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Lrdfancypants on 22 June 2016

Wow, that is not a small difference. That is not good at all.



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Alby_da_Wolf on 23 June 2016
poklane said:
Looks like the misleading picture has the XB1s 40% smaller in each dimension (length, width and height)

 

shikamaru317 said:

The problem seems to be that they're showing it as 40% smaller in each dimension (length, width, and height), when it's actually 40% smaller by volume. Microsoft actually announced that it's 40% smaller by volume, maybe the marketing team didn't get that memo


Yes, 40% smaller volume means, if they shrank it uniformly, little less than 16% smaller along each axis.

Maybe for a PR CV creative maths is valued more than real maths.   



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DonFerrari on 23 June 2016
SWORDF1SH said:
DonFerrari said:

You certainly talking about MS tentative to mislead customer right?

Well, you could also buy a power supply or nobreak =p ... and if they can put 40% reduction unidimensional, why wouldn't they imply that it's smaller than launch edition Xbox (that did include Kinect)? If they want to mislead, they can do it in a lot of ways.

lol you're right. Why did I even question they wouldn't do that?

Because you act in good faith



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Porcupine_I on 23 June 2016

Who ever made this image must have thought the Slim is 40% the size of the original XB1 not 40% smaller



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DonFerrari on 23 June 2016
Porcupine_I said:
Who ever made this image must have thought the Slim is 40% the size of the original XB1 not 40% smaller

Could be... some guys confound % of, when talking about reduction/increase or total in comparison.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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theprof00 on 23 June 2016
DonFerrari said:
Porcupine_I said:
Who ever made this image must have thought the Slim is 40% the size of the original XB1 not 40% smaller

Could be... some guys confound % of, when talking about reduction/increase or total in comparison.

My best guess is that the Slim is being pictured against the day 1 xbox one with kinect and power brick

I did some of the math using a ruler and some of the pictures below. The outline they are comparing it to is 2 inches less wide than the box the x1 came in, and a hair shy of two inches less tall than the box. Given that two inches is just about the amount of room you'd get on all sides of a box for protective foam and packing things, they're basically including everything that came in the original box.



Ganoncrotch on 23 June 2016
theprof00 said:
DonFerrari said:

Could be... some guys confound % of, when talking about reduction/increase or total in comparison.

My best guess is that the Slim is being pictured against the day 1 xbox one with kinect and power brick

I did some of the math using a ruler and some of the pictures below. The outline they are comparing it to is 2 inches less wide than the box the x1 came in, and a hair shy of two inches less tall than the box. Given that two inches is just about the amount of room you'd get on all sides of a box for protective foam and packing things, they're basically including everything that came in the original box.

Maybe they're just including the X1... in the original box?

Also if you are doing that with a ruler, seriously, do it to the disk slot, and compare how small a disk would go in that slim model, will make you lol.



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Danman27 on 23 June 2016
cpg716 said:
Danman27 said:
I remember when I saw that at the press conference, and it said "40% smaller" good misleading advertising there...
Also, does it only have one usb port, or are there more on the back?

2 in the back. one in the front.. USB ports.

Oh ok. 



DonFerrari on 24 June 2016
theprof00 said:
DonFerrari said:

Could be... some guys confound % of, when talking about reduction/increase or total in comparison.

My best guess is that the Slim is being pictured against the day 1 xbox one with kinect and power brick

I did some of the math using a ruler and some of the pictures below. The outline they are comparing it to is 2 inches less wide than the box the x1 came in, and a hair shy of two inches less tall than the box. Given that two inches is just about the amount of room you'd get on all sides of a box for protective foam and packing things, they're basically including everything that came in the original box.

Would be great if they are comparing Xbox S with the box of the Xbox One Day One Edition



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."