It’s ugly.

Let’s face it though Playstations get worse each gen. With this PS5 design all I can think of is “Why?” Why does it look like what looks like, why is there all kind of things sticking out, why is there a blob on the side, why is it huge, and whatever other why.

People say that “you don’t look at a console anyway”, but if it looks like this, it sure is distracting actually. Better lock it up in a safe somewhere.

Nope, it looks really ugly. In my opinion it tries too hard to be futuristic and modern. I am surprised to say this, but the Xbox Series X somehow managed to have a better design than the PS5 and the XSX is literally a grey prism.

I also find it interesting that both Sony and Microsoft went for designs that seem to be designed to be placed vertically. I thought most people played their consoles horizontally?

In fact the only other console design I can think of that was designed to be placed primarily vertically is the Wii.

My answer is no. Not my cup of tea, I'd rather go single colour and I rarely like white devices.

I get those who see the futurism and the modern curves, but what I see is something quite dated due to the black/white dualism and on the vertical it still reminds me of a fancy tower fan. Even if we all can agree to disagree, it still looks quite divisive due to its lack of modesty in design. Besides, devices these days are quite minimalist so PS5 looks quite out of trend.

I know it means nothing, but out of 5 people I know (family and friends), only 1 liked it. The same with the dualsense.

Perhaps seeing it in person can change my mind.

I wont deny that the PS5 controller has some similarities as the Xbox controller.  When I first saw the PS5 controller, I personally thought the design was like a hybrid of the Xbox and the Switch Pro controller, like how the PS5 controller has like slimmer wings/handles or however you call it, and looks a bit more flat.

Also, I highly doubt the PS5 controller was designed right after the Xbox's design was released.  It's possible the console and controller designs for both systems were completed or in its final phase earlier than that.  It just so happens that this gen Xbox and Playstation's controller designs turned out more similar then expected.  And these days all controllers will look relatively the same since they're all going for the same/similar button configuration so maybe it was just a matter of time when both of these controllers would be more identical.

And maybe when Sony saw the new Xbox controller they realized how similar it looked to theirs and they could've changed it but decided to just stick with the design or was already too late to change it? 

I dont know, I never thought the design of a controller is much to go off of as to who's copied who as I've mentioned how they all look relatively the same.  But moreso a feature of a controller of who copied would be more like ie. thumbsticks where the N64 had it then Sony changed their PS1 controllers to have dual thumbsticks, or Xbox taking the same button letters as Nintendo, etc..

It's pretty hideous. It looks like one of those amateur "futuristic PC" designs you used to see on forums in the mid-2000s.

Not a huge fan if I'm honest. But it's more about the color scheme, it doesn't fit anything else near and around my TV. Everything I own is black or dark gray, this will look like that one pain-in the ass, loud buddy you invite because you know he's lonely.

I like it, but at the same time I'm not fully persuaded.

I didn't say it wouldn't be fine.  I was responding to the question posed by the OP regarding it's "looks".  Personally, I don't remember this many negative reactions regarding the look of the PS4, but I could be wrong.

Do you really believe that?

Why extrapolate from the USB size when extrapolating from the disc drive is much easier and more accurate?

A CD, DVD and Blu-ray all have a diameter of exactly 12 cm, so the slot-in has to be AT LEAST 12 cm... probably ~12.3 cm for a bit wiggle room.

In the official PS5 pictures you can easily see that the console is a bit higher than 3x the slot-in:

3 x 12 = 36 cm

3 x 12.3 = 37 cm

So the console should be 37 - 39 cm high WITHOUT the stand, NOT 31 - 32 cm.

Yes. Much better looking than the series X.