Xbox One can't stand vertically due to disc drive

[Rob2600]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/xbox-one-vertical-stand,24340.html

"Microsoft says that the Xbox One isn't meant to stand up.

Microsoft has clarified that the Xbox One isn't suited to being placed on its side. If you do an image search for the Xbox One, you'll find that all you'll see are Microsoft's next-gen console positioned horizontally – like most set top boxes. Placing a games console on its side – like many desktop towers – has been popular since the PlayStation 2, and is an accepted way to position an Xbox 360.

According to Albert Panello, senior director of Xbox product management, the Xbox One won't support a vertical orientation due to its slot-loading disc drive.

'We don't support vertical orientation; do it at your own risk,' Panello told GameSpot.

Panello clarified that it wasn't a cooling design issue, saying, 'it wouldn't be a cooling problem, we just didn't design the drive for vertical. Because it's a slot loading drive, we just didn't design it for both.'

It's unclear why a slot-loading disc drive would prevent a vertical orientation; early versions of the PS3 and the upcoming PS4 have slot-loaded drives and appear to operate fine vertically.

After the quality issues surrounding the earlier models of the Xbox 360, it's no surprise that Microsoft is taking special care of the Xbox One. The company said that the Xbox One will be able to adjust itself to avoid overheating and is confident that it won't be having any quality issues."

[Bojay1997]

I'm not following the point of this post. There are plenty of things to criticize Microsoft about even after all its reversals on the Xbox One, but complaining that placing the unit in an alignment it wasn't designed for just seems like grasping for straws. My cable, satellite, VCR and DVD and Blu Ray players aren't designed to be placed vertically either. Who cares?

[Robocop2]

A nonissue to me. I never thought vertical orientation looked right in the first place.

[Flashback2012]

A nonissue to me. I never thought vertical orientation looked right in the first place.

This is how I feel as well. I have always preferred my systems to lay horizontal even if I lacked the space for them all.

[Greg2600]

I'm not following the point of this post. There are plenty of things to criticize Microsoft about even after all its reversals on the Xbox One, but complaining that placing the unit in an alignment it wasn't designed for just seems like grasping for straws. My cable, satellite, VCR and DVD and Blu Ray players aren't designed to be placed vertically either. Who cares?

Well, the One is being pushed as a replacement for those devices of yours, so perhaps this is MS way of re-enforcing that? It's also a BIG console, not sure having it vertical makes sense. I think, yet again, the hoopla here is that a MS Xbox chieftain gave another arrogant answer to the public. "Do it at your own risk." Such an attitude is foolish, and par for the course from MS. They've done nothing but anger people from the outset with this console.

[goob47]

This just reminds me of what my Original Xbox does whenever I turned it sideways. ROFL Some of you guys are putting it off as "not important" or whatever, but I see it as a big step in the wrong direction... But that's Microsoft for you.

Sony fanboy all the way. :ass:

[Kitsune Sniper]

Didn't some early 360 models destroy discs if they were positioned sideways?

[kupomogli]

Didn't some early 360 models destroy discs if they were positioned sideways?

I think they scratched discs if you moved the console while the disc was inside, not if you set it vertically.

[Mayhem]

I think they scratched discs if you moved the console while the disc was inside, not if you set it vertically.
This.

Also, in the past, but I don't know if it applies now, having the disc rotate vertically could warp it over time due to the way the air flows went over it as it span.

[A.C. Sativa]

A nonissue to me. I never thought vertical orientation looked right in the first place.

Agreed.

[Griking]

I never understood why people ever wanted to stand it up in the first place. Do you prop up your DVD and Blu Ray players too?

[BlastProcessing402]

I think they scratched discs if you moved the console while the disc was inside, not if you set it vertically.

Right, but setting it vertically exacerbates the problem, as even vibrations from walking around near the thing could potentially "move" the system enough to cause a scratch. And heaven help you if it gets bumped and falls over. Just because you CAN run a system vertically, doesn't make it a good idea.

It's also a bad idea on the old style 360's because the main air intake is on the side that becomes the bottom if you flip it vertically, and those tiny feet on there do not give much clearance to get air in there. When I was running mine vertically for a while (playing off the HDD, not discs) I actually set it up on wooden blocks to keep an airway open.

[Kitsune Sniper]

This.

Also, in the past, but I don't know if it applies now, having the disc rotate vertically could warp it over time due to the way the air flows went over it as it span.

Ah, okay, my bad. I wasn't sure which it was.

[PreZZ]

I dont really like MS lately for all their bullshit, but this is not an issue at all. Putting a console on its side has always been a stupid idea and if you do it with your ps4 dont cry when a relative, or a pet trips in it or if you have issues with overheating, etc.