A YouTube builder has turned platform hopping into a button press. The Ningtendo PXBOX 5 is a 3-in-1 gaming console that combines PS5, Xbox, and Switch 2 hardware in a single tower, then lets you cycle between platforms in under five seconds.
The goal is simple, stop forcing players to buy multiple machines just to reach different exclusives. The compromise is just as clear, only one platform runs at a time, so it’s about convenience and space.
What makes the project stand out is that it doesn’t look like three consoles stuffed into a box. Cooling, power, and switching were rebuilt around a shared core, so the unit stays tidy and usable rather than turning into a loud, hot mess.
One cooler replaces three
Heat is the real enemy. Each modern console is designed around its own airflow path, and stacking them would normally end with throttling. The PXBOX 5 instead uses a Mac Pro–style layout, a central triangular aluminum block with a different motherboard mounted to each face.
One top-mounted fan pulls hot air upward through the shared thermal core. In testing with demanding games like Elden Ring, the builder reported stable temperatures around 60 degrees Celsius.
That aluminum core was also the hardest part to make. CNC machining the complex finned block was estimated at about 5,000 yuan, so the builder used lost-PLA casting, a modern spin on the 1,500-year-old lost-wax method used in ancient Chinese bronze work. The cooler was 3D printed in PLA, encased in high-temperature gypsum, baked for 12 hours to burn the plastic out, then filled with molten aluminum at 700 degrees Celsius. After an early failure, the fin density was adjusted so the metal wouldn’t solidify too quickly.
One power supply, fast switching
Power is simpler than the triple-console layout suggests. The PS5 and Xbox boards both use 12V DC input and draw about 4W in standby, so they can be connected in parallel and fed by a single 250W PC power supply, again with the one-platform-at-a-time rule doing the heavy lifting.
Switching is handled by an Arduino-based controller. Press the triangular button on top and the unit cycles to the next platform in under five seconds, while an LED strip shows what’s active, blue for PS5, green for Xbox, red for Switch 2. Quick and clear.
The Switch 2 keeps its portability through a toaster-style pop-up dock. It locks into the tower for TV play, then pops out with a single press. The mechanism uses 3D-printed PETG springs generated with a printed spring tool, which helps the dock feel consistent without custom metal parts.
A statement, not a product
The PXBOX 5 isn’t headed for retail. It’s a working reminder that much of the console war friction comes from platform boundaries, not hard technical limits.
There are tradeoffs. Repairs would be far more complicated than stock hardware, and the one-platform-at-a-time limitation is fundamental to how the power is set up.
Still, as a blueprint, it lands. Shared cooling, unified power, and smart docking show how three rival platforms can live in one footprint without sacrificing the day-to-day feel of using each system.
