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What do you think?

I would be fine with that 19 24.05%
 
It's irrelevant 9 11.39%
 
That looks pretty bad 15 18.99%
 
AMAZING! 8 10.13%
 
That s**t looks awful! 12 15.19%
 
Did we go back to the 90's? 3 3.80%
 
V for Vendetta 3 3.80%
 
Would rather have it look like a box 4 5.06%
 
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit 5 6.33%
 
Should continue to stack ... 1 1.27%
 
Total:79
EricHiggin on 14 October 2019

It reminds me of GCN actually. More the controller than the console, but both seemed too much like a child's toy to see mass appeal as far as I was concerned, even though I didn't mind it since it was unique.

The PS5 dev kit looks kind of like a child's toy, or at least has that vibe to me. I would expect the closest consumer type design from PS to look something like this instead, which I wouldn't mind at all. The digital display is a bit much, but otherwise it's close to something I could actually see sitting on store shelves.

And no, a PS4/Pro design with a 5 stack for PS5 is absolutely unacceptable. Pro is borderline with 3 already.

Last edited by EricHiggin - on 14 October 2019

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PS2  - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.

PS3   - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.

PS4   - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.

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EricHiggin on 14 October 2019
BraLoD said:
COKTOE said:
S'fine. I kinda like it. Even the blue light version. Whatchu got against blue lights?

Nothing, blue is my favorite color, but all those lights coming from the mockup, be it any color, really makes it looks like a stupid thing xD

It would be great if lighting was at the very least optional to some degree, if not user adjustable. Other than urgent status lighting, like red for a problem with the system, it would be great it you could choose everything. Maybe have a separate dedicated LED light for status?

Choose start up color, shut down color, standby color, gaming color, movie color, etc, or just turn it all off. Worst case have the internals light up on start up and shut down, but only for a few seconds at most, then have them shut off. I don't see why this couldn't be an option, if there was a separate LED for urgent status display, or if the system could override the internal lighting.

Definitely an option to shut off the controller lighting though. Like how much more black could it be, off.



PS1   - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.

PS2  - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.

PS3   - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.

PS4   - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.

PRO  -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.

PS5   - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.

PRO  -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.

vivster on 14 October 2019

I don't like things that glow when you don't ask them to.



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Pemalite on 14 October 2019
thismeintiel said:
Pemalite said:

It reminds me of something from the 80's. It just needs that vinyl fake-wood finish with chrome highlights to finish it off.

Hopefully the consumer released console has a more toned-down look to it.

I think you're confusing the 70's with the 80's.  The 70's was the era of wood finish on electronics.  In the 80's is when we started shifting to sleeker all plastic designs.

Atari in the 70's:

Atari in the 80's:

You are right of course.
Although the first picture, the Atari 2600 was popular all through the 80's and even got relaunched in the 80's for more budget-sensitive buyers before it got discontinued in 1992.
Actually grew up with one in my household.

EricHiggin said:

It reminds me of GCN actually. More the controller than the console, but both seemed too much like a child's toy to see mass appeal as far as I was concerned, even though I didn't mind it since it was unique.

The PS5 dev kit looks kind of like a child's toy, or at least has that vibe to me. I would expect the closest consumer type design from PS to look something like this instead, which I wouldn't mind at all. The digital display is a bit much, but otherwise it's close to something I could actually see sitting on store shelves.

And no, a PS4/Pro design with a 5 stack for PS5 is absolutely unacceptable. Pro is borderline with 3 already.

The Dev kit design is shaped like a "V". - Which is the Roman numeral for "5". - Aka. Playstation 5.
I don't get the connection with the GCN...




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kirby007 on 14 October 2019
BraLoD said:
kirby007 said:
Urgh aslong as the usb ports arent unuseable like in the ps4 slim, i dont really care

You sure yours not broken?

My PS4 S usb ports work just fine.

My wired headset has a fat usbplug which doesnt fit so does my usb hub etc



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NathanSSSS on 14 October 2019

Bruh...



DonFerrari on 14 October 2019

I may be one of the few people that liked the design of it on all its goofyness. Also consoles are stored in place that we don't keep looking at them anyway



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Xxain on 14 October 2019

First of all you stole my thread. I was thinking about making this thread around the same time you posted it.

The design is very eccentric but it doesn't seem SONYish to me. It actually looks like a PC case to me...like imagine it standing on its side. Very curious at why it was patented though...



Chrkeller on 14 October 2019

Don't care either way. Price, lineup and power matter. Design seems largely irrelevant.



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Xxain on 14 October 2019
BraLoD said:
Xxain said:
First of all you stole my thread. I was thinking about making this thread around the same time you posted it. 

No shitting. I kid you not, I was actually going to say in my post to "please not do a your to slow haha thing" but decided against it not to encourage it. Damned if I do damned I dont.