- The Verge
My guess is that Sony got caught out by MS's Xbox hardware, and were deep enough into silicon design at that point that they had no choice but to push clocks much higher than originally planned to stay competitive, thus dramatically increasing the power draw and need for cooling. On the other hand the XSX is reportedly "whisper quiet" (at least while playing XOX titles) and ~2/3 the volume of the PS5. Someone clearly had more of a thought-through design here.
A 5nm refresh might help, though I think they fundamentally need to change their approach to the design of the console. Putting cooling first like MS has done is clearly the way to go. (Of course I wouldn't mind them ditching the spaceship-drawn-by-a-teenager design aesthetic either.)
From my experience, console players dont really mind even when their consoles sound like a jet engine.
That's true to a certain extent, but there are always complaints. It obviously doesn't stop them selling like hotcakes, as demonstrated by the PS4. Actually getting it to fit in your living room is a bigger concern, which is where I think Xbox has the upper hand despite their very unconventional design. The sheer scale of the PS5 makes it near impossible to fit anywhere (without sticking out like a sore thumb). The XSX is wide, sure, but the PS5 is nearly as wide while being much taller and thicker.
It doesn't even look as good as the PS3 original fat console. The curved design with black and silver/chrome looked much classier.
Make that a more powerful PC in it just to rub the salt into the wound. That will do it because it should very well be doable. And once that is all said and done, that will make the size look all the worse... excluding the price tag.
