RaptorChrist on 15 October 2019
| VAMatt said: I don't much care what the console looks like, so long as it's not totally ridiculous. I'd like to fit nicely on my shelf, and not stick out like a site thumb. It can be a little bit larger the other systems, a little bit smaller, a slightly different shape, etc. So, I'd be fine if it looked exactly like the dev kit. With all that said, the look of the device is really a major marketing decision. Marketing works psychologically. So, I may not even be aware that I'm less likely to purchase a strange or ugly looking console. I feel like I don't care, but is that really true? |
I get what you're saying, and it's obviously a lot more complex than simply "I do" or "I don't" mind the look of it. Because while you may personally not mind what a console looks like, or at the very least you might not think you do, there is a chance that investors mind, and if the investors first impression of the product is that it doesn't look nice, that (or any number of countless other factors) could lead to you making that purchase, directly or indirectly.
But much like the boomerang controller design, I think this will be changed with the amount of negative reception it's getting.
