Posted by GMAN on 09/30/05 06:40

In article <MPG.1da6894d67356d6098a02a@news.nabs.net>, Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote:
>Galley (Galley@Spam-Jammer.galleytech.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> The PS2 was released on Mar. 4, 2000 in Japan and Oct. 26, 2000 in the U.S.
>> DVD players came out in early 1997, or possibly late 1996.
>
>Thanks. I knew I didn't see many PS2s until 2001 (Christmas was the big
>sell for them) even with the Oct 2000 release, and DVD players did hit the
>US in early 1997.
>
>So, there were 3 years for the prices of players to drop to get closer to
>PS2 prices, and some people *still* bought the PS2 primarily as a DVD
>player.
>
>With HD-DVD player prices looking to be anywhere from my lowball $500 on
>up to the current $5,000, I'd say the PS3 would be a pretty attractive
>purchase at $300 even for people who don't care at all about games.
>
>If the PS3 plays PS2 games, though, maybe I would buy some used games real
>cheap if the mood struck me.
>
It will be backwards compatible with PS2 AND PS1 games

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