Microsoft 'surprised' at PS4 Pro's lack of 4K Blu-ray drive

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Microsoft's senior Xbox director, Albert Pinello, has told TechRadar he finds Sony's decision not to include a 4K Blu-ray drive in its first 4K console, the PS4 Pro, "surprising".

Asked what he thought had driven Sony's decision to not include a physical drive, Pinello said: "I would say it's one of the more surprising decisions that they made, given their history with being on the forefront of media transitions like they have.

"So I don't know, I think it's a really great question, I'm not sure."

Instead of using a 4K Blu-ray drive, the PS4 Pro provides its 4K content via streaming, with an Ultra HD Netflix app already promised for the console.


By comparison, Microsoft has opted to include the new drive in its Xbox One S console, although it hasn't yet confirmed if the drive will make an appearance in its upcoming Project Scorpio.

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MajPosted:

Arni Its very surprising lol but most people are digital now anyway


Its not really surprising, whats the point in adding it if only a fraction of users will actually make use of it?

UrfPosted:

gtapro151
Urf OK Microsoft, we heard you the first 5 times when you started talking about PS4's Blu-Ray disk drive. At this point you're just being petty


How many times did Sony and it's fans beat the 1080p with a stick? Exactly.


Key word: and it's fans.

Sony themselves have never said it afaik, the fans are the ones wondering why two systems with pretty damn similar specs are having different experiences. "Cloud server rendering is the future!" Yeah my ass. Literally one game has taken advantage of it so far

MajPosted:

OklahomaCityThunder
dah I've always used Blue-Ray to be honest, and for Sony not to put Blue-Ray for PS4 Pro is shocking.


They still have a Blu-Ray drive but unfortunately it cannot play UHD Blu-Ray disks.


So it does have a Blue-Ray Drive?? It just cant play UHD's? Tbh I dont see what the big fuss is all about

gtapro151Posted:

Urf OK Microsoft, we heard you the first 5 times when you started talking about PS4's Blu-Ray disk drive. At this point you're just being petty


How many times did Sony and it's fans beat the 1080p with a stick? Exactly.

SkatesPosted:

Urf OK Microsoft, we heard you the first 5 times when you started talking about PS4's Blu-Ray disk drive. At this point you're just being petty


Haha right, why do they keep roasting Sony for?

UrfPosted:

OK Microsoft, we heard you the first 5 times when you started talking about PS4's Blu-Ray disk drive. At this point you're just being petty

OklahomaCityThunderPosted:

dah I've always used Blue-Ray to be honest, and for Sony not to put Blue-Ray for PS4 Pro is shocking.


They still have a Blu-Ray drive but unfortunately it cannot play UHD Blu-Ray disks.

9ntyPosted:

I've always used Blue-Ray to be honest, and for Sony not to put Blue-Ray for PS4 Pro is shocking.

XboxPosted:

All I know is I will be getting the Scorpio over anything else.

HaloPosted:

I never even used blu-ray, but what GBKing just said that makes sense and didn't know about it.


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