck shed

>>714338036 (OP)
It sold 155M

ps2 would've sold well regardless but the dvd player is what it made it the best selling console of all time

>>714338036 (OP)
>At least nintendo had pikmin and mario super strikers
Crash is better than these

>>714338036 (OP)
>Why did young adults buy a game targeted to young adults instead of kiddie bing bing wahoo?

>>714338036 (OP)
snoy had taken a huge portion of the market with the original playstation and the followup was highly anticipated, the DVD player was also a big selling point too. at the same time nintendo was trying to recover from their missteps with the 64 (only to mess up again) and the xbox was a newcomer. they also sold the damn thing forever

>>714338036 (OP)
at the time it was basically the most affordable DVD player. That it doubled as a game console was quite the bonus.
It didn't take too long for competitive DVD players to come around, but they weren't THAT competitive, so PS2 held quite a value add advantage for a good while, at a time when migration from VHS was desireable.

Basically, a bunch of non-gamers bought the thing because they wanted to play movies
and Sony has been releasing movies on Playstation ever since.

>>714338036 (OP)
>cat forced to stay in the cuck shed
even cats aren't safe. grim.

>>714338036 (OP)
Most PS2s were sold after PS3 released because brown third worlders could pirate games on it easily at that point.

>>714339147
I was tendie when I was a kid but I had a ps2 cause my parents wanted to watch DVDs. I played a few games on it though

>>714338036 (OP)
No. People saw Grand Theft Auto 3 and that was that. It sold ps2s like Resident Evil 2 sold ps1s
I like both games, just stating facts

Because it had a DVD drive.

>>714338858
100%, had nothing to do with the console or games. Everyone I knew that had one had it instead of a DVD player.

>>714338036 (OP)
ps2 was the most comfy console ever. the golden era of sony

>>714338036 (OP)
you know the trash that's always in the top 100 music hits of a given year? same thing happens with video games.

>>714338036 (OP)
>17 replies in and no one has mentioned OP's forbidden word slip

>>714338504
>Also, there are Sony TVs that have built-in PS2
Those things are super rare and worth more than your annual salary.

>>714338036 (OP)
Toxotransmosis moment.

>>714338036 (OP)
it was pretty cheap
it was great
it had the biggest library of all time
the library was videogames in their absolute prime
>3d graphics super accessible but not backbreaking to develop at all
>franchise trolls hadn't locked down genres to a just one or two giants, ergo lots of racing games, lots of sports games
>consolewar faggotry hadn't hit peak divisiveness yet
That all means no technical barriers, no legal barriers, no corporate barriers, an absolute flood of competitive game development. Oh and there was no DRM shittery yet, you could play everything offline too, often in splitscreen. How many splitscreen racers or shooters can you buy now? Fuck all.
Best console in the best generation and if you missed out that's sad

>>714338036 (OP)
sony sold the same chip used to hack it

>>714339929
Don’t give it attention, that way they have to stew in the fact that saying something ironically and saying something unironically are the same

>>714340479
what?

fucking retard

>>714338036 (OP)
>PS2
>Crash Bandicoot
you fuckin' zoomer.

>>714338036 (OP)
>Can somepony explain to me why the PS2 was

FTFY
The Nintendo Switch is the best selling console, anybody saying anything else is full of bullshit.

This is how gaming fanboys carried themselves back in the day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsyS7U3ogUk

>>714338036 (OP)
It was a relatively cheap DVD player and you needed a DVD player back then if you wanted to watch anything good.
So lots of people, including non-gamers, just bought a PS2.

it was DVD player and it was backwards compatible with the PS1 disks and memory cards

how could it not be a success?

>>714339929
Ponk > Everyone

>>714338036 (OP)
built in dvd player and like a thousand games

First, it was the cheapest DVD player on the market, and DVD was the new sex at the time. No more rewinding, better image and sound, menus, etc.
People take for granted what a big deal that was in the day.
It was hyped like crazy, the cell processor was said to be sophisticated enough that embargo kept it from enemies of the west.
Backward compatibility was great for a few, and good in hindsight, but back then people were less savvy and more into the new thing.
Never mind that the games for it were so good they are getting remade and "remastered" to this day.
Except for the controller (debatable) it was pretty much the most perfect piece of gaming hardware ever made.

>>714349787
The DS2 was fucking great and borderline unbreakable.

>>714339929
It's a meme you dip

>>714338036 (OP)
Crash Bandicoot was PSX.

>>714338036 (OP)
Nice battlestation POTTER

>>714338036 (OP)
>MGS
>DMC
>GTA
any of these alone shits on the entire entire nintendo catalogue of the time.

>>714338036 (OP)
It was manufactured and sold for a very long time and was very cheap by the end of its life cycle, allowing it to be sold to people who otherwise would never buy a game console.

>>714349865
Good tech, bad ergonomics.

>>714338036 (OP)
>early PS2s were absolute garbage
>only 6th gen console for basically 2 years since the Gamecube and Xbox launched near the end of 2001
It's really probably more like 150M but then the DS got too close and then they pulled 5M out of their ass. Then the Switch got too close and then they said surprise we manufactured 160M and then just decided not to tell anyone until now.

>>714338036 (OP)
>but Nintendo
Cry some more.

The PS2 was the last console gen when Japan was still relevant and cared
Most jap studios were unable to make the jump to HD so they moved to mobile/tendie portables which only widened the gap between west and east.
Now the west has gone to shit and Japan isnt there anymore to pick up the baton

>>714338036 (OP)
shit was cheapo, too easy to brick and had a DvD player
it was a godsent to 3rd world countries
not that hard anon

>>714338036 (OP)
Brazil and Soccer.

>>714338036 (OP)
We got too cocky bingtoddler sisters

>>714338036 (OP)
DVDs and thirdies, there's your answer.

>>714346340
This but Celestia

>>714338036 (OP)
That cat probably doesn't know what most of the shit that's in that shed even is.

It was an all in one thing. The DVD player obviously played a role. And the library was huge. Yeah you didn't get EVERY Gamecube or Xbox game but you got enough of them. And if you did use another console primarily, you always ended up getting a PS2 to plug the holes. Gamecube never got Burnout 3 (it did get 1 and 2), but it's on Playstation. Xbox didn't get Silent Hill 3 (it did get 2 and 4), but it's on Playstation, etc.

>>714338036 (OP)
it has the vastest and best library of any console and amerimutts cope over this with the dvd meme because they growed up with shartcube

>>714338036 (OP)
PS2 sales are like holocaust survivors, they just keep multiplying

>>714338036 (OP)
As someone that was 12 when the thing released: It was GTA 3, literally no other reason. The game was mind-blowing back then.

>>714338036 (OP)
>bird bonanza
Hell yeah. My cat loves those. Okay, maybe love is a strong word. They're the only videos he actually reacts to.

>>714339929
What are you talking about? We're all ponies here bro. Always have been.

>>714338036 (OP)
>3rd world
>soccer & dbz/naruto
sometimes RE too

>>714338036 (OP)
ive got so many questions:
1. is the tablet/tv on all the time?
2. if so, on what basis do you even decide the program and does the cat really watch it and understand whats going on on the screen?
3. does it use the bed or just sleep whereever? because most cats ive known just decide to sleep on random shelves or some shit
4. is the pillow cover with all the other animals depicted confusing or irritating for the cat? why not just use a plain one?
5. was this entire project just done for so[y] points on reddit? who the fuck would waste 15 minutes a weak dealing with cat laundry, new sheets and what not for what is essentially a nerd cave for your pet?

>>714346340
>>714353570
20% is worst and I'm tired of everyone saying otherwise.

>>714339147
>at the time it was basically the most affordable DVD player.
it wasnt. but it was still popular as a dvd player because for one, it was a game console too so dads thought kids get something out of it as well. and more importantly it was by sony which was a highly regarded brand when it came to audio and video.

>>714344512
its not ranjeet
next

>>714353006
based

>why did people buy the console with the best library and not the one with ummm pikmin???
Must be all the dvds

>>714338036 (OP)
I mean just look at it. Try and tell me that isnt the best looking console of all time.