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GribbleGrunger on 07 September 2016

'Streaming is the future.'



 

The PS5 Exists. 


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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 07 September 2016
Soundwave said:
alternine said:

I never said 4K didn't interest me. 4k GAMES interest me. Not movies. 

 

Doubt the PS4 Pro can actually run many games at full 4k resolution. 4k is like 4x the pixels of 1080p I believe and PS4 Pro is only a little more than double the GPU power. Something is going to have to give there. So no 4k disc movies and probably compromised gaming performance at 4k.

I believe Mark said upscaled temporal for games and not native 4k. I don't think they showed a single game that actually ran at native 4k.



                  

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sub-zero-TM on 07 September 2016

Yup it's pretty sad.



Kerotan on 07 September 2016
Intrinsic said:
I wonder how many people build a gaming PC and puts in a 4k bluray player....

More interestingly tho, I think it's kinda shameful that the most talked about thing of a 4k gaming console isn't that it cost $399 but that it doesnt play 4k movie discs.....

Just watch Nintendo make a console that wouldn't even play DVDs and some people call it revolutionary.

It's always cool to hate the top dog.  

 

It's irrelevant though,  the general consumer won't give a rats.  Ps4 sales will prove that. 



Kerotan on 07 September 2016
Mummelmann said:
Lawlight said:

Except they did not do that with the PS4 - their fastest selling console to date.

Precisely; which shows that they have no faith in the physical market, which is, as mentioned, bad news for people who want proper quality video for their TV's they spent 3000 dollars on (I'm one of those).

PS: with the PS2's staggered launch, fastest selling is debatable, the PS2 was only available in Japan and insignificant Asian markets for about 7-8 months. If you count from global availability, the PS2 will start pulling way ahead now. Besides; the Wii was the actual fastest selling console of all time, and it was of very little consequence in the long run.

In an increasingly tech oriented market with consumers craving multi-purpose hardware, adding proper 4k playback wouldn't have hurt them either. Unless it was deemed a worthless effort, which is clearly is, so my point(s) still stands.

I'm glad I went for a 1080p TV 3 years ago instead of spending €4000 on a 4k TV.  The same quality 4k TV'S are going for €1000 now.  Definitely the right choice to wait, especially with it being clear 4k blu ray isn't the future,  streaming is.  

 

I wonder though,  will the PS5 have a 4k blu ray player?  The tech will be much cheaper by then and would make more sense. 



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manny10032 on 07 September 2016

Especially since there is only a small percentage of gamers that actually own a 4k tv.

I own one and i dont even play on it, MONITORS FTW!!



LudicrousSpeed on 07 September 2016

Just one of the dumb choices they made with the Pro, imho.



Dark_Feanor on 07 September 2016

Wierd decision from Sony. I dont see why keeping the 400 price point was só important for a Premium product.

Internet providers will love it thougt



Mummelmann on 07 September 2016
Kerotan said:
Mummelmann said:

Precisely; which shows that they have no faith in the physical market, which is, as mentioned, bad news for people who want proper quality video for their TV's they spent 3000 dollars on (I'm one of those).

PS: with the PS2's staggered launch, fastest selling is debatable, the PS2 was only available in Japan and insignificant Asian markets for about 7-8 months. If you count from global availability, the PS2 will start pulling way ahead now. Besides; the Wii was the actual fastest selling console of all time, and it was of very little consequence in the long run.

In an increasingly tech oriented market with consumers craving multi-purpose hardware, adding proper 4k playback wouldn't have hurt them either. Unless it was deemed a worthless effort, which is clearly is, so my point(s) still stands.

I'm glad I went for a 1080p TV 3 years ago instead of spending €4000 on a 4k TV.  The same quality 4k TV'S are going for €1000 now.  Definitely the right choice to wait, especially with it being clear 4k blu ray isn't the future,  streaming is.  

 

I wonder though,  will the PS5 have a 4k blu ray player?  The tech will be much cheaper by then and would make more sense. 

I bought my 4k TV only a couple of months ago, in anticipation of there actually being some good 4k content at long last. Neflix has decent quality on their 4k content, especially brand new productions, but the compression and lighting is still not very good, regardless of how fast your connection is (I first tested at a 500/50 connection, so that was hardly the issue) or what settings you use.



jason1637 on 07 September 2016

For those that buy blu Ray movies that are 4K the PS4 Pro is less interesting.