I wish I could remember or find the proof, but in a multi-dimensional space, as the number of dimensions rise, the highest probability is for points to be located near the edges of the system -- with the limit being that they can be treated as if they all live at the edges. This is true for real systems too -- the users have found all of the limits but avoid working past them.

The system that optimally accommodates all of the edges at once is the old system.