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derpysquirtle64 on 22 November 2017
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Barkley said:
derpysquirtle64 said:
Bad idea. At the start of the gen it seems kinda pointless. Mid-gen upgrades approach would be better than releasing premium console at launch. Because mid-gen consoles except for more power are built with some new tech which wasn’t available in 2013. So if we get for example two different options in 2020 or 2021 it will be two consoles built on 2020 tech while with mid gen upgrades, the more powerful option will use 2024 tech

The PS4 Pro wasn't built on new tech though, the GPU is essentially the same chip in the PS4 but with a mirror copy and overclocked. "That’s why the Pro incorporates an identical GPU. Because the new console has "the old GPU next to a mirror version of itself," Equally the CPU is exactly the same but at a higher. clock.

The PS4 Pro could technically have been released in 2013, though it would have been priced at a minimum of $599.

edit: wasn't aware the Pro used 14nm as opposed to the original 28nm.

Yes, PS4 pro has just a cluster of two ps 4 gpus with higher clocks. Full hardware compatibility. Though just imagine the SoC size with 28nm. It would have been enormous. 

So, the answer to the question about premium launch model is simple. So if we assume that there are only two options: either mid-gen upgrades or launch premium models which one would you prefer: PS4 pro type of upgrade but with bigger size and power consumption at the start of gen or Xbox One X type of upgrade a few years later. I think that obviously the latter is a way better option.