Why does the 360 put out as much heat as a furnace?

It's not my console....the one I have now is the Elite with the extra heat-sink for the GPU...(see pic below if you have no idea what I'm talking about)

I've gone through so many xbox 360s I have lost count...seriously. All of them have put out over 200 degrees of heat. My room goes from a comfortable 75 Fahrenheit to 83 Fahrenheit in less than an hour.

I don't see how anyone can call this normal...

People go to extraordinary lengths to keep their xbox cool so it won't break: http://youtube.com/watch?v=LsXZGA9a6MI

So after all these years that the 360 has been on the market it still over-heats. Microsoft has not resolved the problem.

Well, you might say "Hey, I live up North so its cold so the extra heat is great"

lol

Unfortunately I live in FL, so having a console that puts out more heat than my computer is not so great. :P

ZOMG!!! IS this the next Xbox?! ^^^

Yeah I like my room to be at like 70 degrees. After about an hour of playing it will get up to like 74 before I open up the window to cool off my room. Funny how a small box can do that to a 15x13 room.