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Soundwave on 22 September 2013
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Dr.EisDrachenJaeger said:

Who said anything about it being quiet? The only time its not quiet is when there is a disc in there, which you wont hear with the TV on. I dont know why its always spinning when its not being played though ;/

People do care about the space and machine efficiency/reliability, at least in Japan they do. Someone always mentions their space concerns to me when they talk about getting new consoles, along with them not being backwards compatible.

The chip set is way better than the PS360. Hell the devs cant even get the full power out of the 360 because of the PS3, and the WiiU is much better than both of them.


I don't think people in Japan care either.

The PS2 trounced the GameCube there despite being the bigger console.

The PS3 outsells the Wii U there fairly reliably.

There's nothing wrong with a console the size of a PS2/NES ... that's compact enough, wasting R&D dollars and settling for a more expensive chip with less horsepower under the hood to gain a smaller casing was silly.

Even if you live in a Hobbit hole, having a console the size of PS3 Slim even isn't a big deal, especially when consoles these days can be positioned vertically.

I mean I don't think anyone's advocating for Nintendo to release something the size of the PS3 Phat, but really what's the benefit of making so many compromises in design and spending so much extra money to get something smaller than an NES or PS2? Both of those console's were fine size wise.