Fusioncode said:
Exactly, I see no reason why the PS4 can't do all the multimedia functionality of the Xbone. Unlike Microsoft, Sony has realized that tv features aren't exactly a massive selling point. |
Sony can add any of that functionality; it's really more of a matter of "if."
For many of the video and audio formats/codecs, it's a simple matter of licensing fees rather than anything in the hardware itself. Recall the Nintendo Wii leaving out basic DVD playback; done in the interest of costs to cut DVD format licensing fees.
I don't know if people are forgetting that the PS3 was a fantastic media player that covered most major formats (barring MS and Apple proprietary formats) and allowed any external USB HDD to simply plug in with free access to the content turning the PS3 into a media jukebox and yet it is not much of a stretch to say that the percentage of consumers who bought a PS3 as a media hub was in the minority. Yes, there were those who bought them as BD players back when BD players were $1,000, but that was hardly the case even 2-3 years later.
So no; media features were not a huge selling point for the PS3 and it remains to be seen whether consumers really want to buy a $500 box they can plug their existing cable service into.
Personally, I don't see TV as the killer app for the XB1, but I've been wrong before.
