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

[Mr Puggsly]

Kerotan said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Hah, thats a quick way to appear anti consumer.

Its not niche and expensive, if so X1 S wouldnt do it for $299 so people wouldnt believe Sony.

Anywho, let me end this discussion. A new PS4 simply to add UHD would look very bad for Sony. Therefore they may just wait for PS5.

If it costs them 15-20$ more per console it is expensive because that adds up to hundreds of millions in lost profits.  Not worth it for a super niche industry.  

They won't look bad or good.  They'll simply just be adding in an extra feature.  They did this with the ps3. 

Waiting until ps5 is an option but by then 4k bluray might clearly have no future so they could leave it out still.  Unless the cost of the drive is practiically the same as the regular bluray.  Which is my point in this thread.  

If it ain't costing much in 12 months.  Might aswell just throw it in. 

It would be less niche if every PS4 Pro owner UHD. Thats how other formats got off the ground, being in consoles.

No, Sony would look bad putting out a new model just a year later. Also, Sony said the next upgrade would be a completely new console. Its also reactive to Xbox. Basically you want them to go against what they boast about. Again, they may wait  a PS4 Pro Slim if they ever add UHD.

UHD drives also have increased storage capacity. So the next consoles will likely use them given they will also be cheap.