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Yes, it's true - PS2 is actually the smallest console!
Looking at PS2 from the front, in the horizontal position, the entire right-hand side is empty. You have the disc tray at the top, and immediately below that is the expansion bay.
All of the clever electronic bits are to the left of the disc tray - memory card slots, control connectors, USB and FireWire ports, plus all of the circuit boards and cooling fan. All in a space smaller than the Gamecube.
But also, consider that the PS2's power transformer is also in that space. Nintendo cheated by taking theirs out of the main box and making it a separate unit.
So there! 8-p
And just so that Xbox fans don't feel left out... my accurate and entirely scientific guesswork proves conclusively that you could actually fit three PS2s and two Gamecubes inside one Xbox, and still have room for an optional toaster.
Discuss.
Looking at PS2 from the front, in the horizontal position, the entire right-hand side is empty. You have the disc tray at the top, and immediately below that is the expansion bay.
All of the clever electronic bits are to the left of the disc tray - memory card slots, control connectors, USB and FireWire ports, plus all of the circuit boards and cooling fan. All in a space smaller than the Gamecube.
But also, consider that the PS2's power transformer is also in that space. Nintendo cheated by taking theirs out of the main box and making it a separate unit.
So there! 8-p
And just so that Xbox fans don't feel left out... my accurate and entirely scientific guesswork proves conclusively that you could actually fit three PS2s and two Gamecubes inside one Xbox, and still have room for an optional toaster.
Discuss.
I suppose the easiest thing is to just work out the volumne of them all. Even though the expansion bay is empty, it's still part of the PS2, and it's still taking up space on my shelf - so you can't really count that unless you're talking about circuitry alone.
But you're right about the Power Supply. In a picture of the insides of an Xbox I saw not so long ago, nearly a quarter of the right hand side is taken by the Power Supply, so it's probably very similar for the PS2.
But you're right about the Power Supply. In a picture of the insides of an Xbox I saw not so long ago, nearly a quarter of the right hand side is taken by the Power Supply, so it's probably very similar for the PS2.
may i point out that the top inch of the cube is the CD thing and is all space (part from buttons but they can be small anyway) and the bottom inch is all expansion ports. what id like would be to have enough money to buy a gc, PS2 and Xbox, then take them apart and compare the circitry size.
Nah, to make it work as well as a gamecube, you'd have to jump on it, hit in with a pick-axe then burn it. Then squash it into a cube. proven fact. (consistant as gravity)
Is that a 4 slice in a row toaster, or a two by two toaster? Might make the difference.
Have you tried folding your PS2 in half? It would probably look like a Gamecube then - and so as to start an argument, I`ll add that being broken in half would probably make it work about as well as a Gamecube too :D
Have you tried folding your PS2 in half? It would probably look like a Gamecube then - and so as to start an argument, I`ll add that being broken in half would probably make it work about as well as a Gamecube too :D
I only ever eat toast in 4s, so.....
VenomByte wrote:
> I think it depends entirely on the type of toaster.
Two-slice only. Four-slice would be pushing it.
> I think it depends entirely on the type of toaster.
Two-slice only. Four-slice would be pushing it.
Scientific proof that the PS2 is just a weedy little console.... :p
But when you add the hard drive or whatever fits into that big slot?
I think it depends entirely on the type of toaster.
Yes, it's true - PS2 is actually the smallest console!
Looking at PS2 from the front, in the horizontal position, the entire right-hand side is empty. You have the disc tray at the top, and immediately below that is the expansion bay.
All of the clever electronic bits are to the left of the disc tray - memory card slots, control connectors, USB and FireWire ports, plus all of the circuit boards and cooling fan. All in a space smaller than the Gamecube.
But also, consider that the PS2's power transformer is also in that space. Nintendo cheated by taking theirs out of the main box and making it a separate unit.
So there! 8-p
And just so that Xbox fans don't feel left out... my accurate and entirely scientific guesswork proves conclusively that you could actually fit three PS2s and two Gamecubes inside one Xbox, and still have room for an optional toaster.
Discuss.
Looking at PS2 from the front, in the horizontal position, the entire right-hand side is empty. You have the disc tray at the top, and immediately below that is the expansion bay.
All of the clever electronic bits are to the left of the disc tray - memory card slots, control connectors, USB and FireWire ports, plus all of the circuit boards and cooling fan. All in a space smaller than the Gamecube.
But also, consider that the PS2's power transformer is also in that space. Nintendo cheated by taking theirs out of the main box and making it a separate unit.
So there! 8-p
And just so that Xbox fans don't feel left out... my accurate and entirely scientific guesswork proves conclusively that you could actually fit three PS2s and two Gamecubes inside one Xbox, and still have room for an optional toaster.
Discuss.