Rafie said:
It's why Sony didn't put a UHD drive in the Pro. Everyone streams and use their consoles for it. |
Ooh, let's poke that bear. What percentage of total time is used to watch physical 4K blu-rays on XBox One S.
After the initial report of 4K blu-ray sales outpacing blu-ray (for the months blu-ray was behind the much cheaper HD-DVD, prior ps3 release) it's been dead silent on any sales numbers. The last Google can find is
http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/blu-ray/263154/falling-dvd-blu-ray-sales-and-an-era-passing
It’d be remiss not to mention Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray too, a format launched to not much noise last year, that in theory is the premium, highest quality physical disc format for home collectors. The reason it’s in theory? Because studios simply aren’t supporting it. A handful of releases a month, and charging £30 or upwards for a 4K presentation of a catalogue film such as Salt or I Am Legend, is not winning people over. Furthermore, Disney – holding the keys to virtually all Star Wars films, as well as the Marvel cinematic universe and no shortage of much-loved animated films – has yet to announce a release for the format. How are film lovers supposed to get behind it, if the studios are hedging their bets so much?
Sucks, I love my blu-ray collection and was looking forward to getting a 4K projector when affordable. Yet 4K blu-ray really does seem to be a strugling format. I'm not helping either, my blu-ray spending has collapsed in recent years, from over $1000 a year to maybe $200, in favor of watching tv series on Netflix. It seems there just aren't a lot of good movies being made anymore and I already have all the ones I like (about 500) 4K blu-ray also falls short of what I expected, while 35mm movies hardly benefit of going above blu-ray anyway.
