There was also the playstation 2 releasing about 6 months after the dreamcast, with dvd capabilities, when dvd players were expensive as fuck. People were using them as a DVD player. Basically the same reason the playstation 3 sold decently at all in it's first years.

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've heard stories of people buying or being encouraged to buy a PS1 because it also played CDs.

[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Never heard of that. Audio cd's have been around for a while by then. And cd players weren't expensive. But I could be wrong. I was not really in to consoles at that point.

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I wasn't around then but i think the stories I heard was "kid wants his own cd player and gaming console so he buys a PS1"