| EricHiggin said: Your point about changing the hardware specs to make a 4k BD possible has some merit, but whether or not a small enough HDD would even be worthwhile, yet leave room for a 4k BD drive, for $399, being sold at cost, is hard to say back in late 2016. d sales. |
Considering that there are some BDXL Blu-Ray rom drives on the PC that aren't really that much more expensive than the "regular" version... The cost argument thus becomes tenuous at best as 4k Blu-Ray isn't a massive departure from that.
Besides... If the Xbox One S includes one and still sells for under $300 AUD, I'm sure it's more than feasible for a device that is $450-$500 AUD.
Regardless. Sony could have sold the Playstation 4 Pro with a 500GB Hard Drive and a 4k Blu-Ray drive. Then sold a 1/2 Terabyte variation for $50 more as a higher priced tier.
| EricHiggin said: You could even ask, what if they didn't even bother with a mass storage device and add 4k BD instead? They maybe could have just charged $499 and added 4k BD. They didn't though, and it's worked out fine so far. |
You know, I wouldn't actually be against the Xbox One and Playstation 4 coming with a version without a hard drive, some people are going to expand the storage either way so bundling one is pointless for those people.
Heck, they could also release a version that is without an optical disk as well... As some people have already transitioned to a 100% digital world.
More choice isn't a bad thing in my eyes.
| EricHiggin said: The XB1X hardware overall is impressive based on it's, how much tech can we give you without giving away the farm, business plan that XB and PS follow now. Since giant hardware subsidies are a thing of the past, XB1X fits the bill, I don't argue that one bit. It is quiet for it's size and performance. |
I am a hardware enthusiast, thus I will always cry out for more, cost isn't always a concern.
The Xbox One X is using mid-range graphics hardware with a low-end CPU, there is no beating around the bush there... For some that is okay.
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