Will There Be A PlayStation 5? Sony Is Unsure: 'It's An If'

[mizzou_guy]

Soundwave said:

mizzou_guy said:

You have to understand that it is easier for these companies to develop the new fiber networks in the urban areas than it is in rural or even smaller cities due to return of investment ratios.  Laying fiber is expensive, so the more densily populated an area is, the more financially it makes sense for these companies to offer these services.  Land-wise, urban areas are much smaller than the rest of the country, so that return on investment goes way down once you exit the metro populations.  Perhaps the existing cable option can help, but I still think it's going to be an extremely long time before we see a streaming only offering from anybody, as it would alienate too many users.

In 10 years I think everyone will have it even urban areas. The tech that Comcast has doesn't even require fiber optic it just requires a new modem. 

Japan is spreading quickly, in fact Sony themselves is one of the leading ISPs offering ultra high speed. Yoshida probably knows whats coming. 

Playstation Now was always a test run for the future I think. Maybe there will be a physical PS5, but even that I think will be entirely optional. 

To be honest it's far more lucrative to let people spend that money on games anyway ... with no hardware cost, you could have 3-4 extra games sold per game player, that would be a dramatic boost to attach rates. 

There is still the cost of servers to support the increased data traffice that these speeds are bringing.  There will have to be an infrastructure update in the places offering these services, even if they are able to use the same lines.

I think you and I are just going to have to agree to disagree.