Intrinsic said:
g911turbo said:
Edited for clarity.
I think the idea of sony releasing a PS4 NEO [now, at the 3 year mark] is completely ludicrous. When you're the market leader and selling at a rediculous pace you don't take big risks like that, at least you shouldn't.
If anything, I see them releasing an updated ps4 SKU that supports 4K bluray playback. After all, sony is still a media giant. That makes the most LOGICAL sense, vs. wishful thinking. I could see sony releasing something [with a GPU upgrade], like MS, by next year or 2018 which would put them at the 4-5 year mark. I see Sony leaning more toward the 4 year mark based on threats from MS, and more toward the 5 year mark if MS pushes out too.
Releasing after only 3 years seems to put them first to the market with a big gamble, when they are the leader and only INCREASING their dominance. WHAT IS THE POINT OF THEM DOING THAT FROM A BUSINESS PERSEPCTIVE. You would have to show me concrete numbers of droves of people who are NOT buying a PS4 because it is too "weak". Rather, I suspect that people are waiting to buy a PS4 for more games or cheaper price. Quite the contrary of what NEO would achieve.
If sony was showing any signs of flattening out or worse yet, decline, I would change my tune. Otherwise, I'm not sure a GPU upgrade makes much sense from a business perspective. The market is not asking for it. A mintority on forums is not enough to make it a sound business decision.
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I know or can see the business sense in releasing a PS4neo, but I am in complete agreement with you otherwise. There isn't any pressure or even reason for sony to do that. They could just release a PS4 slim this year and call it a day and wait a year or two before releasing the upspecced PS4. They sre the market leaders after all, and are showing no signs of slowomg down.
Leaks and the media have suggested the Neo comes out this year.... we dont know for certain if that is going to happen. Truth is, no one knows for certain anything about the Neo. Case in point, at one piint prior to the launch of the PS4 it was rumoured to have only 4GB of GDDR5 ram....... look how that turned out.
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By now, everyone knows or has heard why Sony or MS can't go slim unless they remove the disc drive. Sony won't remove the drive nor will MS or Sony take up the costs for an expensive 16nm chip since AMD won't.
Sony was clearly planning ahead of MS to release a slim hence they are ready to release their upgrade this year whilst MS like most of this gen has been behind and playing catch up. However, this has allowed them to react to Sonys leaked specs and release a more powerful upgrade at a later date.
