Revealed by a retailer:

The retailer also posted a picture of the vertical mode base for the console which raises the console up enough for some air to be sucked in through the bottom vents by the top mounted exhaust fan:

https://www.gematsu.com/2020/09/xbox-series-x-retail-package-art

Box-ception.

Not really a fan. Not that it matters, just a box

Looks like the modern look that MS is going for

Nice box

Gives me anxiety looking at it. Dunno why but it does.

Trypophobia. Do yourself a favor and do not look it up on Google.

From dictionary.com

-an irrational or disproportionate feeling of discomfort or revulsion at the sight of clustered holes or bumps, as seen in sponges, honeycombs, certain seed pods, soap bubbles, and bubbles in batter: although not officially recognized as a specific phobia, trypophobia is a subject of ongoing psychiatric research.

As boxes go, it's pretty nice. I keep my console boxes. Comes in handy for transport purposes.

I guess.

There's no whale-oil lamps on it.

Well, they already lost the trypophobia crowd.