They had problems in the begining when they first started selling them. Y'see, in '92 Sony was targeting them to the 'MTV' generation; And said generation wanted them, but no one who spends all waking hours watching MTV can afford to drop $400 USD on a glorified tape deck. So the rebirth came in the late 90's, after Sony Improved the audio quality a lot, this time going after rich kids with loaded parents.