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Adinnieken on 13 June 2013
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Scoobes said:
Adinnieken said:
ironmanDX said:
Look at the size of the thing! There are also vents everywhere. They more than likely made it to specifically target any RRoD like issues that may occur. Misleading thread title. This is nowhere near evidence. Why was the PS3 made so big? Imagine how many more YLOD's may have occurred if it was smaller? I understand where you're coming from but at least change the thread title, it just looks like you have an agenda otherwise.

Actually, the PS4 has vents everywhere.  The Xbox One has a single back vent on one-half of the console, and the entire top of the same side. 

It is, incidentally, the same design they used with the Xbox 360 S & E. 

Sony's design has vents on three sides. 

It does? From the pictures I've seen they don't seem to be that obvious.

The vent is in the inset portion, on the back and sides.  On the sides, if the inset is a U channel, it's on the bottom side of the channel, it could also be on the top but that isn't visible.  The front is the only portion where it doesn't exist.

http://www.ps4playstation4.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/resize/images/9012525924_811cc88f97_z.jpg

This image shows the rear, and you can just make out the side vents on either side on the bottom of the channel.

http://cdn3.mos.techradar.futurecdn.net//art/games_consoles/PlayStation%204/PS4%20official%20photos/PS4%20side%20view-580-90.jpg

This image shows the side.  You can make out the angular vents on the bottom side of the channel that extend front to rear.

If it weren't for two things, I would really like the PS4 design.  The angle of the front and back, and I think they should have flipped the division of the case.  I think the larger side should have been on the left, and the smaller one on the right.  That way, the Blu-Ray player wouldn't have been almost in the middle.

And yes, I would have been happier with the Xbox One if it was actually more rectangular rather than having that odd angle in the front.