PS4 Slim Review

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Fei-Hung said:

Captain_Yuri said:

Well... Saying it will be a little more than the x1s is rumored at best... And its not like x1s can't lower its price to... I doubt 4k compatibility drives up the cost of the hardware very much.

I'm sure 4K players don't come cheap. Unlike BR players, an average 4K player will cost you around $300 at retail. 

 

Can't argue about cost being rumours, but saying MS will drop the price is also speculation. 

 

What can't be argued is, the PS4 will be the only console with or without a slim, that will be by far the cheapest entry into VR gaming. As a gaming device, it will leave the X1 in the dust. Not only is it more powerful, but you will be able to game in VR. 

Well the thing is... It already has a bluray player... So does the ps4 and I doubt UHD bluray players cost much more than the ones both of them currently have. Yea the ones on amazon does but since it is "new," they are just simply cashing it in. It is similar to what happened when DVDs/Blurays were new. You could buy an expensive $300 dvd player or a ps2 that can do the same and more.

Considering that the power hasn't increased at all and cheap PC gpus can also do 4k video, it really doesn't cost very much. The console isn't playing games on 4k, just outputting video which pretty cheap hardware can already do. Oh and the x1s of course has weaker hardware than the ps4 which means that the cost is already lower than the ps4/ps4s...

And while MS dropping the price is also speculation, it is a more educated speculation based on Microsoft's History and what companies generally do...

While it is true that PS4 is the cheapest entry to VR, that is still quite expensive considering it is $800. (Ps4 + PSVR + PSEye) Tons of people already have 4k TVs and 4k TVs will continue to sell. TVs have a bigger impact than VR does for a regular consumer and I highly doubt that will change. So MS will market the x1s as a) The only console with 4k/HDR support and when the Neo comes along, the cheapest console the support 4k and HDR.

Again, not saying x1 will suddenly outsell the ps4 but I am saying that the ps4s should have had this.

Edited to make the wording better.