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[Honey Bunny]

Anyone who posts the PS2 is due for a punch in the back of the head

 

[digdug2]

Sure, I tweaked mine a bit (new panels, sticker to hide the cheap shiny plastic, and different horizontal stands), but I think it looks pretty awesome.

edit: damn, y'all are harsh.

 

[adamsapple]

Yeah that’s an ugly bastard too.

I own the PS5 and it looks and feels like a cheap slapper at your local Weatherspoons.

I'd go with the PS5 too. When I unpacked it I couldnt actually believe it was real next to my series X, a complete joke.

Ridiculous

It's not the shape, it's the *SIZE* of it for me that makes it so unappealing. The SX is a sleek looking monolith, the PS5 looks like a wi-fi router that's taken one too many pills of HGH.

 

[VN1X]

Oops left out this beauty shot.

It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for the fact that it's almost as big as a PC case. It's honestly one of the main reasons I'm holding off on getting one as it's just too unwieldy lol. I'll wait for a PS5 slim.

 

[mansoor1980]

should be at home in an oil refinery

 

[OverHeat]

PS5 the thread!

 

[diffusionx]

The PS3 Super Slim and the PS5 disc version horizontal are both hideous (I like it vertical though). The Jaguar with the CD looks like a toilet bowl. Those are the worst imo.

PS5 may be the winner, but the US SNES still offends me.
Someone thought the original design lacked in the radical department, so they made a more EXTREME version for the 'MERICA market. One of the ugly sins of the 90's along with renaming Megadrive to Genesis.

The SNES redesign was obviously not meant to be more extreme (that would be the TurboGrafx-16). It was designed to be more "adult", boxy like other consumer electronics, and more in line with NES.

 

[ReBurn]

Blame the American taste. Nintendo knew what they were doing.

Sorry, but the best I can do is blame Nintendo of America's opinion of what a "grown up" console would look like. They ended up with something that looked like more of a toy than the superior design for Japan.

 

[nkarafo]

Let's not forget how ugly the US version of the SNES is compared to the JP/EU one so here's a comparison.

PS5 may be the winner, but the US SNES still offends me.
Someone thought the original design lacked in the radical department, so they made a more EXTREME version for the 'MERICA market. One of the ugly sins of the 90's along with renaming Megadrive to Genesis.

Every US design was worse than PAL. All the logos and box art templates looked worse. The Game Boy Advance/32X/Game Gear/Sega CD US templates and logos looked worse. The Genesis logo and red template looked worse than the PAL Mega Drive, etc. I can't think of any example where the US logos/templates look better than in EU.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Also nah, she's gorgeous and the Halo 4 version is PERFECTION.

 

[Henry Panic]

So ugly people forgot what it is:

 

[GenericUser]

Sega consoles are not allowed in this thread

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

Xbox series S

 

[Lupin3]

Responsible people over @ Sony must have been blind, drunk and/or stupid to come up with and greenlight whatever you may want to call the abomination that is PS5.

 

[skyfall]

 

[MasterDerico]

PS5 for sure imo.

 

[Sid Of Bee]

Obviously from a different era, but looks pretty cool imo.

I actually have this console complete in box lol.

 

[WalterSobchak]

Ps5. Total design fail , waiting for a mid Gen redesign before I buy one.

 

[Comandr]

I mean it has to be the PS5 right? From a huge company like Sony, who has decades of design experience under their belt... Like why the fins? I don't need a fucking statement piece in my entertainment center. Just give me an inconspicuous black box, shit. By contrast the series x has a great design imo. Retro consoles were such goofy products of their time. I think looking rad was definitely a generational design choice.

 

[RoboFu]

PS5 may be the winner, but the US SNES still offends me.
Someone thought the original design lacked in the radical department, so they made a more EXTREME version for the 'MERICA market. One of the ugly sins of the 90's along with renaming Megadrive to Genesis.

Nah it’s one of the best and never understood the people who liked the fisher price looking rounded version better.

 

[The Fartist]

Also nah, she's gorgeous and the Halo 4 version is PERFECTION.

 

[The Fartist]

That looks like some computer in the Nostromo starship from ALIEN, I like it.

 

[22:22:22]

That looks like some computer in the Nostromo starship from ALIEN, I like it.

Yeah that's one beautiful console

 

[SublimeAnarky]

The PS5.

 

[22:22:22]

That's like the physical manifesting of a pre teen GFuel burp

 

[22:22:22]

Let's not forget how ugly the US version of the SNES is compared to the JP/EU one so here's a comparison.

Every US design was worse than PAL. All the logos and box art templates looked worse. The Game Boy Advance/32X/Game Gear/Sega CD US templates and logos looked worse. The Genesis logo and red template looked worse than the PAL Mega Drive, etc. I can't think of any example where the US logos/templates look better than in EU.

With the NES it was somewhat the other way around. The Japanese one was soo much better looking then it's US and EU counterparts.

 

[Alan Wake]

PS5. Love the console, hate the design.

 

[CompetitionPro]

Playstation 5, period. This machine looks ugly as fu€&

 

[dorkimoe]

I never used the stand. That's for people who knock their shit over.

it doesnt sit flat without it?

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

 

[22:22:22]

PS5. Love the console, hate the design.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[johnjohn]

The PS5 no question, really not sure what happened there.

And the PS3 is a close second. Sony doesn’t have a great tack record lol.

 

[Imtjnotu]

easily this wins ugliest console

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

 

[Ogbert]

PS5 may be the winner, but the US SNES still offends me.
Someone thought the original design lacked in the radical department, so they made a more EXTREME version for the 'MERICA market. One of the ugly sins of the 90's along with renaming Megadrive to Genesis.

What was offensive about the US SNES was how sleek the Japanese Super Famicom looked.

Just use the same model….

 

[Unknown?]

I mean it has to be the PS5 right? From a huge company like Sony, who has decades of design experience under their belt... Like why the fins? I don't need a fucking statement piece in my entertainment center. Just give me an inconspicuous black box, shit. By contrast the series x has a great design imo. Retro consoles were such goofy products of their time. I think looking rad was definitely a generational design choice.

So you prefer bland boxes?

 

[FullMetalx117]

You know the responses I get for PS5 irl are the exact opposite from this thread. Maybe it was because it was hard to get one for a while, but I definitely get more “ooohs and ahhs” for PS5 from guests versus Xbox series x they’re like “it’s just a box”. Interesting

 

[Comandr]

So you prefer bland boxes?

Yes I thought I made that pretty obvious in my post.

Just give me an inconspicuous black box, shit.

Let the games do the talking. The box just connects to the tv. It doesn’t need to be flashy. Certainly not something that is obnoxious and unsightly in my living room.

 

[ChazAshley]

easily this wins ugliest console

Pictures don't do it justice but it's even

uglier when you open it. Feels so cheap

 

[Crayon]

it doesnt sit flat without it?

You mean sideways, right? Because upright it sits on the plates totally flush. I meant the stand should be used for horizontal but it looks so crazy like that and takes up so much space that i'd never set it up that way.

 

[ljubomir]

 

[Putonahappyface]

Sure, I tweaked mine a bit (new panels, sticker to hide the cheap shiny plastic, and different horizontal stands), but I think it looks pretty awesome.

 

[E-Cat]

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Is there any console that has more design related memes attached to it?

 

[Edgelord79]

PS5 and Xbox One

 

[Monokrom]

 

[TGO]

The SX is a sleek looking monolith, the PS5 looks like a wi-fi router that's taken one too many pills of HGH.

Have you seen the Virgin Media Hub 4?

 

[Pilgrimzero]

Atari 2600 is the best looking because it had faux wood paneling.

Wood paneling makes anything look better.

 

[Come On Tars]

That's my choice as well.

the xbox one is a non console to me. What a shit device. I think a lot of people including myself switched to pc gaming around that time.