This is a feature they’re rolling out, specifically with an eye towards the PS6. As far as I’m aware, that console hasn’t even been released yet.
If Sony is retailing games for $100 on their new console, that would strongly dissuade me from buying the console.
When the PS2 released, it was a cheaper blueray player than the current iteration of retail blueray players. People would buy the console just to watch movies.
Tbh, I think Valve needs to design an addon for the Steam Machine that’s a blu-ray player that hooks onto the side or bottom, and add support for running blu-rays from Game Mode. It wouldn’t require any extra ram or storage, so it wouldn’t fluctuate in price but add value
Even less people care about blu-ray movies than care about physical games.
Except not. There’s currently a resurgence of people buying and using Blu-Ray movies, just like vinyl records
A resurgence that’s still a rounding error in size compared to digital.
Tbh, I think Valve needs to design an addon for the Steam Machine that’s a blu-ray player that hooks onto the side or bottom
Congratulations, you just invented Sega CD.
scutiger@lemmy.world 2 days ago
PS2 was a cheap DVD player, PS3 was a cheap Blu-Ray player, but your point stands.
michaelalf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And the OG Playstation was a cheap CD player. There’s still a cult following for the “audiophile” variant.
scutiger@lemmy.world 1 day ago
By the time the PS1 came out, lots of people already had CD players though. They weren’t cheap, but they weren’t crazy expensive either. DVD and Blu-Ray were in their infancy as the consoles were released, and they were the cheapest options available for playing them.
That’s a pretty big boost for console ownership.