There were/are so many TVs with built-in media players, I'm surprised to only hear of a built-in console now

Ah, but did you know about the PC with a Sega Mega Drive built into it?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_Mega_PC

PS2 in 2010?? Ugh, why would the release new tech with a PS2 when the PS3 was already out for around 4 years?

A tv with a built in console sounds.pretty amazing ngl

This is why Sony lost their reputation in home electronics. They were constantly behind and focused all of their energy on the absolute stupidest things. All they have left is their Playstation platform.

If I had to guess it’s because PS2’s sold like fucking hotcakes, a lot of people bought them just as DVD players and they more than likely had enough data especially by 2010 to come to the conclusion that if they were going to do this doing it with PS2s was the most cost efficient. Cheaper to make, more people would buy

I'm actually quite enjoying my Sony TV as well. I hear their cameras are pretty good too.

For reference, the PS2 is still the best selling console of all time.

They're fine for what they are but Sony is a mid-range TV now and they're not at the forefront of innovation. They're strictly a follower now.

There is also a ps3 version with 3d. You can play full screen cough MP when both players use 3d glasses.

Read the article maybe?

> The question was: why did Sony decide to market a television with an integrated PS2 more than four years after the release of its PS3?

> To answer this question we have to look further in the past. In that year Sony released a refurbished PS2, the PS2 Slim, to boost sales again. Technically, the PS2 was sold until 2013. More than seven years after the introduction of the PS3. However, after the introduction of the PS3, the PS2 was particularly popular in emerging economies such as Brazil and other parts of Latin America. In Japan, the US and Europe, the interest of many gamers had already turned to the new PS3.

> The story goes that Sony had a surplus of PS2 hardware for the European PAL region. The company may have expected a more gradual transition from current to next-gen and thereby overproduced PS2 hardware. It now sought a way to get rid of its redundant hardware without having to write it all off or dump it somewhere in the sea.

PS3 was $499 at launch ($640 adjusted for inflation) meanwhile the PS2 was just $99 in 2010.

The Amstrad Mega PC was a pile of shit though, it was just an underpowered, overpriced PC with a Mega Drive attached with no functionality between the two. It was cheaper at the time to buy a Mega Drive (4 years old at this point) and a better PC than it was to buy the Amstrad. The Sega Teradrive released in Japan was a much better Mega Drive/PC hybrid with a way to program games on the PC and test them on the Mega Drive.

Sony is way, way bigger than just TV's and home equipment.

Until the console breaks.

Or you want to get a new version of the console.

Sure. But I'm specifically talking about home electronics...hence why I said they lost their reputation in home electronics and not their movie division

Someone does the math and figures it isn't that much more money to sell an integrated PS2 over an integrated DVD player.

Nobody reads the articles, nobody has time to spend 20 minutes reading every article they come across that piques their interests, some people just want to ponder out loud or create a discussion, stop being so condescending and relax

they were still selling the ps2 in Brasil at the time? or was that the Sega Master System and og NES?

Mesa sold the Mk III and MK IV Boogies for several years in the 90's as well, but stopped marketing the III. i guess they were just trying to use up old stock? it was the only model that they did this with though

I owned a couple of these and they usually ended up not lasting long.

Oh absolutely. Yes The Teradrive was better, but that's not saying much as it also wasn't good, it's just the Amstrad version was utterly terrible.

HD Ready was 720p

2 for 1...wooo

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I have one of these it’s cool. Great picture for PS1 games

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>Nobody reads the articles, nobody has time to spend 20 minutes reading every article they come across that piques their interests, some people just want to ponder out loud or create a discussion, stop being so condescending

The lack of self-awareness is astonishing.

My favorite was not a TV with a console built in, but my iMac with Bleem! Best of both worlds…kind of.

Today I learned they are $500 on ebay

Hotels was why they did it

PS2 was so widely sold it made sense.

When I was a kid a friend of mine had a TV (old tube type) with an NES built into it.

The awesome thing is, if you bought one, apart from the size, you probably haven’t felt the need to upgrade…

The thing has it all, HDMI with audio return channel for some sound bar action, the controller is basically the same for brand new bravias…

I doubt the thing has very good smart functionalities, but holy hell, the thing even has a ethernet jack…

it's literally two paragraphs in, you could've taken half the time finding this information for yourself rather than writing this reply complaining about someone who wasnt even talking to you

The concept is pretty cool, though.

The PS2 is timeless though, so it's okay

Then they should go look at memes or YouTube shorts and leave the reading and discussions to others.

Wow so you didnt even have to screw in the online adapter? Thats bad ass.