aLkaLiNE said:
Okay, so UHD has more gb per layer. What's your point? They also have different capacity DVDs that can be read by the same DVD lasers. Still based on the same technology and we have retro bluray drives that are patch able to UHD. There is no supporting evidence I've ever seen up to this point that suggests the PS4 disc reader is not patchable for 4K content.
Its hard to state something as a fact without giving yourself some credence, Sony themselves haven't denied it, they tip toed around the subject which to me means there's other factors at play. If it wasn't possible, I imagine they'd be inclined to admit that now or at some point in the very near future given the backlash. |
I wrote this before but I think Sony signed an exclusive deal with Netflix(ie Netflix paid them alot of money) to funnel users to the format. Sony also saved themselves money by not installing a native UHD player(whether the standard blu ray drive can be converted into an UHD player via firmware is yet to be seen) so in Sony's eyes it was win-win. Now I have no proof to back this up at all, just a thought. They were plugging Netflix during the reveal and a Netflix executive revealed a 4k variant of the PS4 some years back:
https://gamerant.com/netflix-ps4-xbox-one-4k-release/
I think there is something more at play here....
