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EricHiggin on 18 November 2017
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Pemalite said:
DonFerrari said:

Yes, there isn't much excuse for Sony decision. What we can look at are "justifications". As put, it could increase cost a little, it could compete with their premium 4kBD players, there is few discs being sold, vg market isn't really caring about it, etc... all summed made Sony deciding to not include it so far.

Ultimately though people will vote with their wallets, for most people... The lack of 4k Blu-Ray isn't a factor in their purchasing decisions if the Playstation 4 and Xbox One S sales rate is anything to judge by.

Doesn't mean it's not a nice feature to have though.
Pemalite said: 

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.

PS could have found a way to include it in Pro, or just had another Pro 'Cinema Edition' or something like that for $499 with the 4k BD drive. Seems like they didn't want to have too many consoles on the market, or didn't want to mess with their dedicated 4k BD player sales. Decisions, decisions. Who knows, maybe when Pro hits $299, PS just may launch another Pro model with 4k BD for $399.  $199 PS4, $299 Pro, $399 Pro CE.

Pemalite said: 

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.

I would be all for a console with an empty mass storage device slot, or no slot at all and just external USB. A hidden slot like the PS4 has is nicer though, but 3.5" drive size would be needed for enough space without having to add external.

Some people disappointed that they can't get PS4/Pro with a 4k BD drive, some disappointed they can't get a PS4/Pro without an optical drive. lol. PS could probably make 10 different versions and they still wouldn't make everyone happy. It would be much more of a hassle, but I wonder if it would really end up selling that many more consoles overall? With even lower, medium, and higher prices, it just might work, but would it be worth it?

I don't like no choice, but too much choice isn't good either. Just enough choice isn't an easy balance to find though.