@theRepublic: I was only talking about the mass of the heatsink. Different aluminium compound or going to copper (financially maybe not the best thing to do). Anyway, removing the fan gives a little more space and in any case, the power consuption would go near the WiiConnect24 level, where Wii already is naturally cooled and going from 90 nanometer chips to 65 nanometer roughly cuts the size in half. Biggest problem i see is whether the DVD drive needs the extra cooling (then again, since Wii doesn't play DVD movies, the drive doesn't heat itself constantly).
Here's few pics that should give you the image about how much space there is and what you could do with the current design (and for others that are interested, there's pics about Wiis interiors and comparision between Wii and GC interiors).
http://techrepublic.com.com/2346-13636_11-38683-24.html
http://techrepublic.com.com/2346-10877_11-38928-13.html
Also, Nintendo likely will make other changes to the interior design aswell that could potentially free up space.
@TWRoo: It was a sarcastic way to point out the different need to shrink the size of the die, aside from financial incentives.
Then again, we have cold winters and nothing beats wool socks and warming up in the glow of PS360 in the livingroom.
PSX didn't have a fan if i recall. The fans appeared to sixth gen consoles.
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