Quote Originally Posted by Gameguy View Post
The Gamecube came out in 2001, at that time DVD players were at least $200. That's not exactly inexpensive. Back then I knew several people who had the PS2 and regularly used them to watch DVDs, I'm pretty sure that feature was important to a lot of people at the time.
What store were you shopping at? I got my first dvd player in 2001 for about $120 (a sanyo, not some cheap no-name brand), which is certainly less than the PS2 cost at that time. Which is why I say that Nintendo didn't need it.