248w ago -
Don Reisinger of CNET believes that the PS4 will not feature a Blu-ray player of any kid, he foresees the tech industry pushing Blu-ray aside as more capable technology becomes available and Sony's PS4 strategy will change to a focus on streaming and HD downloads.
To quote: Assuming what the analysts say is true -Sony will release a new console in three to five years and Blu-ray will be dead in five -how can the company justify putting a Blu-ray player into the Playstation 4? Does it really want to tie itself to a loser even though it spent so much money trying to make it a winner?
Given the company's financial woes in the video game space as of late, that could turn into its greatest blunder.
The technology industry is pushing Blu-ray aside as more capable offerings become available. I think Sony knows that already and will try to milk Blu-ray for as long as possible. But once the Playstation 4 is announced, the company will make its strategy known: it will forgo support for Blu-ray in the video game space and start focusing on streaming and HD downloads -the future of the industry.
Plus the USB HDD into the PC and see if it is recognized... IT could be the HDD...
I can't see PS4 coming very soon, but would be happy to see it offering something new (Ultra HD, 3D video etc. ?) when it's coming. That doesn't take any value from Blu-Ray as didn't Blu-Ray took from DVD. I was happy to watch DVD's with much better quality compared to VHS at beginning of this centyry and I'm happy I can enjoy 1080p picture now.
Hopefully we are getting something new and fascinating with PS4, when the time is ready for real next generation of videogame consoles. I don't want to upgrade my PS3 & 360 yet to some +40% powerfull update. I'll rather wait an another year or two for real next generation console.
A lot of the world does not have the capablity of downloading 1GB quickly now so it is very unlikely to have the ability to download 20GB or more quickly in 8 years especially when ISPs are going to complain about the large amount of infrastructure costs required to allow a high speed network to transfer such large amounts of data to many users at the same time. Expect usage caps and throttling to continue.