Lafiel on 20 September 2012
| darkknightkryta said: Why are people saying 180 watts for the GPU would be too much? The PS3 had a power supply of 380 watts when it launched. There's plenty of overhead for other components. |
the consumer acceptance for the size/weight of the first PS3 model was very low - a device that consumes even more power (1st gen PS3 max consumption was ~200W) has to be even bigger and heavier to accomodate for the cooling system it needs
additionally the heavier/bigger sth is the higher are it's transport costs
I think it's safe to say both MS and Sony won't make a console that's bigger than the PS3, so a 180w GPU is out of the question
