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It looks too big.



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Mr Puggsly said:
What is the large rectangle port on the back? Is that for a memory card or something?

Also, where is the Kinect port?

Console looks fine, but that rectangle port seems the most interesting thing shown here.

What is next to the USB at the front? A button?



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SpokenTruth said:
Hynad said:

Says who?

People who appreciate high quality consumer electronics design aesthetics.

Regardless of it being explicitly labeled as a prototype on its back, we all know those appreciated aesthetics are necessarily the same for everyone. -_-



Hynad said:
JRPGfan said:

I wonder what a game for a quantum computer would even look like.

From what I understand, on or off states, with a quantum computer is more like Sometimes on, sometimes not, sometimes both, sometimes neither....
And that allows it to run many differnt branches at the same time, to problem solve. 
Which is supposedly great for math problems that take forever to calculate, or breaking incryptions.

However I doubt that sort of funktion, would have any benefits on gameing.

However no, it cant do "quantum gameing" because its just regular old x86 binary cpu in there :)
(which is probably a million times better for gameing anyways)

You are almost making sense. But quantum computing is exponentially faster than current cpu tech. And faster computing is always a plus for gaming.

The tech simply isn’t ready in its current state to be used on a consumer level.

*at certain task to which it is well suited.

Its not just exponentially faster at everything (from what I understand) (supposedly theres task it does alot slower than current x86 cpu's).

Anyways quantum computers, require them to run really cold.... and you need to calibrate it, everytime its shut down or moved.
Imagine everytime you wanted to turn on your console, it would take a few hours to cooldown first,
and lock some of these particles into place, with the right spin ect, before you could boot it up.


Its not practical to make a consumer grade, mass produced quantum computer, for a gameing console.
it would be alot more expensive, bigger, louder, require much more calibration (at each home), and slower for gameing related stuff (most likely).
Its a bad idea, atleast currently, maybe these things change in the future.



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DroidKnight said:
JRPGfan said:

I wonder what a game for a quantum computer would even look like.

From what I understand, on or off states, with a quantum computer is more like Sometimes on, sometimes not, sometimes both, sometimes neither....
And that allows it to run many differnt branches at the same time, to problem solve. 
Which is supposedly great for math problems that take forever to calculate, or breaking incryptions.

However I doubt that sort of funktion, would have any benefits on gameing.

However no, it cant do "quantum gameing" because its just regular old x86 binary cpu in there :)
(which is probably a million times better for gameing anyways)

I began quantum gaming decades ago in the future while reminiscing the present.

Your trying to make fun of what I said? By assumeing things will change, and thus whats true for now, might not be so forever?

Yes I agree, maybe sometime 50years from now, quantum computers really are faster than x86 cpu at everything.
They wont require to be frozen down to like near absolute zero, to lock in place these particles
(though how they will controll these particales otherwise.. is a big question mark).

Maybe they can "self calibrate" or something, and thus are made commercial grade, even for gameing consoles.
And wont take hours too boot up, and be ready to use.

Liquid Helium is used by alot of these machines to cool the chip down, to achieve super conductivity.
Imagine buying a console the size of a freezer, and if you move it/bump it or just slight touches, you need to recalibrate it.
If you shut it down or lose power, it ll take hours to again check the state of these qubits and particles, before you can use it.

How would such a device be a good idea (currently) for a console? it wouldnt.
That was all my post ment.

We should be thankfull its not a quantum computer because currently it doesnt make any sense to use such for a gameing machine.

Last edited by JRPGfan - on 22 January 2020

Only one HDMI port? They removed that feature? Damnit.
The console needs polish, looks too bland. Needs some sort of pattern wrapped around the mid of the console.

Last edited by Azzanation - on 22 January 2020

SpokenTruth said:
Hynad said:

Says who?

People who appreciate high quality consumer electronics design aesthetics.

I never thought of that when I brought my PC tower. I just wanted something good for ventilation.



Kinda hard to tell, but doesn't look like there's any fan at the base where the PSU is. So one big fan at the top sucking air in and blowing it down and out of those exhaust holes at the rear? They wouldn't pull air in through the PSU from the base first would they? It's always been through the console and heat sinks first and then past the PSU before the hot air exits. You don't really want hot PSU air being used to cool the APU heat sink.



I hear rumours that this will be able to run Windows 10 and boot up in PC mode. If this is true I'm interested in the console (I have always had Macs).

This also consolidates the shape of the console in my mind, as I know would be treating it like a PC tower. Plugging it into a monitor on a desk would not be a problem for me.