u/Cvileem

If you were wondering what could be so revolutionary in the next generation of PS console, this might be it, and you probably won't like it. But it's the way it's going to, considering trends in the industry.

PS4 and PS5 were generations in which we saw the transition to online service models. But in current form it's still pretty clumsy. Ditching physical will remove some major obstacles, but we still have fixed and subscription-based access to games and features. We still have to pay separately for online services, cloud gaming, cloud saves... and devices in the future will require that even more, like handhelds or other devices in its ecosystem. And we know that PS is subsidized hardware anyway. On the other hand, we have risks of PS being jailbroken etc.

This all leads to subscription-based hardware, that'll become fully unfunctional without active PS network subscription. That will not only give Sony full control over everything via user accounts, but also solve the problem with indefinite licenses for games. In subscription-only model, removing and adding games to catalogue would be a normal thing, like in video streaming services, and there will be no confusion around ownerships and licencing. In subscription-only model, you would just be a subscriber and Sony would actually have to deal with licensing toward publishers.

This would allow hardware to stay subsidized without having to pay a big one-time amount, instead an even larger amount but in a long time, it would be drowned in other services and convenience that most people would gladly accept.

This could also be the reason why Sony is insisting on removing physical. It's all about moving forward. Games and console hardware are too cheap to make up for the industry's costs, this is the logical way to address it and a general direction for all modern industries (like cars, televisions, smartphones...).

Već sam u komentaru na prošloj temi spomenuo da mi se činilo kako prošlu nedjelju neće stići otvoriti podvožnjak, samo da bi se upravo u tu subotu eto pokvario bager, čime su dobili savršenu masku za nestizanje, pa ne može čovjek da ne pomisli da su to namjerno napravili. Moguće je da bi platili penale da jednostavno nisu stizali, ali ako je "viša sila" onda je OK, nema penala. I, naravno, ništa lakše od insceniranja kvara. Ugasiš kran, razmontiraš ga, naručiš dijelove i čekaš.

E sad, dok se čekalo tih tjedan dana dok dođu novi dijelovi, pitao sam se što će iduće napraviti da si produlje rok, jer ako su počeli opet grickati Vjesnik u subotu, to znači da su realno imali isto onoliko vremena koliko su imali inicijalno, dakle da ne stižu. Kontam si, nisu ništa dobili odgodom.

I bam! Dobili su! Sad se podvožnjak otvara u utorak ujutro, a ne nedjelju navečer (što bi bio pomak od tih tjedan dana od kvara do popravka) dakle skoro dva dana kasnije u odnosu na inicijalni plan. No ovog puta se nitko neće žaliti ni primjetiti, jer ionako su građani sve platili čekajući još tjedan dana u blokadi podvožnjaka. Nikom ništa, nema penala, bila je viša sila, sve je kako treba, oni dobili svoje produljenje a mi ponosni što je Vjesnik stari vuk pobijedio grickalicu.

For me, The Frame was a game changer when I bought one 5 years ago. I cannot think of TV in classic terms anymore. It's so natural to have the TV on a wall blended with other pictures, instead having humongous monolithic piece of tech with cables all around the room. This was so strong of an argument for my family that I was willing to sacrifice top-notch specs.

The key feature for The Frame was not actually having unified thin design with zero-gap mounting system and exchangeable frames - other have it too now - but - along with matte coating - having external box connected with impressive, thin and semi-transparent One Connect Cable. After more than half a decade, it's still only Samsung that has something like that, and it's a killer feature. It's probably too expensive for other brands to copy it, so it's very competitive feature that sells Samsung's art TV.

Because it was so succesful, I hoped Frame will evolve to become actually competitive TV for watching movies and playing games by upgrading them to FA miniLED tech at least. But it seems it will not just NOT become that, but be downgraded in favor of Samsung's new economic policy - One Connect Cable is gone. Because One Connect Cable is probably very expensive to manufacture for midrange TVs, and is also very attractive feature, they decided to remove it from midrange TVs, even from it's native Frame line, to be included only in highest range series - and maybe only as an option. This practically means death for The Frame line, because it's original feature is lacking, requiring all cables to be connected directly to the screen chassis.

So The Frame will be sacrificed to give flagships it's greatest feature which made it so popular.

Here, the Frame Pro remains the fraud - it's actually more expensive for what might be less expensive solution - it has wireless one connect box, but they do not have to manufacture actual expensive one connect cable, I'm pretty confident wireless tech is a cheaper method. And it's inferior to wired option.

It's time to say goodbye to The Frame. Maybe in the future they will revive this by introducing Premium line of art TVs, but the fact is that flagships are already that, they have almost all features, except maybe custom frames. The problem is that they are utterly expensive, leaving us the midrange folks dry. This happens when you don't have proper competition on the market.