What’s up with PS4’s surprise firmware update? Is 4K around the corner?

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[url=http://meincmagazine.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=31846179#p31846179:21r8ud8j said:
Ninhalem[/url]":21r8ud8j]What do you mean licensing costs?! Isn't Blu-Ray a Sony IP? Why would they have licensing costs?

You have to pay the One-Blue pool which is not just Sony but Philips, Pioneer, Panasonic etc who have some patent claim on some part of the Blu-ray disc tech.

Then there may be additional MPEG-LA licensing required too.
 
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