The Xbox Series X is the only I actually like when it comes to the design of them.

I don't dislike any of them tbh; though I'd rank them Series X > Series S > PS5, even the PS5 still at least looks sleek and interesting which is more than can be said of the current gen.

When you see the unboxing videos with the Series S laid down, the grill becomes a lot less pronounced and noticeable. I think it's only so bad because all the initial reveal videos had it standing up like a speaker phone, which was a bizarre decision, as it's clearly designed to be laid flat.

Yeah the speaker-like positioning makes it look worse, now that I've seen it front-on and laid flat I actually prefer it over PS5, though I still prefer the Series X over both.