Couch Crabs
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I wonder if MS will release what the new Xbox will do to your powerbill.
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Xbox One: Power Brick revealed
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BRocknRolla
Member
Man... The size of this overall system is crazy. I'd have to rearrange my whole entertainment center to accommodate it. It better be whisper quiet.
Militant17
Member
Well IGN has put up a video analysis of the Xbox One hardware on their website and they have said the power supply is internal. So end of thread I guess.
http://m.au.ign.com/videos/2013/05/31/exploring-every-inch-of-xbox-one
http://m.au.ign.com/videos/2013/05/31/exploring-every-inch-of-xbox-one
IHaveCandy
Banned
They're just looking at a third party making a mock up from pictures. If you look at the actual console, it has the exact same port as the Xbox 360 for it's external power supply.
CaptainSlow
Member
They're just looking at a third party making a mock up from pictures. If you look at the actual console, it has the exact same port as the Xbox 360 for it's external power supply.
Off topic, but on the right side of the rear of the X1 console, is that a slot of a Kensington lock?
Militant17
Member
They seemed pretty confident when they said the power supply was internal. Specifically stating there won't be a big power brick this time. If they're just guessing/making it up that's pretty unproffesional. But I would expect no less with all the confusion surrounding this console.They're just looking at a third party making a mock up from pictures. If you look at the actual console, it has the exact same port as the Xbox 360 for it's external power supply.
SolsticeZero
Banned
IGN is blocked at work for me. Were they given the console to turn on and play with? Or just the physical box to look at?
IHaveCandy
Banned
They went to sketchfab, which made a mock 3D design you can go on your computer and look at. They don't have anything about the Xbox One from Microsoft themself.
Militant17
Member
They were just looking at a 3D render of the console and explaining all the inputs/outputs. So it wasn't official. But they seemed pretty confident nonetheless.
SolsticeZero
Banned
Oh, well then. They have no verified source at all? No way can they be 100% confident, then.
H_Prestige
Banned
No, I mean put them all in separate enclosures.
Geoff Keighley said there is definitely a brick.
Wired's inside pic again: http://img1.lesnumeriques.com/news/29/29607/XBOX-ONE_Wired_Motherboard.jpg
look at sockets, where power is externally. dont see the room or connectors for any power module. def not any transformers near the socket on the pcb. (IMO)
look at sockets, where power is externally. dont see the room or connectors for any power module. def not any transformers near the socket on the pcb. (IMO)
SolsticeZero
Banned
So IGN is going off of a render and Wired has the actual console insides.
I think I know who I'm gonna believe.
A brick of Doritos?
Off-Kilter
Banned
I don't care about power bricks one way or the other - I have become accustomed to them. I'm also quite confident the PS4 will have an external one as well.
SolsticeZero
Banned
It's worth mentioning again that no Playstation console (with the exception of PS2 slim and PSone) have had external power supplies
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
IHaveCandy
Banned
Why are you confident of that? What leads you to think that When Sony has said multiple times that hardware should have an internal PSUs and all their systems are internal? Where is this confidence coming from?
CaptainSlow
Member
This has become quite the reoccurring theme eh? Just because MS is doing something does not mean Sony is doing it too.
Mr.Wreckless
Banned
I dont understand the fascination with power bricks. It will be sitting behind your tv or entertainment system and will never be seen.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
Hahahaha didn't think of that but yeah it will be fucking huge.
SirMossyBloke
Member
Arthur Gies guesses a lot.
Thanks Internet.
Thanks Internet.
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
I think the complaints here are all much ado about nothing compared to the other real problems facing the Xbox One.
I'm all for the power brick if it means it will keep the system cooler and less prone to failure. Granted, it didn't help with the 360 but had the power supply been internal there the red ringing would have been even worse.
I also don't mind the external brick because it keeps the system smaller. I can just throw the brick under my entertainment center or something.
About the only negative I can throw at it is that this is yet another 'box' that the Xbox One depends on which ties into the whole Xbox One + 1 + 1 + 1 thing but that's really stretching it.
I'm all for the power brick if it means it will keep the system cooler and less prone to failure. Granted, it didn't help with the 360 but had the power supply been internal there the red ringing would have been even worse.
I also don't mind the external brick because it keeps the system smaller. I can just throw the brick under my entertainment center or something.
About the only negative I can throw at it is that this is yet another 'box' that the Xbox One depends on which ties into the whole Xbox One + 1 + 1 + 1 thing but that's really stretching it.
Man, the first page of denial is awesome;
And then bam!
Thanks Geoff.
In regards to the current topic of this thread; relevance of power brick. Are the people saying it doesnt matter the same people that said the look of the console mattered?
Also for the people that have an issue with external power bricks, hopefully you're ready to have one for PS4 as well.
And then bam!
Thanks Geoff.
In regards to the current topic of this thread; relevance of power brick. Are the people saying it doesnt matter the same people that said the look of the console mattered?
Also for the people that have an issue with external power bricks, hopefully you're ready to have one for PS4 as well.
VGChampion
Member
Plus it's easier to find in a box full of cables.
Why? Only the PS One had one I thought?
IHaveCandy
Banned
Hardware manufacturers don't usually make it external by default. They don't think "Lets make this even smaller and cooler by making it external." It's more likely that they needed to make it external to meet the size and heat demands. It is more of a necessity than choice. This is pretty clear when you look at the size of the box and the size of the fans and vents.
Latvian Hitman
Member
No kidding!
By the time I factor in an 850-watt PSU on my PC, 450 watts for my plasma, and my Onkyo 3008 AVR that pulls 11.6 amps at full load, I'm thinking these dinky little consoles are the last of my concerns when it comes to the power bill...
Off-Kilter
Banned
Hmm, I kept thinking the PS3 slim and super slim had an external supply. I seem to be mistaken then.
It stemmed from my belief that Sony won't design their new system to be as large as the original PS3. Couple that with my (mistaken) assumption that the slimmer PS3s had an external supply and the fact that the high end components of the PS4 will generate quite a bit of heat, and that made me lean the way I did.
I am sensing some kind of hostility here.
IHaveCandy
Banned
There is no hostility. And the PS4 is likely to generate less heat than the PS3. Both the Xbox One and PS4 are spec'ed to use less power than the original PS3 and 360.
This leaves me wondering how big/heavy will be the console box. Manuals, console, Kinect, controller, power brick, cables.
Kind of hated my 360's power brick, but I guess I prefer a cooler and smaller console if the cost is to have the power brick...
Curious about how Sony will handle this on PS4, of course.
Kind of hated my 360's power brick, but I guess I prefer a cooler and smaller console if the cost is to have the power brick...
Curious about how Sony will handle this on PS4, of course.
Sorry I didn't realise I'd have to put the obvious qualifier of 'everything else being equal'
Kids these days do say the funniest things..
dragonbane
Member
The power brick in question:
This. Like ReaperXL07 said here, Sony's not beholden/obligated to play fair with Microsoft, & vice versa, nor does Microsoft have any control how Sony conducts their business, & vice versa, whatever it's about used games, or something like hardware specifications, etc.
They're both different companies with different cultures & audiences.
I love these silly post. Because one is looking like a tank the other should to. A company that has been designing hardware sine WWII all of a sudden has lost their mantra.
Pank_froyd
Neo Member
My VCR has a power supply built in it already though???
TheForceWithin
Banned
That's not a power brick.
That's the used games drm device. Just throw it out and be free of xbone's problems.
That's the used games drm device. Just throw it out and be free of xbone's problems.
I'm always bummed about the power brick when I unbox one. It's funny because for most people it is a not issue. There are certainly more issues than the presence or otherwise of a power brick. Mind you, I kinda wish the PS3 phat had come with one - it may have reduced the size a little.
This post just made me realise that I'll be unpacking brand new console (or two) in a few months. Nothing like unboxing new toys. I unboxed three new 360s and two PS3s but it's not the same unboxing the same console you've already owned.