I think everyone is in agreement. This is NOT a PS4, and it would be suicide if Sony tries to market it as such.
| Shams said: After reading the (original) article again, I'm almost certain its a network box - dropping the BluRay drive. I wonder how the industry will react to this... The other issue is this - a large number of people planning on getting a PS3 would buy one of these "PS3 Lite" devices instead - and without a BluRay drive, it *won't* play PS3 (shelf) games. That would make me very nervous if I was a PS3 heavy publisher, around about now... Anyway - its at least 12 months away, and a lot can change in 12 months. |
I think this is the most likely scenario if this story has any truth to it what so ever. With no BR drive and cost reduction of other components over the next 18 months, this sort of system would be significantly cheaper. It would likely fall into a price range most are happy to pay, especially if it includes a rich multimedia feature set.
As for the industry’s reaction – well if it’s aimed at media buffs with an optional BR add-on, it shouldn’t be much of a problem. It would be like a quality HTPC that can also play nextgen games if the user chooses. Meanwhile developers continue to make games (as they would normally for the original system) and Sony gets to recoup its money faster.
Edit: changed "a" to "at".
