This is only speculation on my part, but I’d imagine there are one or two smaller fans spinning at higher RPMs, which would make Sony’s console louder than the Xbox.Īssuming Sony has done its engineering right, and there’s no red-ring-of-death (blue glow of death?) situation, these differences in approach are not going to matter much. Sony could be employing a vapor chamber, but the airflow situation will be quite different. The PS5’s shape doesn’t appear to allow for anything of the sort. At around 130mm wide, this fan will move a lot of air while running at relatively low RPMs. The boxy shape of the Series X has allowed Microsoft to squeeze a fairly standard PC fan in. The PS5 design is pretty fowl /VeoWeCnNBN- Anthony June 11, 2020 It also points at a more traditional cooler fixed to the console’s graphics and processing chip, blowing air out from its duck-like beak. What we can say is its comparatively slim, long design suggests it employs the same single-board design as most PCs and the PS4. We obviously don’t know what’s going on inside the PS5, or even exactly how large its dimensions are. The result should be reliably cool and reasonably quiet. It’s got its grounding in server design, and isn’t a million miles away from Apple’s approach to cooling the new Mac Pro. Microsoft’s design decisions come from a technical question: How do you put a powerful computer in a tiny box and keep it cool? Its solution was to split the internals either side of a huge vapor chamber and have air flowing through the entire case in one direction. The PlayStation 5 feels like the antithesis of what Microsoft’s hardware team has done as though Sony’s engineers built a console and the design team was told to wrap a shell around it - those bulging curves are clearly a necessity for airflow. The Xbox Series X appears to have the PlayStation 5 beat for power and it will certainly blend into peoples’ living rooms more smoothly. dqFncieMQP- Vicente Quesada □ June 11, 2020 And even if that statement is (to my mind), “we don’t know what we’re doing,” statements endure far longer than precision. It’s a design that says something it’s a statement. And what we’ll be left with is a memorable piece of hardware. We’ll all get used to the asymmetry, the ‘00s blue accents and the overflowing edges. In a matter of months, the PlayStation 5 will be normal. “The GameCube is a lunchbox!” “The PS3 is a George Foreman grill!” But just like the iPhone X’s notch, the AirPods’ bizarre stems or even the PT Cruiser’s morgue chic, once we get acclimated to something, “weird” becomes “memorable.”īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. The Xbox One S is one of my favorite pieces of industrial design of the decade, but will anyone remember it in the same way they remember the GameCube? Or the original PlayStation 3?īoth of those consoles were similarly derided for their designs. But it’s also, like the One X before it, a nondescript black box. The Xbox Series X, like the One X before it, is a truly impressive piece of engineering. The PS5 design memes have started strong /C7nwEg4W17- Tom Warren June 11, 2020 How many designers work on a product knowing that, no matter what they produce, it will sit in tens of millions of homes around the world? Of course, some consoles are more successful than others, but those that fall short do not fail because of aesthetics. Sony doesn’t have that same level of risk. In the worlds of cars, clothes, TVs and jewelry, a daring - or just plain bad - design can spell doom for a product. All of them ridiculing a fairly low point in Sony’s incredibly strong design history.īut Sony is in a position few companies besides Apple can lay claim to. The second it was announced, the memes began, comparing the PS5 to routers, Alienware PC towers and anime legends. At least, everyone I’ve spoken to says so. Next to the clean, utilitarian and purportedly more powerful Xbox Series X, it's not a great look for Sony. The PlayStation 5 is an unattractive piece of tech.
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