| Azzanation said: Its not about power. XB1s will be the cheapest 4k player on the market which will appeal to many when buying TVs etc. The Neo will be a more expensive device. For none gamers the X1s is heaps more attractive and will most likely dominate thst area. The Scopio will be its own thing since it will not only out power the Neo but will possibly be the leading 4k machine when it comes to quality. Your looking at it as a gamers view. Im looking at it on a wider scale. One of the key reasons the PS3 managed to sell well was due to its Blu Ray player which was affordable to many new buyers for Full HD TVs. Many none gamers brought a PS3 for there entertainment system. I see the X1s doing the same thing. 4k is a new market. I also dont think the Neo or the Scorpio will sell heaps. |
There will probably be some people that would consider an X1s as a 4K player (I'm one of them but will wait until the HDR dust settles at least)
Yet your last statement is likely most accurate. The situation is vastly different now than with the ps3. 4K blu-rays are still few and very expensive without a format war driving the price down. While 4k tvs all come with the ability to stream 4K built in. Even this die hard fan of physical media with a huge blu-ray collection must admit that 4K blu-ray is going to be the next Laserdisc :/ By this time last format change I already had a bunch of hd-dvds and blu-rays laying around waiting to buy a player. This time only The revenant sits in my Amazon shopping cart, still $35, not really worth it.
Anyway if it's 300 vs 400 between X1s and Neo, I don't think that that new 4k tv buyer is going to save that extra 100 when the Neo can show much better visuals at 4K. $100 extra for 3x faster machine, that's a good deal. Not that it matters, it's not in MS' interest to sell 4K blu-ray players. It's basically a lost sale like a secondary console. No extra software or subscription income. It's not that interesting for Sony either, no format war to win this time. Plus it seems they rather have you stream their 4K content, Sony still hasn't bothered to release a standalone player.
