It's not like the ODD on the bottom means SNY can disregard cooling for it entirely. The ODD is going to require some level of cooling regardless for when it does run. Now while it may need more cooling if it sits on top, it's not like that can't be managed. I wouldn't be surprised if there are vent holes on the bottom of the console where the ODD is. That stand would help allow airflow into there while vertical, instead of having it sit right on the floor and get no airflow.

Everything inside the PS4 when horizontal gets cooled by the small fan on the front right/top front of the console, and that's because it creates negative pressure internally, causing air to get sucked in from the vents on both sides, allowing cool air to pass over everything, pulling away heat.

If the PS5 ODD can breathe while in it's revealed form, then there's no reason why it couldn't breathe by flipping it so that discs would still be read right side up with the ODD on top instead. I may not have lined it up exactly how it would fit, but it's close in general and gives you the idea of what it would look like.

The PS4 is like a sandwich with everything back to back and there is little room for airflow in there, and based on the PS5's design, at least what we can see from the outside, odds are it won't be all that much different.

I was worried about PS5 not being able to cool itself properly. I didn't realize it was that ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE! This thing should have no cooling issues at all. Well done Sony!

Sure thing it is a matter of preference, and that is what make it ridiculous that after 4 gens that are still people demanding to change DS controller (don't remember seeing people this vocal to change Xbox controller to look like DS). Even more when some companies offer a xbox layout for PS so whoever minority likes it on PS can buy it.

Bold claim.

Fan noise on PS4 is certainly noticeable, but in the end when I'm playing even on low volume it hardly is noticed. But if PS5 doesn't do a good job on the cooling then it would have been bad to mention it on the presentation since no one asked.

About the console being to big, I'll wait for it to be dissassembled and see if there is just to much empty space of if the cooler is to big. I don't think neither is going to be the case, I think it will be a case of big chip.

AMD's GPUs from the last 5 or 6 years use more power than Nvidia's counterparts, that's simply true.

What we still don't know is how does RDNA2 behaves, but it's quite obvious that both Sony and MSoft have put special effort in the cooling aspect of their consoles, which implies that they'll use quite a fair bit of power and the chips will run hot.

To use more power to have problems with heating a lot is a good leap.

Instead of a stand in the middle, 2 strips that click on on either end with little rubber feet would do the trick. Or two little bars it can rest in like a cradle. Should be a lot more stable than a stand in the middle.

Not really. If the console uses miore power, it generates more heat. That's why you need a beefier cooling system to take care of it.

Again to use more power and generate more heat to have PROBLEMS with heat is the leap.

yeah hoping they bring out an all black version (an artist mock-up below) -

Neither Soundwave nor I have said that the consoles have heat problems, only that AMD has a problem making products, GPUs in this case, that generate a lot of heat because they're power hungry. And then he also said that the PS5 is ugly, which is not the question here, and that both Sony and MSoft have had to do what they could with that. Which means, greatly improve the cooling system of both consoles.

The consoles won't have a problems with heat because they've already adjusted their cooling solutions to take care of it. That's all Soundwave said in his post. I fail to see the leap you're talking about.