smokebuddy [he/him]@lemmy.today to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 months agoThe Year is 2002. The Pizza Hut and Mountain Dew are on the way. It's Time to GAMER MODE all over your Uncle on the PlayStation 1lemmy.todayimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down12
arrow-up1142arrow-down1imageThe Year is 2002. The Pizza Hut and Mountain Dew are on the way. It's Time to GAMER MODE all over your Uncle on the PlayStation 1lemmy.todaysmokebuddy [he/him]@lemmy.today to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareBonehead@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoYou forget how ridiculously difficult and expensive it was to buy a PS2 when it was released.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoPS2 released in 2000. By 2002, Dreamcast already went under and Xbox and GameCube were about to release.
minus-squareGlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoXbox launched holiday 2000 and halo had been out for a full year
minus-squareBonehead@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoYes, and the PS2 was still more expensive than anything else on the market at the time. Plus there were shortages. I didn’t even see a PS2 until mid 2002 when a coworker finally got one and invited us over for a party.
You forget how ridiculously difficult and expensive it was to buy a PS2 when it was released.
PS2 released in 2000. By 2002, Dreamcast already went under and Xbox and GameCube were about to release.
Xbox launched holiday 2000 and halo had been out for a full year
Yes, and the PS2 was still more expensive than anything else on the market at the time. Plus there were shortages. I didn’t even see a PS2 until mid 2002 when a coworker finally got one and invited us over for a party.