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Best looking console
pearlsandplums
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What console do you think is the most aesthetically pleasing? The wii and wii u look like hard drives, the ps2 looks like a room heater and the PS3 an electric grill. Not quite sure what id describe the 360 as
Personally, I think the game cube was the best console, and its dinky discs always make me smile
Personally, I think the game cube was the best console, and its dinky discs always make me smile
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PlayStation's have never being good looking in my opinion, the PS2 fat and slim both pretty ugly. PS3 fat, was to fat, the slim looks pretty dull and the super slim is much the same.
The Xbox was to big and ugly.
The Wii was nothing more than DVD add-on, that's what it looked like to me, the Wii U isn't that much of an improvement.
Some say consoles should be made like hi-fi separates so they blend in to a home set-up, couldn't agree less, I think a games console should try to look exciting and futuristic.
You're wrong
Seriously though they all look pretty ugly and out of place in a lounge environment. And what with all the over heating issues this generation introduced we cant even shut the ugly boxes away in a TV cabinet either.
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Agreed, it was god awful to look at.
Agree. Snes wins for me though.
Neo Geo close second. God I wanted one of those!
I always liked the look of their controller though, but I agreed about the system it look horrible.
Just imagine what designs Jony Ive's lot would come up with.
End thread.
Agreed +1
It wasnt half as slick as the MD1. If I remember the MD2 had crappy push in buttons to turn it on/off and reset.
Gamecube
Black 360 Slim
For me it's the original Fat PS3, it's a behemoth, completely imposing, and completely different to anything that's been under my TV before or since.
It'd be white, with brushed steel and rounded edges.
So imaginative.
I also like the simple clean look of the Sega Dreamcast and the Sega Multimega, a rare combination Megadrive and Mega CD unit all in a box a little smaller than a Nintendo Wii, really smart looking console and getting collectable now (wish I'd kept mine). As some other ppl have mentioned I also quite like the look of the original Megadrive though think they spoiled it with MD2.
As for the current gen, I think my favourite is the 360S, really good improvement on the original and looks a bit more appealing than PS3, though I wouldn't say I mind the way the PS3 or Wii look either, just not quite as distinctive.
Putting the grill comparisons to one side, like the earlier poster said it was a shiny, curvy behemoth of technology that immediately drew your attention.