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"Playstation 4.5" a comment
So now that its more or less certain, that there will be an upgraded Playstation 4 console on the market I want to voice my opinion. I think its a bad idea all around. Its totally against the way consoles are supposed to work. A main point about a console is that you buy the thing and know your games will work. Now you have to think about what version to get, additionally newer games will run better on better hardware, so that a Playstation now is basically a PC that forces you to buy the new hardware. Not because you want to upgrade but because you have to if you want newer games. (A PC reaches a point where you have to upgrade as well, but you dont have to just because a company releases a new generation of Graphics Cards, so only a partial upgrade) And a lot of people will be really upset because they read 4k and the "upgraded" console will not be able to run games at 4k. Additionally if they only sell the consoles new and not as an upgrade in parts (ugrade in parts is highly unlikely as it would go away from the console experience even more) people will have to buy a whole new console. And with upgraded hardware for VR that would be at least 600$ for decent graphics. Conclusion: People will be pissed and they shouldve just waited for the next AMD APUs.


