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"Five Hundred Ninety Nine US Dollars!"

But for both the PS2 and PS3, Getting folks to adopt the new formats was definitely a factor.

In the case of the PS2, I think less so; It wasn't the cheapest way to get a DVD player, but IIRC it wasn't that much more than a DVD Player with Component out at the time (note; All PS2s can do Component out, but only later models can play DVDs at 480p) and that made it a lot easier for families to buy-in.