Xbox One Designer Explains why the console is so big

[sof006]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLofCdDm2g0

 

 

 

According to the designer, it was to keep the console "cool".

 

 

Yet Sony can release the PS4 which might I add has an internal power brick and is capable of staying cool/maintaining a reasonable temperature. 

[Shd0w2]

cool as in cool, or cool as in icy chilly?

[Aniallation]

Are you sure that by "cool" they meant thermal performance

[79wjd]

Are you sure that by "cool" they meant thermal performance

Well they certainly weren't implying that a console was "cool" as in "hip"; afterall, it is a console  

[CoolaxGaming]

Its an AMD GPU and CPU for gods sake, it runs HECKA hot.....

Well the Playstation uses the same, but has a smaller fan....

(Now you are going to make me to do a temp test on my XBOX 1 and PS4...)

[s3ns3]

cool as in cool, or cool as in icy chilly?

Either way,a VCR is not cool

well...not anymore at least

[ImBleu]

Its an AMD GPU and CPU for gods sake, it runs HECKA hot..... Well the Playstation uses the same, but has a smaller fan.... (Now you are going to make me to do a temp test on my XBOX 1 and PS4...)

 

But the PS4 seems to manage to keep higher resolutions and play better than the xbox one, while being cheaper and smaller.

[Jerakl]

cool as in cool, or cool as in icy chilly?

To keep it

 

 

Frozen

[sof006]

The PS4 pumps out some warm air, its not hot by any means. Yeah the console gets a little noisy but in total honesty I forget its there when i'm playing games.

[KingDaddyDaniel]

Its an AMD GPU and CPU for gods sake, it runs HECKA hot..... Well the Playstation uses the same, but has a smaller fan.... (Now you are going to make me to do a temp test on my XBOX 1 and PS4...)

Use speedfan or HWMonitor

Oh, consoles dont have those?

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[Juganog]

idk... if people can make ""console killers in a smaller form factor with more powerful parts i don't think it is to keep it "cool" ALTHOUGH it is all amd and they run pree darn hot

[SeanBond]

That hilarious. They HAD to make it that big...right... is that why the ps4 is significantly smaller and more power and still does not overheat? Keep in mind the xbox has an external power brick, just imagine if it didn't. It would be even bigger and still less powerful.

[DildorTheDecent]

To keep it

Frozen

Remove yourself from your computer please.

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[Tonylu1595]

Use speedfan or HWMonitor

Oh, consoles dont have those?

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My god, didn't even think when clicking that.

 

I think there's a secret AMD card in those Xbox ones, slowly mining bitcoin for Microsoft.

[Jerakl]

Remove yourself from your computer please.

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I can't.

 

I don't want to

 

Let it go

[DildorTheDecent]

I can't.

I don't want to

Let it go

you having a giggle m8?

[Jerakl]

you having a giggle m8?

Yes I am, but these jokes are kind bad.

 

May need 

 

a bit of a fixer upper

[LAwLz]

Well it's better to have the console be a bit on the big side than to end up like with the 360... How high was that failure rate again? Over 50%? Pretty sure a lot of them were linked to overheating as well so I can understand them being careful.

[geforceftw]

But the PS4 seems to manage to keep higher resolutions and play better than the xbox one, while being cheaper and smaller.

the xbox one is cheaper than the ps4.

[ImBleu]

the xbox one is cheaper than the ps4.

 

Maybe after sales but the Xbox One retails $100 higher.

[Majinferno]

Yes I am, but these jokes are kind bad.

May need

a bit of a fixer upper

Never knew Elsa was about that life. Nice meme

Gg

[harrynowl]

Its an AMD GPU and CPU for gods sake, it runs HECKA hot..... Well the Playstation uses the same, but has a smaller fan.... (Now you are going to make me to do a temp test on my XBOX 1 and PS4...)

Nah. 28nm SHP isn't the powerhog that SOI is. Plus it's a Jaguar design which is only a few watts.

 

And it is only rocking a 7790/7870 (xb1/ps4). Bonaire and Pitcairn are not known for running hot.

[RH00D]

I swear sometimes LTT really does act like a bunch of 16 year old females in high school. Raving over who can come up with the most dirt on each others favourite devices or brands.

 

Microsoft likely gave it more than enough cooling/internal space in order to avoid the massive overheating issues they had with the 360 in its first couple of years. They also likely anticipated people putting the Xbox One into small TV stand / home theatre stand compartments which kill airflow and were a huge contributor to 360 overheating issues.

 

Looking inside the Xbox One you can see they clearly could have made it more compact if they really wanted to but why risk potential overheating issues?

 

 

Besides, the Xbox One really is not that big. My roommate has one and by looking at it is not unreasonably big. Maybe we all forget how fat the PS3 was? Lets take a look.

 

 

Last but not least there actually are people reporting overheating issues with the PS4: https://www.google.ca/webhp?#q=ps4+overheating

 

But I'll just let all of you armchair engineers continue on.

[sqwidee]

The thing is huge, but their fears about thermal issues are totally justified. Remember the first Xbox 360s? You know, the ones that could melt their GPU off the board? Yeah.

[GoodBytes]

I don't get why people see it as "funny" or think there is another reason behind it.

Microsoft XBox team simply went and said: "We don't care what, we don't want the console to not face any overheating issue like the 360 did.", pretty much.

So they basically over-built the console. Sure a better heatsink/fan could have been put, but that cost more money, than a larger system with more vent holes.