Intrinsic on 24 January 2015
| Aquietguy said: I don't see how a PS4 slim is needed considering it's already pretty small. At least compared to the first PS3. A slim is not needed now if ever. |
Here is the thing about a slim. When manufacturing of the apu and memory chips shift to 20nm, they can basically half the size of the apu and use only 8 instead of 16 memory chips. they can also put a much smaller cooling unit since the smaller apu draws less power. basically, the size of the board can literally be cut in half.
It makes less sense putting a smaller board, smaller PSU and smaller fan into an oversized shell. Plastic costs money too you know? and packaging and shipping costs for a smaller console saves a lot of money too.
Sony doesn't make the slims cause its cool, they make them cause it saves them money.
