Early adopters: Why did you buy a PS2?

External Since: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 1

I've argued this point a dozen times over the years. Many people
contend (as does Wikipedia) that the leading selling features of the
PS2 was backwards compatibility and DVD playback. But since DVD players
had fallen to the $100 mark by Christmas 2000, and only PS1 owners had
a vested interest in backwards compatibility, it didn't make much sense
to buy a PS2 just for those reasons. Still, all I have to back up my
arguments is my own logic.

So I'm asking everybody out there to participate in my little
unscientific poll here. Either respond here or send me an e-mail
listing which of the following reasons (listed below) influenced your
PS2 purchase, and how important were they. Rate the reasons by
percentage points - for example, if DVD playback was the ONLY reason
you bought a PS2, that reason would rate 100%. Feel free to add nay
other reasons to my list as you see fit. I will gather your responses
for the next week or two, then post my results online. (Those of you
that choose to e-mail me instead of responding publicly, rest assured I
will NOT post your addresses or identities when I post the final
results.)

---------- begin poll here ----------

What reasons influenced your decision to get a PS2?
DVD playback out-of-the-box
PS1 compatibility
the coolness factor of owning a PS2
desire to play game X (title:______________)

When did you get your PS2? (month/year)

External Since: Jul 23, 2005 Posts: 194

kingsmedley RemoveThis @yahoo.com wrote:

> What reasons influenced your decision to get a PS2?
> DVD playback out-of-the-box
> PS1 compatibility
> the coolness factor of owning a PS2
> desire to play game X (title:______________)
>
> When did you get your PS2? (month/year)

I can't remember exactly when I got mine, but it was probably about 3-4
years ago. The main reason I got it was that it was free (I got it with
my bonus points on a credit card). I wanted one both for the backward
compatibility (I have about 100 PS1 games) and for the DVD player
because I didn't own one at the time. I didn't get it for the coolness
factor because hardly anyone I know plays video games, and most of them
don't understand why I do.

I didn't have any particular games in mind when I got it, but if I had
to choose between different gaming systems without having had a PS1, I'd
still pick the PS2 for the number of titles available for it especially
the number of RPG's.