Aaron Spink (aaronspink.delete@this.notearthlink.net) on April 23, 2019 8:27 am wrote:
> blue (blue.delete@this.blue.com) on April 23, 2019 12:36 am wrote:
> > Also again, currently the extra cost to add a disk drive is
>
> 4k UHD is basically dead. Hell, BR is practically dead. Just about everyone acknowledges this fact including
> the people that make BR players. That disk drive is just wasted overhead in a modern console for the vast majority
> of users. Even with poor internet, you can download a 100GB game in under a day via preload.
>
> I will be shocked if next gen consoles have built in optical media. I can see them having
> a USB based option, but included just doesn't make sense from either a financial or practical
> sense. Sony et al can give retailers 1/4 of what it would of cost to include and they'll be
> more than happy. They can sell codes and credit for the console like they already do.

Sony is a movie company that also sells consoles.
The PlayStation series drove DVD and BlueRay movie sales which is where Sony made its real money, the extra billion a year from console games is just cream.