Rather strange that they don't use a universal PSU. Japan and the US are both 100-110v countries.
Regards,
SB
btw PS4 despite having universal PSU, it was never marketed as such. Dunno why. Additional certification cost?
Rather strange that they don't use a universal PSU. Japan and the US are both 100-110v countries.
Regards,
SB
So no led on the playstation logo, that moves to the power button. I'm interested to see how cheap they'll go on the pricing.
What? 2 fans? Where did that come from?Except it wasn't either sloppy or lazy. It had a different design goal than the PS4 [edit: oops meant PS4, had PS3 in there before the edit]. Extremely low acoustics to fit a potentially quiet living room to enable media playback without the intrusion of sounds from the device. To that end the design was brilliantly executed, marred by only one thing. The small fan used in the external PSU meant that quality control was exceedingly important. It wasn't quite up to what it should have been and some few people got external PSU's with noticeable sounds from its tiny fan.
The XBO-S follows the exact same design principles, except that they included the PSU in the case. And unlike many systems where the PSU is included, the PSU is cooled by cool air from outside the case.
Contrast this to the PS4 where the PSU is cooled by the hot air from the CPU cooler. However, the Slim PS4 design seems to address this, as it appears that the air cooling the Slim PS4's PSU is unpolluted by the hot air from the CPU cooler. That likely helps with the reduction in internal volume as you can use 2 smaller fans (lower in height) versus one larger fan. As the airflow required will be less for the PSU (cool air versus hot air) and presumably less for the SOC (assuming SOC is on a smaller process).
Regards,
SB
A year of PSN games and the instant game library is worth the $60 asking price, no? Plus is it discounted at stores? Official UK price is £40 but you can get it for £35 at some places. £35 for a couple dozen games (and way more if you play Vita and PS3) is actually ludicrously good value. Should also start to see the older big name titles appearing before too long.Make fake Indonesia psn. a year is only 25 usd. But it have very little psn discounts.
Best discounts still on PSN us.
Is there a way to directly transfer your old data to a new PS4, or do you still need to have a detachable HDD to which you first backup the old PS4 and then restore to the new?
I know just downloading everything from your library and saves from the cloud is now easier than it was with PS3, but for example if I want to keep my copy of P.T. I need to do it via a backup.
What? 2 fans? Where did that come from?
We can see the (usual) bulge of the fan on the side near the USB ports, exactly where it's already on original PS4. Based on the width of the slim, the fan looks just slightly smaller than OG PS4, so quite big for a 2 fans device, but perfectly enough for a 16nm APU.
The size of the rear vent is difficult to accurately tell from these poorly lit images, but IMO, it does not seem so small it would be a hindrance. Airflow through even a launch PS4 like mine is fairly small, so a possibly evolved fin-fet version could likely do with much less.Those are, of course, needed as there is massively less exhaust ventilation at the rear of the device compared to the current PS4.
Blah. It's either cool the PSU with exhaust air, or pre-heat intake air with it, thus making the SoC run hotter and rev the fan harder that way. It's a zero-sum game.A shame then, the PSU will again be cooled with hot air from the CPU, a cheaper but noisier solution.
Aww, shucks!So no led on the playstation logo
That'd be great! But are you sure it still doesn't ask for an external HDD if you start that transfer?
Edit: apparently as there is still the old Backup and Restore selection, the Transfer Data from Another PS4 does just that, no extra HDD needed, Yay!!
Clearly you don't have a PS4, do you? The OG PS4 doesn't need those small vertical vents on the left and right side of the bulge because it already has 2 big horizontal rows of vents 'up' and 'down' inside both the 'hamburger' sides. And those sides seem larger than on Slim too.And flanking that bulge are extra vents that don't exist on the current PS4.
https://forum.beyond3d.com/threads/...eculations-and-news.58324/page-2#post-1936810
Using pictures from that post.
http://images.pushsquare.com/news/2...legedly_leak_online/attachment/8/original.jpg
Extra ventilation slots added at the right rear directly over the HDD cage.
http://images.pushsquare.com/news/2...egedly_leak_online/attachment/10/original.jpg
Shows the ventilation slots added by the bulge. It's hard to see as the picture is quite dark but there are also ventilation slots added exactly where the PSU is located.
Those are, of course, needed as there is massively less exhaust ventilation at the rear of the device compared to the current PS4.
No one outside of Sony having seen the interior of the device yet, means I'm purely speculating about the existence of a second fan, of course. Just like speculation exists that there is only 1 fan. Both are equally valid until we get a look inside the device. The first picture you have with the bulge does change my view a bit. The picture I was using, which I linked, was too dark for the bulge to be evident.
As I mentioned in the thread, I'm greatly curious to see the inside to see how they've routed the airflow. As it stands, it's quite obvious that all of the air is unlikely to be exhausted purely out of the rear of the device. Depending on how they designed it, those could either be air intakes or air exhausts.
With the clearer picture of the front right side of the machine that you posted. I'm now speculating that the front right added vents will be air intake, while both the right rear and left rear added vents will be for exhaust. So likely a single fan design again. A shame then, the PSU will again be cooled with hot air from the CPU, a cheaper but noisier solution.
Regards,
SB
Mirror for the slim unboxing:
https://www.wetransfer.com/download...41bea2c722ab73d4b3d117d420160823070234/03274a