Digital Foundry - Several sources indicate Neo will launch this year

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Microsoft is slowly killing the XBox console. On one hand...here's the new upgraded XBox One S that can play 4K blurays and yet, in 18 months time we will release out brand new Scorpio that will blow everything out the water. So why buy an XBox One? Well unless you desperately want a 4K BR player or you want to play XBox games...oh but wait, every single XBox exclusive game will release on PC as well.....

Back on topic, I still think the Neo will be released this calendar year. Although I am unsure if it will include a 4K BR drive, I seriously doubt it to be honest unless they make the cost quite high as I'm sure MS is losing loads of dough with each One S sale. Be prepared for a $349 PS4 Special Edition (otherwise known as Neo) to be released in November and for the original PS4 to be reduced to $249. This will push sales of the PS4 up again.

Both the PS4 and PS4SE will work with PSVR as well, so expect to see bundles for both $699 for PS4SE version and $599 for PS4 version.

By the time Scorpio releases in November 2017, the PS4SE will have been on the market for 12 months and will have replaced the normal PS4 as the Playstation console to own. The original PS4 will sell loads as well due to it's much lower cost. Also, we could see both the PS4 and PS4SE reduce in cost late next year as well, right before the Scorpio launches which would impact sales of the console.

Talking about 4K, I don't see a problem with any Playstation supporting 4K output, but don't think Sony should go to the expense of having a 4K BR drive in a Playstation at the moment unless they want to drive sales of the devices to drive TV sales. 4K mass adoption is years and years away.