| Normchacho said: Because they would flounder and die on the hill of higher resolution. Making consoles prophibitively expesnsive so that a fraction of gamers can play games in native 4K instead of upscaled 4K would be a really dumb idea. |
Yes that would be a dumb idea. Good thing thats not whats happenning.
This is all sounding more and more like people just refusing to look at the facts simply cause they don't like the "idea" of something. Yet in so doong they are making their assumptions from a position of stubborn ignorance.
You and many others talk as if things like the Neo/Scorpio are here to replace everything. They aren't. they are here to give another option. Albeit a more expensive one.
By definition, the phrase prohibitively expensive means you are walking off customers due to price. That's only true if come the Neo/scorpio launch you simply can't just walk into a store and walk out with a PS4/XB1s respectively.
Look at it this way. If you want a more powerful version of the PS4/XB1 then you pay more for it. If you want 4k you pay more for it. If you can't afford to pay more for it then you probably also can't afford to buy a 4k tv anyways and still use a 1080p TV and in that case, the cheaper 1080p version of those consoles are still there sitting on shelves for you to buy. Simple as that.
It's like going into buy a TV. they all will play Suicide squad just the same. The exact same movie. However, you have a choice of paying $400 for a 1080p Tv or $1000 for a 4k tv.
Sony can afford to charge more for 4k cause they aren't planning to nor do they expect to sell that box to everyone. But they know there are those that want that box to go with their 4k TVs. By the time 4k TVs become as accessible as 1080p sets are, those consoles would also be cheaper.
Please, what exactly is wrong with all of this?
