The Meltdown Over No 4K Blu Ray Player In The PS4 Pro

[Mummelmann]

Lawlight said:

Mummelmann said:
Coming from a company that have actively used their consoles to push and develop formats for nearly 20 years, and being the main proponent of the blu-ray technology itself as well as a major presence in the movie industry, it seems like a really strange thing to omit from their upgraded model.
The only explanation is that they have no faith in 4k blu-ray, which is sad for us buffs who don't appreciate the poor comparative quality of 4k streaming.

Except they did not do that with the PS4 - their fastest selling console to date.

Precisely; which shows that they have no faith in the physical market, which is, as mentioned, bad news for people who want proper quality video for their TV's they spent 3000 dollars on (I'm one of those).

PS: with the PS2's staggered launch, fastest selling is debatable, the PS2 was only available in Japan and insignificant Asian markets for about 7-8 months. If you count from global availability, the PS2 will start pulling way ahead now. Besides; the Wii was the actual fastest selling console of all time, and it was of very little consequence in the long run.

In an increasingly tech oriented market with consumers craving multi-purpose hardware, adding proper 4k playback wouldn't have hurt them either. Unless it was deemed a worthless effort, which is clearly is, so my point(s) still stands.