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flagstaad on 11 April 2012
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Michael-5 said:
flagstaad said:

Ok, I don't say that the Wii U will be very powerful but people bring the size over and over to the table so lets address that one.

For staters it is bigger than a Wii and the design shown is not final, so it can be even bigger than what we have seen, it depends on the heat it produces and the cooling solutions implemented.

Second, it does not have a hard drive (at least not now) so you have to exclude from the unit.

Third, Nintendo does not include the energy source inside the unit, it is always external.

Now take all those things into account and you will find that the size of the unit is not really a problem for the expected power, taking into account the rumored specs of course. Imagine a PS3 slim without hard drive and internal energy source and you can see that even a 3 years old design could be the same size as the expected Wii U size.

1. It's not like they are suddenly going to make the Wii U as big as an original X-Box.

2. That blows, and hard drives are small. I have 500GB right here and it's only marginally bigger then my smartphone

3. Every console has an external surge protector. Heck my 360 power converter/surge protector is bigger then my Wii.

 

Final - Who cares, regardless of size, I don't think it will be that much more powerful then current HD consoles. I think Wii U compared to 360 will be similar to Wii compared to XB.

1. True, but is still 40% bigger than a Wii and the design is still not final.

2. A smart phone is actually pretty big, it can represent up to 15% size of a console like the 360 slim or PS3 slim

3. the PS3 slim DOES NOT have a external surge protector, it is included inside the console and as you mention it can represent up to 30% of the actual size of the product.

Sooo, a PS3 with the surge protector on the outside and without a hard drive will be actually be up to 5% SMALLER than the design of the Wii U shown last year at E3. And the PS3 slim is a 3 year old design, if they wanted they could make a PS3 even smaller, actually if they could make the heat disipation better, that fan in the PS3 slim is gigantic.