Aren't they the air intake and exhaust? Those around the fan correspond to the "air vent" earlier in the video, and those at the back seem to be the only possible exhaust.
I wouldn't be surprised if that's intentionally done to force users to leave enough space around the console for airflow.
Agreed. Not trying to start a flame war, but it really madee appreciate the packaging of the Series X more.
Apple gets shit for building shit to be thin over having good cooling; Sony gets shit for building a chunky, properly cooled device. I think Sony wins here.
Are you referring to the metal fins on the heat sink? Those are explicitly for cooling and you'll see them on pretty much any air-cooled GPU or CPU system. If you think those are excessive, you should see the cooler on the new Nvidia GPUs. They're like 80% cooler.
No, I'm talking about the large white "wings" of the front plates.