We’ve been looking forward to it for months – originally codenamed Neo, Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro has now been officially announced, promising to usher gamers into the 4K gaming and media future.
However, while the company’s excitement over the console’s 4K and HDR capabilities is evident, it comes with one particularly huge caveat – the console will not include Ultra HD Blu-ray playback functionality.
I know what you’re thinking: “But it’s a gaming console; its gaming functionality is all that should matter.” That’s all well and good, but we’re long past the point where consoles are singularly designed to play games – they’re now the entertainment centrepieces of our living rooms.
Let’s take things back to the great HD DVD vs Blu-ray war of the mid-2000s, in which Sony’s decision to make every PS3 console a Blu-ray player would change home entertainment to this day.
The HD wars
In a bid to get its console out long before the arrival of the highly-anticipated PS3, Microsoft opted to release the Xbox 360 with only standard DVD player functionality built into it. Sony, on the other hand, chose to hold its ground, releasing the PS3 the following year and simultaneously putting …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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