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Originally posted by The Strangler
1) "Gaming Console - No DVD" - Nintendo has a GCN-DVD, just not in the states, so I guess they only feel that Japanese gamers like DVD.
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Maybe a little research into the field of DVDs can answer this one. The US is the main region for films, ever hear of hollywood and wonder why so many award shows are here? Ever wonder why we don't get horrible voice-overs? Anyway, we got DVDs first, and since we're bigger with movies they caught on faster here.
At the time of the PS2's launch in Japan, very few people could afford a DVD player because they were still going at over $400 a pop. So granted, getting a new PS2 and a DVD player for that price is a good deal, isn't it? It wasn't that way in the US, but that's why Sony did so damn well in Japan, even though software sales weren't that high. As for Gamecube, it would really be a waste to release a Gamecube with a DVD player in the US, because DVDs are now so common. It's like releasing a Gamecube with a VCR. But Matsu****a still realizes there's a little money to be made with the Japanese market, so they chose to release a new console there.
They don't feel only Japanese like DVDs. But it's a waste of money adding a DVD player to a Gamecube in the US, because so many people own them anyway. Hell, I got 6, the 7th is shipping, and buying an Xbox remote gets me 8. See my point?