And the Saga Continues - PS4 Pro Lack of 4K Blu-ray.

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DonFerrari said:

aLkaLiNE said:

This is through and through a business decision, whether it's because of a partnership with Netflix, because they don't want to cannibalize their incoming luxury UHD player, or because the market is moving toward digital faster than UHD is being adopted. Has nothing to do with faith, they've already proven themselves on that aspect.

 

I suppose it could also be because of console parity between the new slim/pro and OG but idk about that

Or like, if PS4 is to be substituted in 2 years by PS5 and the 4k TVs adoption rate doesn't show a profit on including the drive on PS4Pro that would be a reason.

To me, the most likely scenario is that if Sony were to reveal that newer standard BR drives hooked up to powerful hardware such as a computer or ps4/xb1 were just a firmware upgrade away from playing 4K content barring other physical hardware limitations such as HDMi2.0, then it would make the whole concept of "luxury $600 UHD player" obsolete and the profit margins would come way down for the rest of the members in the Blu Ray Association including big name players like Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Pioneer and a few more. The newer triple layer disc and drive speed is where the premium comes in, but with newer manufacturing techniques I can't fathom that there was ever any percievable increase in material cost.