Positives and negatives aside regarding the PlayStation 4 Pro’s spec sheet, one disappointment that many found common ground with is in the lack of a 4K Blu-ray drive to play ultra HD media. As it turns out, this was done not only with price and functionality (along with encouraging streaming, especially with that fancy Netflix association in the background), but to also position the PS4 Pro as a gaming device.

PlayStation global head of marketing and sales Jim Ryan told The Telegraph that price was only “one of a number of factors. As we’ve said ad nauseum, this is positioned primarily as a gaming device.

“Every design decision is taken with the gamer in mind in terms of specifications, functionality, price and various features. All of those things combine with our view that we want to future proof ourselves and increasingly the trend of consuming video content is from streaming services.”

Is that good enough for you? What if Project Scorpio counters this by including a 4K Blu-ray drive (since native 4K resolutions have already been confirmed)? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

Cerny was a little reserved when answering, stating that, “Personally, I’m very interested in 4K.

“We’re still in the initial stages of supporting 4Kx2K in games. Our focus is to provide for a solid Full HD experience. We can secure the display buffer for Game and OS separately, and can provide for independent scaling of both as well. (Regarding 4K) We can provide an extremely smooth user interface.

“If we consider purely memory bandwidth, with 4K, securing 2 displays worth of display buffer requires 10GB/sec. That just for simply displaying. This is our simple answer for why we’re focusing on just the Full HD experience.”

The long and short is that even before people start investing in Ultra HD displays, there’s a lot that needs to accomplished on the back end too. So wait, watch and be patient essentially.

(As reported by NeoGAF)