ZTxGhost on 27 November 2014
Its oversized because they wanted it to be the only thing sitting in the living room.
Think back to their early marketing campaign. They were selling the XB1 as a one stop, do everything for you living room entertainment device. So naturally they'd want a design that would dominate the living room surface (as stupid as that sounds, I can see Microsoft thing along those bullshit lines).
I also assume that's why they designed it to look like one of those atrocious DVD/VCR combo machines from back in the day.
