JRPGfan said:
But why? Is there anything that really stands out as forwards thinking? smart design, smart layout, smart usage of space? In that sense I look at the PS4 slim and I think they did alot with very little space, and had to resort to smart design to get it all to fit in that small a box. The same isnt true for the gamecube. |
Gamecube was very powerful console of it's gen and in some ways bested Xbox. They got all that power in a small space very neatly packed effient and cool and quiet. GCN was a beast in power and quieter than a mouse fart running RE4 one of the most demanding games on the system. The game PS2's were catching fire on practically. Digital Foundy has gone on record praising the elegence of it and not talking the aesthetics. Sony has always put aesthetics first. PSOne has no fan and overheats pretty easy. PS2 slim also gets hot. Even my PS3 super slim get's very warm. Nintendo has always been great in this area of making the hardware cool and very effient but Gamecube was and is in a class of it's own. Air intake was perfect for the shape of the system. Simple and straightforward. Sony likes to make them smaller yes but not necessarily more efficent,just smaller. Not the same thing.
