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Intrinsic on 09 September 2016
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Ganoncrotch said:

As for the actual people who were keen to get the Neo, I think the lack of the disk drive which a low enough % of users used for Sony to decide not to include... is a fine compromise for that amount of Teraflops at $399 in a 2016 console, amazing power for cost.

I habe to agree... I didn't even notice they didkt say anything about a4k BR drive until after the show here on the forums. I really couldn't care less about it. Then again, I probably would have bought the PS4p even if it came without a disc drive period. 

mutantsushi said:

I don't think I ever put forth a theory as to WHY Sony chose their current configuration, either here or in other threads.
I haven't claimed that Sony IS in fact milking it.  That really depends on the costs involved, doesn't it?  That's what I want to clarify.
You put forth a theory that seems to suggest 4K BD costs $100, and propose we hypothesize about the results of that...
As I made clear in the first post, I'd really rather get the actual cost numbers clear first, before discussing fantasy cost scenarios that aren't real.

I'm not suggesting that it costs $100. i think the first thing i said in my post was i dount it cost more than $50. But also went onto say that it could veey well cost more than that beig that i also think the consoles domt cost more than $220 to make. 

And I arrived at that from the cost of the Fat XB1. At one point they were being sold for as little as $270. The XB1s should cost less to make. Barring whatever the cost of the drive is. And i don't think MS is in a position now to be chasing profits on hardware. So they are probably selling it with very very very low margins. If not at a loss.... tho I doubt that.