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Originally Posted by Mavrick
Personally I don't believe their excuse for not including a UHD drive. Sure their data may well indicate that, but in reality they just wanted to cheap out to make a bigger profit. After all, the BD drive they included with the Pro is the exact same one as they used in the slim. One drive for two machines = a massive cost saving on millions and millions of units.
I do expect the next console to have UHD drive though. Simply because the cost of the drives will be lower, not that they are that expensive now. Also because I can't see any company dropping physical media on home consoles for at least 10 more years. So if you're going to have a disc drive anyway why not a UHD one?
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Sony didn't include a UHD drive because they wanted to sell their own 4K download and streaming service. But the PS5 will definitely need the benefit of 100GB discs for games. Therefore the included drive will already be UHD Blu-ray capable and they won't have a valid excuse for not supporting it.
Plus I suspect that the specifications for the PS4 Pro were already finalized before Microsoft announced the Xbox One S. Sony wasn't willing to change their existing plans (and likely delay the system), but they won't design a new system from the ground up that lacks features of their competition.