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Originally Posted by GDB
The main concern I've been seeing is that they didn't show it because they didn't want to tip their hand that there's no optical drive. Ie: no physical games, no used games, etc.
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Well, Sony has officially announced that they're not blocking used game, and not including optical drive at this point would also be a shoot-self-in-face feature, as it would only serve to not just alienate, but completely cut off the market of consumers that also uses their console as a multimedia device, and people who do not have reliable access to broadband internet, or runs on metered services.
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Originally Posted by Tong
Yeah, give 2 more good years and it will be just outdated as a Pentium II...
Hope 4K resolution sets new standards for High Definition.
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GDDR5 has been around since 2008, while it's not exactly new, it's the fastest available considering the standard for GDDR6 will not be finalized until sometime in 2014. Even then, I'd hardly call it as "outdated as a Pentium II", there are still new products built with GDDR3 now, but do you see any new P2-based system?
And 4K is meh, while it'd be good for projectors, for TV it's pointless. The vast majority of people will not have a TV of sufficient size to benefit from 4K. Just ask your friends and see what their wives think about them buying an 80"+ TV
Not to mention how close one would have to sit to really tell the difference between 1080P and 4K, how many people want to sit 5 feet away from a 80" screen?