They've also talked about how they've designed the system to run at a constant level of heat production/cooling capacity, so the fans never "ramp up"; the syste

They've also talked about how they've designed the system to run at a constant level of heat production/cooling capacity, so the fans never "ramp up"; the system is constantly cooling a roughly constant amount of heat and so they were able to design the console's cooling system around that. It's a lot easier to optimize a system when you have roughly fixed inputs, and from what the Japanese YouTubers at the hands-on event said, it basically doesn't make enough noise to be distracting unless you're using it as a pillow.