Seen in Engadget's video above, one thin layer of glass is all that prevents the intrepid cameraman from reaching into the displays and pulling bits from here, bobs from there to assemble the world's first supermega-gen console: XStation 720. Knowing better, he chooses instead to give us a piece-by-piece visual rundown of what the museum offered for display at this year's Tokyo Game Show. We appreciate your self-control, kind sir.
PlayStation & Xbox hardware gets the Body Worlds treatment at Japanese museum
by Ben Gilbert 
on Sep 29th 2009 1:15AM
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Seen in Engadget's video above, one thin layer of glass is all that prevents the intrepid cameraman from reaching into the displays and pulling bits from here, bobs from there to assemble the world's first supermega-gen console: XStation 720. Knowing better, he chooses instead to give us a piece-by-piece visual rundown of what the museum offered for display at this year's Tokyo Game Show. We appreciate your self-control, kind sir.
Reader Comments (32)
Posted: Sep 29th 2009 1:48AM (Unverified) said
Its actually nice to see this.
God the ps3 slim has like 243 less parts then the fat versions.
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God the ps3 slim has like 243 less parts then the fat versions.
Posted: Sep 29th 2009 3:00AM blazinsmokey said
see the japanese dude at the end?
looking at the xbox stuff like wtf are those?
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looking at the xbox stuff like wtf are those?
Posted: Sep 29th 2009 11:54AM (Unverified) said
@ Blazinsmokey
He's probably wondering where all those cheap parts came from.
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He's probably wondering where all those cheap parts came from.
Posted: Sep 29th 2009 6:31PM (Unverified) said
He's probably laughing inside to him self because hes the one who sold those cheap parts
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Posted: Sep 29th 2009 3:05AM (Unverified) said
The crazy thing is the most stand out piece out of all of those is the PS3 fan, man that thing is a monster.
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Posted: Sep 29th 2009 3:54AM Baron Milton Von Crompton said
Calling all the tech experts here, I'm curious as to whether or not the purpose of that white tubular casket housing only a certain side and part of the heat sinks is vital, or a detriment to the whole cooling process? Wouldn't parts of the heat build up on the other side of that casket as well?
Judging by the innards and all, does that white casket do the cooling any justice? I was wondering if it would be able to sustain a better heat dissipation if that white casket thing is removed or not? Any tech-perts here could elaborate on this? It's always been a baffle to me.
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Judging by the innards and all, does that white casket do the cooling any justice? I was wondering if it would be able to sustain a better heat dissipation if that white casket thing is removed or not? Any tech-perts here could elaborate on this? It's always been a baffle to me.
Posted: Sep 29th 2009 9:09AM Baron Milton Von Crompton said
I suppose it is in place to channel the hot air, as you put it Graeme - as it creates a vacuum of sort - but as it is, it's only housed on one side. Instead of housing the entire heat sinks altogether, and surely, seeing as on the other side there are no white caskets housed to the heat sinks, heat would escape to the hollows of the interior.
Why isn't it housed over the entire heat sinks? I've never seen anything like it....
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Why isn't it housed over the entire heat sinks? I've never seen anything like it....
Posted: Sep 29th 2009 6:47AM Optimaximal said
The question is, if they break apart a Wii, are there just 2 GameCubes and a load of duct tape inside?
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Posted: Sep 29th 2009 7:04AM oOWallaceOo said
"the world's first supermega-gen console: XStation 720."
You spelt Dreamcast 2 wrong
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You spelt Dreamcast 2 wrong
Posted: Sep 29th 2009 8:08AM (Unverified) said
thats kinda lame,what kinda of sad sod would see that and go yeah thats cool?unless you jack off to your console powering up or sum weird shit
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Posted: Sep 29th 2009 8:17AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
I forgot just how big the damn Original Xbox controller were...
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Posted: Sep 29th 2009 8:31AM Skytwin said
I never realised how big the PS3 Slim was. Its still huge despite its size reduction :)
Hasn't there been at least 4 hardware changes to the xbox 360 as well regarding heatsinks, cpu and gpu configurations? I guess the same basic concept between them is all the same. (applies to the power supplies as well)
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Hasn't there been at least 4 hardware changes to the xbox 360 as well regarding heatsinks, cpu and gpu configurations? I guess the same basic concept between them is all the same. (applies to the power supplies as well)
Posted: Sep 29th 2009 8:48AM (Unverified) said
Is disassemble. Make dead. No disassemble! Number Five cannot.
Why? Why cannot?
Is wrong. Incorrect. Newton Crosby, PhD, not know this?
Of course I know it's wrong to kill, but who told you?
I told me.
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Why? Why cannot?
Is wrong. Incorrect. Newton Crosby, PhD, not know this?
Of course I know it's wrong to kill, but who told you?
I told me.
Posted: Sep 29th 2009 10:19AM Nobledevil Gaming Optimist said
F***in' A, that was well done, sir.
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Posted: Sep 29th 2009 10:21AM Nobledevil Gaming Optimist said
What is it about the internals of computer hardware that make the nerd in me enjoy it so?
I'd like to some older consoles with the same treatment, like Ataris, NES and SNES, Sega systems. Would be nice to see the difference in little things like fan sizes (if the console had one at all), motherboard sizes, etc.
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I'd like to some older consoles with the same treatment, like Ataris, NES and SNES, Sega systems. Would be nice to see the difference in little things like fan sizes (if the console had one at all), motherboard sizes, etc.
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