Xbox One Slim Image Revealed - 40% Smaller!

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Fei-Hung said:

Carl2291 said:

Internal power brick too apparently.

That's just insane. Makes you think about why Sony can't slim theirs down other than cost of rumours are to be believed. 

Well because even with the 40% smaller X1... it's still larger than the original model of the PS4, it would be like if a massively obese person was to lose a KG of weight then look at some anorexic and ask why they don't go on a diet with them.

Another reason that Sony might want to keep selling the PS4 in its current design and size is 2 fold,

1. It's currently selling like hotcakes, even with the rumours of a more powerful redesign floating around for the past 4 months now the sales of the system have been out of this world, considering the reasoning for these sales has even eluded Sony in places I think they would not actively want to start to change aspects of the console in case they would alter the selling point of it right now. and

2. Hardware redesigns can be costly and can end up with an inferior design of system, at times they can work out really well (the first slim ps3) and at others they can come off cheap or have additional noise either immediately or after some use (the ps3 super slim with its rattly sliding door) or other issues like failing hardware or incompatible with system software updates as happened with some of the X360 redesigns.

Either way there is a lot to be gained repackaging a console which hasn't set the world on fire, but far less so to alter a proven seller, at least while it still remains the most compact powerhouse on the market.