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thismeintiel on 05 June 2017
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SWORDF1SH said:

This should stop the talk of the Pro being a failure but it won't. Somehow people will twist it to make 1 in 5 sound bad.

Edit - VGPolyglot was in pretty quick. I expected at least 10 posts before the doom comments. 

Well, until the Scorpio is selling 1 in 7 or 8 XBOs, and they act like its doing well for a ~$449 system.  The fact is, for an uneccessary upgrade, that has no true exclusives, and requires a 4K TV to get the full benefits of, this is damn good.  I expect it to jump to 1 in 4 when it drops in price this holiday season.

Personally, I couldn't wait, so I got one last week.  Loving it so far.  Especially Boost Mode.  Of course, I'm selling my OG PS4, so it'll be more like I spent $200 on one.

V-r0cK said:
potato_hamster said:

From what I gather there are a number of blu-ray drives that are actually capable of reading 4K blu-ray disks in terms of the hardware's physical capabilities. They just need to be programmed with the new reading process for 4K discs, and they should be able to do it.

That doesn't sound very costly to do so why didn't Sony include that in the first place?  I think the Pro's launch sale would've made a greater impact if they just had that from the start.

Oh well, if that's still the case then at least it'll be good to finally have 4K player than to not.

Because the Pro is just an upgrade to the PS4.  4K Bluray is also so niche at this point, it makes little to no difference at all.  The XBO S has one, but it's selling much less than the PS4, but is still costing MS extra to continue to put them in there.  And the Scorpio will sell less than the Pro, especially if it's $449 and the Pro is $299-$349, even though it has a 4K drive.  And if you estimate a 4K drive would cost Sony $10-$15 extra to put one in, and the Pro continues selling 20% of the next 50M PS4s sold, then Sony would have spent $100M-$150M on something barely anyone uses.  Without that cost, they can make a larger profit at first, and then it also allows them to drop the price quicker without taking as much of a hit. 

It's also why they didn't go with a new GPU for their mid-gen upgrade, like MS has.  Instead they went with doubling up on the GPU they are already using in the PS4.  If we see a $299 Pro this holiday season to combat the Scorpio, it will be because those savings have allowed them to do so.