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PS4 hardware design unveiled
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If you were wheel user or if you often stick USB memory stticks or HDD with movies and music or happen to be using USB extension cable for wired contoller or wired headphones, you would not complain.
I use all above and front USB are given.
faceless007
Member
Interesting that they moved away from the PS2 and 3's design of a larger enclosure sitting on top of a smaller base, sticking out over the right side. I have a PS2 and PS3 right next to each other upright, and I kind of like the uniformity of that.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I like it a lot. I think the Xbox One looks a fair bit better, but this is great, too. I'd agree that it's Sony's best home console yet... Though I think the PS3 slim might beat it by a little.
The PS3 slim is about 11.5" square, the PS4 is about 10" by 12", both are similar height which is almost neglible. Basically, about the size of a PS3 slim.
Graphics Horse
Member
The Camera uses the AUX port at the back, actually.
Jiggaloboy
Member
I'm not thrilled about the look. Still ordered one though!
giancarlo123x
Banned
Gives me PS2 phat vibes, I like.
swordsman720
Banned
No fan troll, but i do like Xbox One design more. This just look like as PS 2 slim, but something else.
90TilInfinity
Member
well said.
Btw i dont know who copied whose design but both the consoles (one and this) looks similar.
You need time to catch all the small details, see proper screenshots,etc. At the conference it looked like a deformed box.
Design is really good imo, it's pretty elegant, like a modern version of the PS2.
MrCunningham
Member
Kind of reminds me of a first generation CD player:
Next generation consoles are really going for that 1980's VCR look.
Next generation consoles are really going for that 1980's VCR look.
Patrickv27
Member
A blue or red version of it will be awesome.
Is that Slim v2?
CosmicGroinPull
Member
Looks sexy to me.
Wonder where the power, eject, hdd and wifi LEDs are. Would be awesome if the power and eject buttons light up.
sacrificengineer
Member
Looks good, PS2 vibe is present.
Yeah, it has some similarities to the Xbone but in a positive way - it looks sleek, but not chubby or huge.
Vertical standing is always a good feature. I'm pretty sure it'll look gorgeous in white color.
Yeah, it has some similarities to the Xbone but in a positive way - it looks sleek, but not chubby or huge.
Vertical standing is always a good feature. I'm pretty sure it'll look gorgeous in white color.
Coreda
Member
Basic thoughts here.
Yes, it looks like a slightly sleeker PS2, complete with blue highlights via an LED. Very slick looking, and it doesn't look like a VCR. It looks like there are a metric ton of vents on the back, which is also a good thing, since it should stay cool that way. Having no Power brick is a HUGE plus! Seriously, I cannot fathom how this thing can both be smaller than the X-Bone and have no power brick, despite having the beefier GPU.
Now, here are my concerns.
Mainly, I would like to know how I'm supposed to handle expanding my storage. Between installs and recording, that 500GB HDD could go fast. Is there an unscrew-able latch somewhere, where I can pull out and swap the HDD? If now I would presume they'd allow external HDD's, like with the X-Bone and WiiU, but if thats the case I'm really going to miss not having a USB port in the back. Don't get me wrong, for most tasks I'd prefer the USB's to be up front, but, if I ever need to hook up an external HDD, the wire leading around back will be an eye sore.
Other than that, this is a very solid design, and I'm quite pleased. So long as storage is properly addressed, I doubt I'll have any problems with this.
Yes, it looks like a slightly sleeker PS2, complete with blue highlights via an LED. Very slick looking, and it doesn't look like a VCR. It looks like there are a metric ton of vents on the back, which is also a good thing, since it should stay cool that way. Having no Power brick is a HUGE plus! Seriously, I cannot fathom how this thing can both be smaller than the X-Bone and have no power brick, despite having the beefier GPU.
Now, here are my concerns.
Mainly, I would like to know how I'm supposed to handle expanding my storage. Between installs and recording, that 500GB HDD could go fast. Is there an unscrew-able latch somewhere, where I can pull out and swap the HDD? If now I would presume they'd allow external HDD's, like with the X-Bone and WiiU, but if thats the case I'm really going to miss not having a USB port in the back. Don't get me wrong, for most tasks I'd prefer the USB's to be up front, but, if I ever need to hook up an external HDD, the wire leading around back will be an eye sore.
Other than that, this is a very solid design, and I'm quite pleased. So long as storage is properly addressed, I doubt I'll have any problems with this.
This difference in size is BIG.
XBONE 7,200 cm cube
PS4 4,400 cm cube
XBONE in total volume is ~63% larger than PS4.
ChosenPredator
Banned
when i saw it I thought of it as the Xbox one Mini as well lol
Charlatanized
Member
Strangely hideous from the top-down view (first picture in the OP), strangely attractive from the front (the divisive "slant"). I dig the slant, actually. This gen has been real boring on a hardware design level. Even Nintendo, after two generations of beautiful consoles with the GameCube & Wii, turned in a long, rounded Wii for their box. That was disappointing. I like that this one actually looks distinct, & pretty slick from the front (which is how you'll be viewing it).
What's funny is that, speaking of hardware design, the next-gen controllers are just the opposite. I think the Wii U & XBox One controllers are really aesthetically pleasing, but the PS4 controller comes off as a prototype or strange piece of a dev kit. Just looks unfinished & odd.
What's funny is that, speaking of hardware design, the next-gen controllers are just the opposite. I think the Wii U & XBox One controllers are really aesthetically pleasing, but the PS4 controller comes off as a prototype or strange piece of a dev kit. Just looks unfinished & odd.
A lot of people will be surprised it's smaller than XB1. I kind of thought they might pull it off though.
Smaller, cheaper, more powerful
The whole curve thing? I guess that must be one of the internal vents, in the bit sandwiched together by the blocks. Interesting to see them ditch the curves altogether and go back to PS2 style straight lines.
Smaller, cheaper, more powerful
The whole curve thing? I guess that must be one of the internal vents, in the bit sandwiched together by the blocks. Interesting to see them ditch the curves altogether and go back to PS2 style straight lines.
DittoI was more amused by the irony
Yea dude, about as close as any human could get. You nailed the shape, my addition of the glossy area and blue light pretty much finished it. Only that grey third segment was amiss, and the line the light is coming from.
Great job dude.
Anyway, gorgeous looking console imo. Very slick and sophisticated.
A lot of people will be surprised it's smaller than XB1. I kind of thought they might pull it off though.
Smaller, cheaper, more powerful
The whole curve thing? I guess that must be one of the internal vents, in the bit sandwiched together by the blocks. Interesting to see them ditch the curves altogether and go back to PS2 style straight lines.
Its not just a little smaller, its significantly smaller. XBONE is 63% larger in size compared to PS4.
I'm a little worried PS4 is too small.
SeriousApes
Member
I like it. Similar to the Xbone with the two tone finish. But reminds me more of the second iteration of the PS2 slim. Glad it's more matte than glossy. I'm also glad it's fairly small compared to say the original PS3.
On the vertical standing photo, I was confused and thought the division between the gloss and the matte was angled, but after drawing some boxes in Paint.NET, I guess it's actually straight.
There was some weird kind of optical illusion going on in my head at least.
On the vertical standing photo, I was confused and thought the division between the gloss and the matte was angled, but after drawing some boxes in Paint.NET, I guess it's actually straight.
There was some weird kind of optical illusion going on in my head at least.
GoofsterStud
Member
I'm not. As I've said from day one, on-chip Esram is a bad idea. I expect X1 to be the one that fails most often...again.
Discotheque
Banned
looks ugly, like a dvr from 2010 or some shit. but the price and the games delivered so i'm in.
PS4 keeps scoring more and more points. Doesn't it have an internal power supply as well? XO's is external.
My jaw is on the floor. That's crazy.
shinra-bansho
Member
It looked significantly smaller when House was holding it.
Plus no giant mandatory camera = much more space friendly.
I'm expecting a power brick though.
intheinbetween
Member
fugly, as XB1
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
They switched from USB mini to USB micro for the controller charging. Gross.
Micro is incredibly unreliable. (which is funny because testing supposedly said the opposite) I'm not looking forward to having to hold the charging cable at a certain angle the entire time in order for my controller to charge. (like my last four phones, although you can avoid it by buying a new cable every month or two)
Micro is incredibly unreliable. (which is funny because testing supposedly said the opposite) I'm not looking forward to having to hold the charging cable at a certain angle the entire time in order for my controller to charge. (like my last four phones, although you can avoid it by buying a new cable every month or two)
Icomp
Member
Gotta make room for all that awesome cloud computing man.
No! It's a parallelpiped or rhomboidal prism.
Square = 4 sides, all sides equal length, 90 degree interior angles.
3D = Square prism or cube.
Rectangle = 4 sides, opposite sides equal length, 90 degree interior angles.
3D = Rectangular prism.
Parallelogram = 4 sides, opposite sides equal length (and as a consequence, opposite angles equal measure).
3D = parallelpiped.
Rhombus = 4 sides, all sides equal length and as a consequence, opposite angles equal measure).
3D = Rhombic prism.
Rhomboid = 4 sides, opposite sides equal length (and as a consequence, opposite angles equal measure), but adjacent sides NOT same length and angles NOT 90 degrees. Basically, a parallelogram that is not a rectangle or a rhombus.
3D = Rhomboidal prism.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
This.