| Normchacho said: I imagine that it was simply a case of very few people using the optical port. Think of it this way. Say Sony sold 40 million PS4s with optical ports but only 2 million people ever used it. That means Sony spent $60 million on 2 million users. So with the Slim they decided that it wasn't worth the cost or board space to include it. |
I believe that's important to remember that we will have a high-end model soon, for 400 or 500 bucks. The kind of people that have 4K sets, use optical ports and really expends a bit of cash on home theaters and such, will probably want the best model, specially because it will run games in higher resolutions to really make their expensive TV sets shine.
I really can't see someone expend 2K on a TV and go "oh, no, 500? That's expensive. I'm saving 200 bucks with the low-end model!".
