New PS4 this October (Rumour)

[mazign]

How did rumors about console hardware capable of outputting up to native 4K turn into "OMG my current console is obsolete?' I am floating around other game sites and seeing similar mentality. I don't understand. It is just like on a PC, you put in a game and the hardware detection sets graphics based on system performance. So you go buy a game and if you have the original PS4 you get standard resolution and graphics, if you have PS4K it defaults to a higher resolution and unlocks other features. It is the same disk. Nothing is different. Software has worked like this for several decades. How is it that people are making the leap to 'the current PS4 is now worthless and they won't make games for it in the future!'

Is it that up until now the argument in favor of consoles has long been that all console gamers are on the same playing field, but with another option it'll become, 'oh you don't have PS4K, haha, you are playing on inferior hardware. I am better than you!'

Sure, some people have more disposable income than other people and if they can upgrade, or people like me who haven't bought the PS4 might be given an incentive. I guess I don't see how this is anything but good. It opens up another revenue stream by enticing existing or new users to get a PS4K. Especially those on PC hardware who are used to those added graphical features. And when we are dealing with 8-year console cycles it keeps things more interesting. There is always room for PS4K 2 at some point down the line with even more features.

But I think the complaints center around what I said above. A portion of console users will now have to fight over who has the better console, only this time it will be in the same family Xbone 1 vs Xbone 4K/ PS4 vs PS4K. Or it is entitlement. That other people have the better thing that I can't afford so they are my enemy.