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[MaulerX]

Its a stripped down PSfour dude. The PS4NEO is the new hotness they are pushing.

How would people feel if even the Neo doesn't have an UHD Bluray drive? Or maybe they weren't planning it but feel like they must now?

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Opened a new thread for the other stuff.

 

[Chuck]

I can taste the forthcoming market confusion...

 

[Kyoufu]

That doesn't really work. There's no optical in on TVs, only optical out.

If it didn't work there wouldn't be YouTube videos showing it works

I don't think they removed optical port from this Slim model anyway.

 

[Teletraan1]

Kinda looks like a sandwich.

PS4 Slim |OT| The S is for Sandwitch

 

[CambriaRising]

If it didn't work there wouldn't be YouTube videos showing it works

I don't think they removed optical port from this Slim model anyway.

There are pictures of the back. No optical port.

 

[Elios83]

Traditionally a Playstation Slim accompanies a $100 price drop. The PS4 can gi on sale for as low as $300 already, a $250 price is totally possible, especially with sales stalling now.

I think the official RSP will be 299$.
In the meantime retailers will sell the current units at even lower prices.
Then there will be holiday season promotions from Black Friday until the end of the year, last year PS4 got a timed 50$ price cut for example.
So even if the price is officially 299$ people interested in the standard PS4 are in for very good prices and deals in the next few months.

 

[SolidChamp]

What is the consensus on this thing? Real or fake?

 

[RedAssedApe]

Is 4K that big of a deal? Sheesh! Everybody in this thread keeps talking about it. Do that many people have 4K TV's

4K master race.

 

[N.Domixis]

PS4 Slim |OT| The S is for Sales

Fixed

 

[etta]

oh....the people who spend as much on an overpriced headset that's now the same price as a console?

Astro's.....are overpriced as hell for standard quality.....they should be kings of the crop for what you pay for them.


Those people can easily afford a $30 accessory to split hdmi to hdmi+optical for their headsets

Eh, nah Mixamp + 598s are the best.

 

[LordofPwn]

How big would a portable PS4 be at this point? SD Storage, no disc drive, but battery pack.

 

[Reversed]

The power and eject button placement makes me feel bad for those who have gorilla hands.

 

[Kaji AF16]

For some strange reason it reminded me of the Panasonic 3DO, which I loved.

Very subtle design.

 

[Inuhanyou]

How would people feel if even the Neo doesn't have an UHD Bluray drive? Or maybe they weren't planning it but feel like they must now?

How would they not ship with an UHDBR drive and yet are blatantly pushing 4K and HDR on their PS meeting announcement card?

I think it would be very hard to argue that they are not going to be supporting their own bluray standard with a Playstation unit.

 

[Kyoufu]

There are pictures of the back. No optical port.

There's a port covered up next to the Ethernet port. What's that for?

 

[De_Legend]

250$ is my bet.

 

[Chrisdk]

Its a stripped down PSfour dude. The PS4NEO is the new hotness they are pushing.

I kinda feel like they are leaving everyone who can't afford or won't buy a PS Neo behind with that move. A UHD player is pretty important if you own a 4K TV. I still used the PS3 as a blu ray player for a long time back in the days. I know lots of people who uses it in another room with a smaller tv or in their vacation home. Even when i got my PS4. Pretty lame place to save money, when it isn't like the Xbox One S is super expensive.

I really think they should give us a UHD player in the slim. That no one left behind thing should have been used here...

 

[ViciousDS]

Eh, nah Mixamp + 598s are the best.

etta is a Sennheiser user as well! Praise be to Yevon!

 

[WooHooAlex]

Traditionally a Playstation Slim accompanies a $100 price drop. The PS4 can gi on sale for as low as $300 already, a $250 price is totally possible.

I think $250 is likely.
Like you said, you can already find PS4s out there for $300 as is - and this model, seemingly, doesn't have any upgrades to the interiors (No 4K output, no optical, only a 500gb HDD, ect...) and was created for the sole purpose of cutting production/manufacturing costs.

I mean we don't know anything official yet, I suppose, but I would be surprised if it were anything other than $249 for the slim and $399 for the Neo. Unless they're holding the Neo back and making some last minute changes, but I don't see that happening.

 

[le-seb]

There's a port covered up next to the Ethernet port. What's that for?

That's the expansion port for the camera.
(Unless it's nothing at all.)

 

[DieH@rd]

PS4 Slim |OT| The S means Sales on my planet

 

[Transistor]

There's a port covered up next to the Ethernet port. What's that for?

Hopefully a rear USB port

Or the camera Aux port

 

[Rooster]

PSVR breakout box no longer matches. This will bother some people.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Fixed

Whew.

 

[Marty Chinn]

The mixamp optical cable will go into the TV instead, if it's even removed?

You'll lose surround sound decoding. 99% of TVs do not pass through audio from HDMI to optical while retaining the original format.

 

[Breakage]

Damn, it looks cheaper than the PS3 slim.

 

[Liabe Brave]

There's a port covered up next to the Ethernet port. What's that for?

Hopefully a rear USB port

Or the camera Aux port

That's the sticker that voids your warranty if removed, covering a screw that you need to remove to take apart the console.

 

[Brofield]

#TeamFake

Tbh I just don't like it's design. I feel like Sony would know better to keep those sexy angles in at a merely smaller design

 

[Oxn]

Well my 20th anniversary ps4 is gonna worth jack shit now.

Whatever i still love it.

 

[GeoramA]

Will be so much easier to carry around. Neo for home, slim for travelling.

C'mon, $249 plz!

 

[Marty Chinn]

Well my 20th anniversary ps4 is gonna worth jack shit now.

Whatever i still love it.

What?

 

[grizzelye]

Looks like a strugglewich

Kinda looks like a sandwich.

PS4 slim. you either love it or hate it.

 

[Kazooie]

PS4 Slim |OT| The S is for Sandwitch

 

[SDR-UK]

Well my 20th anniversary ps4 is gonna worth jack shit now.

Whatever i still love it.

How?

 

[MaulerX]

How would they not ship with an UHDBR drive and yet are blatantly pushing 4K and HDR on their PS meeting announcement card?

I think it would be very hard to argue that they are not going to be supporting their own bluray standard with a Playstation unit.

Maybe I'm wrong but can't you do those things without having a UHDBD?

 

[Kyoufu]

That's the sticker that voids your warranty if removed, covering a screw that you need to remove to take apart the console.

Ah, that'd be it then. Shame.

I personally don't need the optical port but that's some Nintendo-like cost-cutting from Sony...

 

[lmbotiva]

How would people feel if even the Neo doesn't have an UHD Bluray drive? Or maybe they weren't planning it but feel like they must now?

i would feel just fine cause i don't buy consoles to watch movies

 

[KennyL]

My guess $300 for slim and $450-500 for neo.

 

[family_guy]

oh....the people who spend as much on an overpriced headset that's now the same price as a console?

Astro's.....are overpriced as hell for standard quality.....they should be kings of the crop for what you pay for them.


Those people can easily afford a $30 accessory to split hdmi to hdmi+optical for their headsets

The mixamp, which is the only thing I bought was $100. I have much better headsets to go with it. As far as splitting hdmi to hdmi+optical, we'll have to see. Does the split retain the original encoded Dolby Digital 5.1 signal? If not, that makes the mixamp useless because it requires a DD signal for the surround sound.

 

[OdysseusVA]

UHDBR support will be added in a firmware patch

 

[Stairouais]

Oh, if only I was near my computer.

Spoiler

 

[Shin-Ra]

I can already imagine even more heating/noise issues than in the regular one too.

How'd you work that out?

please have a media player already! i want to upload my torrent'd movies to watch on TV

Which movie service uses torrents?

Eject button infront of the bluray drive? lol umm...

Just like PS3, you're allowed to remove your finger.

 

[De_Legend]

My guess $300 for slim and $450-500 for neo.

Yikes.

 

[etta]

etta is a Sennheiser user as well! Praise be to Yevon!

Yeyo, Audio Technica and Sennheiser for life! 👍

 

[bidguy]

My guess $300 for slim and $450-500 for neo.

300$ without uhd would be interesting

 

[Breakage]

Looks like a cheap Amazon Fire device. Where's the iconic blue light bar?

 

[Oxn]

How?

I dunno, just a feeling.

 

[Lucreto]

Will be so much easier to carry around. Neo for home, slim for travelling.

C'mon, $249 plz!

The Slim will be $349 while the original PS4 will drop to $249. The Neo will be between $399-$499.

 

[LelouchZero]

Looks like a strugglewich

PS4 Slim |OT| The S is for Sandwitch

PS4 Slim |OT| The S is for Strugglewich

This thing looks kind of legit, I'm not too fond of the design but wow it's tiny!