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Guitarguy on 21 March 2016
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teigaga said:
nanarchy said:
I have a lot of doubt that physical media will exist in the next gen of consoles (except Nintendo's) and I would actually be rather disappointed if they wasted the money and effort to put a player in the next gen. UHD is far too niche at this point to bother with for a mainstream console, not to mention the horsepower to drive such a display for games in a console is a long way off (at least at affordable power efficient levels)

I'd say this year is like what 2004 was for HD. UHD TVs are now at mainstream prices and being pushed in all electronic stores. Theres a lack of content which means that people don't necessarily have a reason to pay that extra few 100 dollards to get the 4k TV over the 1080p one, but the transition to shops selling mostly 4k TVs will happen in the next few years. it only took a few years for 720p screens above the size of 30" to become extinct. Any console arriving in the next few years will be early for UHD but  certainly not too early. Being capable of 4k doesn't all games  will aim for it, it partially comes with the territory of more powerful hardware. Numerous PS3 games failed to hit 720p, let alone the 1080p the console was capable of.

UHD bluray is partially dead on arrival but I don't think it'll be that costly an endevour (its just a 3 layer BR disc) so PS5 will likely support it if it hasn't abandoned discs (it probably won't, digital is still not close to 50% of software purchases yet)

Good points but UHD Blu Rays being dead on arrival is due to those certain films being finished on a 2K digital intermediate and then up-rezzed to 4K, meaning it is not a genuine and pure 4K output. Hence why the current '4k' blu rays being only marginally superior than their 1080P counterparts.