Would it make sense for Sony to add an UHD drive in 12 months?

[Kerotan]

Mr Puggsly said:

LudicrousSpeed said:

You're right about the defending part. He's already saying in other threads that people shouldn't care about UHD discs anyway because they aren't "real 4K" but upscaled, as if that is a bad thing. But then he says BluRay's look "exceptional" upscaled to 4K and is excited about upscaled 4K gaming. These things with lower quality assets upscaled to 4K are going to be super, and look "exceptional", but a UHD movie on a disc is a waste because it's not "real 4K".

400 million dollars saved by not including the drive... the hoops people will jump through, lol.

Seriously? How would it look if Sony released a fourth console revision just to add UHD support when X1 S was doing it over a year prior at a lower price.

The backlash would be big and it would also make Sony look reactive, something they claim they arent about.

Again, at this rate it could make sense for some PS4 Pro Slim 2 or 3 years from now. Thats the only way they can do it without looking bad

They can just say it as it is and say the price of one has come down.  Anyone who decided to get a scorpio over neo just for this feature could then get the neo as it would be cheaper.  

 

Again we're only talking a small percentage of people here but if ain't going to cost them much then why not. 

 

Ps4 is going to be over 70m come end of next year and xbox will be nowhere near that.  This thing isn't relevant in thr outcome of the gen.  It's just 1 little detail.  

 

Sony has made all the right moves this gen including leaving the UHD drive out.  If the price is much lower come 12 months I'd say it's the right decision to include it.