When PS5 Meets Xbox Series S and Switch 2, You Get the Ningtendo PXBOX 5

A modder from China named XNZ has gone ahead and put together an impressive build by taking three different gaming consoles and somehow compressing them all into one working machine, which they’ve named the Ningtendo PXBOX 5. The custom-built creation combines the core components of a PlayStation 5, an Xbox Series S (they chose the more compact Series S for integration), and a Nintendo Switch 2 into a single device around the size of a conventional console.

You may be used to having a different connections for each of these, which requires separate power cords, HDMI cables, and shelves to house them all, but this solution eliminates the most of that hassle. There’s a single power supply that powers everything, a single HDMI cable to connect to the TV, and a large triangular button on top that allows you to switch between the three systems in under 5 seconds. The active console lights up in its trademark colour when you switch, blue for the PlayStation, green for the Xbox, and red for Nintendo, courtesy to an LED strip and an Arduino chip that handles the switching.

Cooling was perhaps the most difficult engineering problem to solve. XNZ repurposed the classic cylindrical Mac Pro design to create a central triangular aluminum heatsink, with each console’s motherboard attached on one face of this block, fins drawing heat away and a 12cm fan at the bottom blowing air upwards through the entire thing. They fabricated it using a 3D printing technology known as lost-PLA casting, which involved printing out the objects in PLA, casting them in high-temperature moulds, burning out the PLA, and replacing it with molten aluminium. They had to try a few times before getting it right, getting rid of things like air pockets and cracks, but the final product kept temperatures under control, with the surface reaching roughly 60°C after 30 minutes of hard PlayStation 5 gaming.

The power drain remained within normal levels, since the PS5 and Xbox peak at around 225 Watts under load and drop to less than 5 Watts on standby. A 250 Watt gallium nitride unit powers all three consoles, as long as only one of them is running at any given moment. Meanwhile, the Switch 2 boasts a reliable USB-C power delivery system. The Nintendo half of the construction retains its hand-held nature; there’s a spring-loaded dock that pops out and allows you to take the handheld console with you on the go, then slides it back in when you need to dock it.

The final iteration combines 3D printing with laser-cutting, since the panels are made of walnut and give the build a great polished appearance. Its design features triangular vents and accents, as well as a name plate on the side that reads “Ningtendo PXBOX 5.” Everything still functions as if they were all independent consoles: PlayStation exclusives run natively on their own hardware, Xbox titles load normally, and Nintendo games benefit from the dock connectivity.
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