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SvennoJ on 09 September 2016
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Kerotan said:
Mr Puggsly said:

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.

I'm a gamer who hasn't bought a standard blu ray in years.  I'm glad they put people like me first.  

 

#4theplayers is why they're dominating the market not #4theblurayplayers.  

 

They'll look bad to a select few but like this week's meltdown the general market won't care and it will be just another feature on the ps4 to buy.  

 

Whether Sony include a uhd player or not that market ain't catching on anytime soon.  They single handedly pulled the blu ray market to relevance last gen.  At great financial cost.  I think it's Microsofts turn to do the same this gen.  Good luck to them.  Because it ain't going to be easy. 

Ha, Microsoft has no stake in making 4k UHD discs succesful, it's just for marketing. MS doesn't make movies nor tvs nor standalone players, yet they couldn't wait to tout "Cheapest 4K UHD player, only console with 4K UHD player" right after the Neo reveal.

Meanwhile XBox One S doesn't have a secondary HDMI out for sound, meaning if you use a receiver that's not hdmi 2.0 compatible (very likely if you didn't buy one recently) you'll have to dig out the old optical cables and go back to lossy surround sound with that 4K image. Plus pairing it with an HDR tv to get it to actually show HDR doesn't seem all that easy according to reviews, and it doesn't support DTS:X nor Dolby Atmos. It also runs through a seperate app you have to download first, I guess a cost saver as MS will only have to pay 4k blu-ray license fees for the app downloads, not all machines sold.

Yet that all doesn't matter, it will look great once you have it set up correctly. But a vested interest in 4K blu-ray, MS has not. I wonder if there will be a noticeable up tick in 4k blu-ray sales now the XBox One S is out. Last gen Sony was selling cheap blu-rays as well to compete with hd-dvd, while MS bundled 10 movies with their hd-dvd add-on at some point. No such luck this time, I can't find any deals on 4K blu-rays.