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Which company manufactured the console that became the best-selling home video game console in history, helped by doubling as an inexpensive DVD player?
Answer
Sony
Sony's PlayStation 2, launched in 2000, became the best-selling console of all time with over 155 million units sold, aided by its built-in DVD player at a time when standalone DVD players were still costly.
💡 Did you know?
The PlayStation 2 became the best-selling console ever partly because it doubled as a DVD player when DVDs were still expensive, outselling dedicated DVD players.
Other options people guess
- Nintendo
- Microsoft
- Sega
Topics
- video-games
- consoles
- sony
- 2000s
- dvd
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