Sony: No Ultra HD Blu-ray support in Playstation 4 Pro due to lack of consumer interest

Sony has not added Ultra HD Blu-ray support to its last week announced Playstation 4 Pro because there's not enough consumer interest. The statement comes from the head of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Andrew House.

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The Playstation 4 Pro was announced last week and is an upgrade of Sony's current Playstation 4 console. It adds support for Ultra HD (4K) and HDR, has a faster GPU and comes with a 1TB HDD. When the device was announced during a livestream event last week there was a lot of confusion whether the device would feature Ultra HD Blu-ray support.

Sony clarified that the Playstation 4 Pro would not feature Ultra HD Blu-ray support and that it also couldn't be added through a firmware update. When asked for the reason, the company argued that there wasn't enough consumer interest.

"Our feeling is that while physical media continues to be a big part of the games business, we see a trend on video towards streaming," Sony's Andrew House said. "Certainly with our user base, it’s the second biggest use case for people’s time on the system so we place more emphasis on that area."

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Because Sony considers video streaming to be more important and because many users would only use streaming services, the device will support streaming through Netflix and Youtube.

Microsoft, Sony 's largest competitor in the game console business, has announced that its upcoming Xbox One Scorpio does feature a Ultra HD Blu-ray player.

The Playstation 4 Pro will become available on the 10th of November at a price of $399, £349 or €399.

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