Cost of UHD Blu Ray - Is MS subsidizing Xbone S, or is Sony just milking it?

[arcaneguyver]

malistix1985 said:

arcaneguyver said:
I believe this is a case of Sony trying to push 4k streaming (as part of a deal with the likes of Netflix). The grumbles of "patching UHD in later" may be false unofficial damage control or Sony knows they can have their cake and eat it too.

Why? over 80% of the 4k televisions have 4k streaming build in to the television, more power effecient, easier with the TV remote, streaming services are not something you need a console for anymore.

 

The only "why" I can come up with is money. Way back when the PS4 was released there were rumors of negotiations with Netflix over 4k streaming; we thought that was ridiculous, PS4 can't output 4k. That rumor never really went away, and now years later we have this. We can assume Sony cheaped out to a) keep the cost down, remain profitable, and maybe sell UHD players separate, or b) because a deal(s) was made. My intuition says it's b, with them banking on money from these deals being greater than from UHD BluRay sales. I could be completely wrong, but that's the nature of speculation, ya?