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When it comes to next gen system, you don't get much larger then the PS3.  Yes it's sleek and glossy, but it's really quite bit.  Many times people attribute the size of the PS3 to the fact that newer technologies are larger, and thus system are large also.  Later in their product life cycle these machines will probably get smaller and smaller.  There's one thing about the PS3 though that some people might not realize...let me first start by saying this...
You know that huge power brick that the Xbox360 has, well the PS3 has something similar to that but it's actually inside the PS3.  Sony made a decision to not have that piece of equipment on the outside of the system, so you wouldn't have to mess with an enormous power brick.  One has to wonder though, if the PS3 did actually an external power brick, how much smaller could Sony have made their system?  After you think about that, ask yourself why the 360 is still so large with the power brick on the outside and why isn't Sony haven't heat issues with a power source on the inside of the system?

When asked if the power source would be on the inside of the PS3 like it was on the PS2 Sony Executive Izumi Kawanishi said:








What do you think?  Would you rather see a smaller PS3 with an external power brick?  Do you think this would be a way for Sony to release a Slim PS3?

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It's the same with the PS2. The original's was embedded and the slimline's was external. Look at the size diffs there

I'm not trying to get anybody pissed, but just imagine how much better the PS3 is put together then the Xbox 360.  I mean the PS3 should be a lot hotter inside with that power supply internal, and yet it has less than 1% hardware failure. Now imagine how cool it could run if the power supply was on the outside.

I think it's a great way to set themselves up for smaller PS3's in the future.

I don't thing size is even relevant in NA, but it would certainly help Japanese sales, as size is a purchasing factor over there.

there aren't anywhere as many PS3s sold compared to xboxes, and the PS3s haven't been around as long, so potential hardware problems probably won't happen 'till someone starts to push the system

Your right, there haven't been as many PS3's sold compared to Xbox 360's, but that actually works in the Xbox's favor. If the PS3 were having hardware issues, they would make up a much larger percentage simply because there haven't been that many PS3's sold.

I guess we'll have to wait till 07/05/08 (date Microsoft Admits Hardware Issue, Extends 360 Warranty) and see if the PS3 has to do something similar, because there's some issue waiting to happen.

360s were failing at this point, and there are about and equal number sold so far (as of release, ie. This many 360s in 2006). Plus the PS3 is successfully dissipating all the heat produced when folding.

no doubt it's a well designed console.

but somewhere, there is a fault. no-one gets the first revision right.

Id say the biggest problem with the current PS3 is that it gets a little warm on the shell. Other than that, it truly is solid.

I think there's a big difference between having some minor issues, which generally all consoles have when they come out, and then having rather high hardware failures. We can take a magnifying glass to the PS3 and try to find issues, but if that's really necessary then Sony obviously did a good job at design and manufacturing the PS3.

The only problem which PS3 seems to have (which is uncommon in its own right) is the Blu-Ray drives failing. They often refuse to take a disc, refuse to read it, or even refuse to eject a disc

Can you find me documentation on this so I can check it out? I hadn't heard about that issue.