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[H_Prestige]

how do you fit an optical disc drive inside that? ....

I don't think disc drives are that big. The slot loader inside my macbook is not much bigger than the disc itself.

 

[Corky]

My quick hackjob;

Return of the fatty? It's short and fat, like ..

Dang, that's way too small :I * skeptic*

 

[RoboPlato]

how do you fit an optical disc drive inside that? ....

Half the thickness is probably the APU with the other half being the disk drive/HDD on top of it.

 

[ekim]

how do you fit an optical disc drive inside that? ....

Diagonally like in this render:

:roll:

 

[CrunchinJelly]

External PSU makes me sad.

Why? It sits behind your unit never to be seen again.

Gets rid of heat from the console so allows it to be smaller. Win win.

 

[DieH@rd]

My quick hackjob;

Return of the fatty? It's short and fat, like ..

We need an animated 3d rotating version of PS3 and this new box. Somebody do it ASAP.

 

[Boss Man]

Well, Sony is a hardware company. Maybe they got bored with the stock build of the PS4 and had to unleash all of that pent up engineering on the design.

Got lot of room for it.

But I'm wondering will Sony go for slide/swing door, or suck-in or tray blu-ray slot?

I hope it's the former personally. Another point for simple, more robust design. Could argue that it makes it seem cheaper but these things make it look more like a game console to me for some reason and also it'll last longer.

 

[iceatcs]

how do you fit an optical disc drive inside that? ....

Got lot of room for it.

But I'm wondering will Sony go for slide/swing door, or suck-in or tray blu-ray slot?

 

[gundamkyoukai]

If thuway is right the PS4 is going to be a fairly small console which is not a bad thing in my book .
External PSU is no problem imo.

 

[DBT85]

What do the new Xperias look like? I can't keep up with smartphones.

The Xperia Z phone and tablet are harking back to Sony of old. Hardware that makes people go oooohhhh and ahhhhhh.

 

[Pooya]

14cm is too short, discs are 11cm. Wii is 21cm. top loader maybe?

 

[RoboPlato]

Got lot of room for it.

But I'm wondering will Sony go for slide/swing door, or suck-in or tray blu-ray slot.

I'm guessing it'll be a slot loader, like the PS3. It looks cool when you put a disk in and it's less moving parts to worry about breaking.

 

[THE:MILKMAN]

how do you fit an optical disc drive inside that? ....

If you think of the Wii U as a single "deck" then the Orbis would be double "deck"? But I'm no expert.

 

[metareferential]

how does that compare to the Wii U?

edit: comparing this to the Wii U, this is actually smaller!

Orbis: 25cm deep x 14cm long x 10cm high vs
Wii U: 27cm deep x 17cm long x 4.5 cm high

Orbis is just two inches thicker, but not as wide or long! I seriously don't believe that!

Yeah, but it's as thick as a brick.

Like a ps2.

 

[SquiddyCracker]

 

[velociraptor]

I don't want a fatass console. Give me something thin and sleek, akin to Sony's bluray players.

Or something similar to the size of the PS3 Slim (not the latest model).

 

[Zombie James]

My quick hackjob;

Return of the fatty? It's short and fat, like ..

Uh, would an optical disc fit with a width so small? I assume this thing would have connectors on the back.

 

[DieH@rd]

14cm is too short, discs are 11cm. Wii is 21cm. top loader maybe?

It will be some variation of this I think:

Compact and cheap.

 

[JohnnySasaki86]

In case anyone missed my edited post. Heres how it compares to the Wii U. Its overall smaller! Twice as thick(this thing is fat!), but its shorter and a not as wide.

Orbis: 25cm deep x 14cm long x 10cm high vs
Wii U: 27cm deep x 17cm long x 4.5 cm high

I dont know if I believe this... does Wii U have an external PSU?

 

[Chuck Norris]

Yeah the new Xperias wow me. I love the textural looking on the back.

I would love to see PS2's grill looking again in new era.

PS2s grill is disgusting, aside from liking the system itself, how could anyone genuinely desire a repeat of that design?

 

[DieH@rd]

Here is one laptop 6x bluray reader drive that Sony is manufacturing right now:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sony...lu-ray-reader-dvdplus-rw-burner-optical-drive

Dimensions (WxHxD): 128 x 12.7 x 126.1 mm (without Bezel) mm

 

[EvB]

That would actually look pretty dinky in real life

 

[JaggedSac]

Maybe.

MS is pretty inconsistent. The Surface is pretty much an ingenious combination of form and function while all the WP8 phones have looked ugly as hell. It really can go either way.

MS hasn't made a WP yet.

 

[Respawn]

Thanks for the info thuway. It is appreciated.

 

[H_Prestige]

In case anyone missed my edited post. Heres how it compares to the Wii U. Its overall smaller! Twice as thick(this thing is fat!), but its shorter and a not as wide.

Orbis: 25cm deep x 14cm long x 10cm high vs
Wii U: 27cm deep x 17cm long x 4.5 cm high

I dont know if I believe this... does Wii U have an external PSU?

Yes.

Ever since it was confirmed there was no dedicated GPU, I assumed this thing would be fairly compact and low power. It's just an APU. The chip design is pretty simple, and manufactured on a small process. Nothing like launch ps3 or 360.

 

[RoboPlato]

Seeing the fatness in some of these shots it's hard to picture this thing looking sleek.

 

[Melchiah]

The external power brick is ok, if it means it'll be quieter than the launch PS3.

 

[H_Prestige]

Seeing the fatness in some of these shots it's hard to picture this thing looking sleek.

Maybe it will have curves.

 

[Boss Man]

Seeing the fatness in some of these shots it's hard to picture this thing looking sleek.

If they're real then the dimensions are odd that's for sure. But I'd imagine the console would not just be a plain brick shape. Maybe concave on the sides or something.

 

[Piggus]

Doubt it will have a shitty disk tray. I'd be really surprised if they didn't have a slot loading drive.

Just look at the Mac Mini:

 

[artist]

Another one, this time I just shrunk the phat PS3;

 

[thuway]

Doubt it will have a shitty disk tray. I'd be really surprised if they didn't have a slot loading drive.

Just look at the Mac Mini:

This....

 

[Chuck Norris]

In case anyone missed my edited post. Heres how it compares to the Wii U. Its overall smaller! Twice as thick(this thing is fat!), but its shorter and a not as wide.

Orbis: 25cm deep x 14cm long x 10cm high vs
Wii U: 27cm deep x 17cm long x 4.5 cm high

I dont know if I believe this... does Wii U have an external PSU?

Perhaps it's 14cm deep and 25cm long

 

[Spongebob]

Yes.

Ever since it was confirmed there was no dedicated GPU, I assumed this thing would be fairly compact and low power. It's just an APU. The chip design is pretty simple, and manufactured on a small process. Nothing like launch ps3 or 360.

Relative to the APUs on the market its far larger.

 

[thuway]

Another one, this time I just shrunk the phat PS3;

Use the Mac Mini instead, and draw it compared to the Xbox 360 launch, Fat PS3, Fat Ps2, and Wii U. Your work is much appreciated.

 

[DieH@rd]

Another one, this time I just shrunk the phat PS3;

Can you put PS3 Slim, PS3 Super Slim, X360 original X360 Slim and WiiU in that picture? Do em all.

 

[H_Prestige]

Another one, this time I just shrunk the phat PS3;

That would be sweet. Love the fat ps3 design. Shit looked premium.

 

[EvB]

Or next to a gamecube

 

[Pooya]

Here is one laptop bluray reader drive that Sony is manufacturing right now:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sony-...-optical-drive

Dimensions (WxHxD): 128 x 12.7 x 126.1 mm (without Bezel) mm

slot loaders are bigger than that I think, because of eject mechanism. don't think they would put a manual laptop disc tray in a console

 

[Chuck Norris]

Two Gamecubes taped together!

 

[THE:MILKMAN]

Wishful think but seeing how small it looks in fat PS3 form that artist posted, I could see it being priced lower than I thought.

 

[JohnnySasaki86]

Yes.

Ever since it was confirmed there was no dedicated GPU, I assumed this thing would be fairly compact and low power. It's just an APU. The chip design is pretty simple, and manufactured on a small process. Nothing like launch ps3 or 360.

How would it be smaller or small as the Wii U though? Even though its an APU, you would think the motherboard would be much larger. The CPU and GPU are much larger(how do they get smaller by just being in an APU?). I remember reading this is a pretty large APU. It has twice the amount of RAM, with lower density chips. 4x has many memory chips on the mobo with 4gb of DDR5?

Edit: What would the added thinkness help with? room wise? Not the Mobo. I would just think the bluray drive and the HDD. Are we forget about the huge HDD this thing is supposed to have?

 

[enzo_gt]

MS hasn't made a WP yet.

No, but they have had a ton of input on the Nokia designs, to ensure they co-ordinate with the rebranding of Windows Phone. They're fairly responsible for what they did to make those look "different."

 

[CLEEK]

In case anyone missed my edited post. Heres how it compares to the Wii U. Its overall smaller! Twice as thick(this thing is fat!), but its shorter and a not as wide.

Orbis: 25cm deep x 14cm long x 10cm high vs
Wii U: 27cm deep x 17cm long x 4.5 cm high

I dont know if I believe this... does Wii U have an external PSU?

I would guess that based on the designs of previous PlayStations, the PS4 will be wider than it is deep. With an asymmetrical disc slot. So the opposite of the WiiU, which is deeper than it is wide.

So the PS4 is likely to be:

25cm Width x 14cm Depth x 10cm Height

 

[Reiko]

I plead the fifth. If my source is right, Japan should be happy. I really can't talk about it at all.

My Body is Ready. HYPE.

 

[H_Prestige]

I would guess that based on the designs of previous PlayStations, the PS4 will be wider than it is deep. With an asymmetrical disc slot. So the opposite of the WiiU, which is deeper than it is wide.

So the PS4 is likely to be:

25cm Width x 14cm Depth x 10cm Height

Agreed. Either way, the footprint is smaller. I wonder how many people saw that coming.

 

[Piggus]

This....

love me some slot loading drives.

If it is indeed just a brick with otherwise no unique shape, then there are some materials and things they can do to still make it look like a premium device and have its own character like all consoles have. I'm envisioning a cross between the Mac G4 Cube and the new Xperia phones/tablet. I'd make a mockup if I knew how. >_<

 

[Chuck Norris]

I would guess that based on the designs of previous PlayStations, the PS4 will be wider than it is deep. With an asymmetrical disc slot. So the opposite of the WiiU, which is deeper than it is wide.

So the PS4 is likely to be:

25cm Width x 14cm Depth x 10cm Height

Agreed

 

[Uno Venova]

Kinda wanted another beast, oh well, not a big deal.

 

[velociraptor]

From a design perspective, it sounds awful.

I hope thuway's dimensions are completely and utterly wrong.

Ah well... 10 days till we find out.