Xbox chief Phil Spencer has revealed that he’s a fan of the PS5 design, and sympathised with Sony for the difficulties it has faced when crafting the design of the hardware, particularly when it comes to cooling the system.
Phil Spencer Is A Fan Of PS5 Design
Speaking with Animal Talking, Spencer spoke at length about his thoughts on the PS5 hardware, as well as touching base on his company’s own next-generation console.
It’s hard because I know the physics that we’re both dealing with when it comes to these consoles. And cooling these consoles — the power, the energy use — that presents real challenges this generation. We’re talking about consoles — with the CPU and GPU — that are real powerful computers, effectively.
We chose our design because we wanted a large fan that we could spin a little more slowly so we’re not making noise. We wanted a very quiet console, so noise was something that we focused on. So we built a form-follow-function design so that we could draw a lot of air with a big fan spinning a little bit slower so we didn’t get those high-pitched whining sounds that sometimes consoles can make.
I like the design of what they did. I have a lot of respect for what the teams do at PlayStation. But they’re running their box differently than we are, and it creates unique design challenges in how you keep these things cool. That’s a problem for both of us, so that’s not a shock. And they took an approach that is different than what we did.
The PS5 and Xbox Series X are both scheduled for release in holiday 2020.
[Source – Animal Talking via VentureBeat]