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MoHasanie said:
ganoncrotch said:
MoHasanie said:
KLXVER said:
Well the PS4 is like half the size and it doesn't have an external AC adaptor. Yet it has no overheating problems either...?

Maybe PS4 had better engineers. 


Well Microsofts core business is Software, not hardware, that is where they earn their billions.

True, but hardware is becoming more important to them after the purchase of Nokia. 

Whoa...haven't heard of that. I only heard of something about the Lumia series dropping the "Nokia" label. I should have put two and two together LOL.



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KLXVER said:
MoHasanie said:

 

True, but hardware is becoming more important to them after the purchase of Nokia. 


They bought Nokia...? Fucking hell...

Yeah, last year! The whole handset division for $7bn. 



    

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The console’s 16:9 aspect ratio is meant to reflect that of a widescreen TV. The front illuminated Xbox logo will dim in poor light, so as not to distract fans. The team even mocked up 200 controller prototypes and spent 500 hours testing the pad with 1,100 different people.

 

Cool little secrets arent supposed to come out just a year after release. It's something you cherish 4 or 5 years down the line that people find or work out.





KLXVER said:
Well the PS4 is like half the size and it doesn't have an external AC adaptor. Yet it has no overheating problems either...?

well, m$ had to be extra sure after the x360...



KLXVER said:
Well the PS4 is like half the size and it doesn't have an external AC adaptor. Yet it has no overheating problems either...?


The guy that built something that most people thought was ugly is trying to save face. Logic is not needed lol



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I can't say i've ever been "distracted" by the design of any console while playing games on it, unless it was a frigging handheld.

XBO design is essentially nice, good angles, good surfaces, good venting, what isnt good about i however, is how cheap and nasty it looks on the bottom, and how BIG it is.



KLXVER said:
Well the PS4 is like half the size and it doesn't have an external AC adaptor. Yet it has no overheating problems either...?


The fans inside the ps4 are quite loud compared to the xbox one, well from my experience that is. Sometimes I get worried, as it sounds unhealthy at times



mii-gamer said:
KLXVER said:
Well the PS4 is like half the size and it doesn't have an external AC adaptor. Yet it has no overheating problems either...?


The fans inside the ps4 are quite loud compared to the xbox one, well from my experience that is. Sometimes I get worried, as it sounds unhealthy at times

is it? how come mine never have such problem even after playing like 5 hour still it was so quiet all the way... 



Oh! I thought it was designed that way, so you can either turn it into a Shield or a lethal blunt force object. My bad ^^