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Is it me or does the Xbox look horrible. I think Microsoft have really ruined their chance to make their console look nice. Because it's so big, they had to do something pretty good to make it look alright. I mean, come on, who wants a massive console in their room, that doesn't even look nice!
I dont mind the look. It looks ok, just big. But to be honest you dont look at it while playing on it so theres no problem. If you dont like the look, shove it in a draw and then get it out when you want to play on it.
FantasyMeister wrote:
Why are people so fussy about the way consoles look? Well, it's down to aesthetics, functionality, the humans' natural urge to surround itself with beautiful objects.
That is the confession of an ugly person ;)
Why are people so fussy about the way consoles look? Well, it's down to aesthetics, functionality, the humans' natural urge to surround itself with beautiful objects.
That is the confession of an ugly person ;)
Why are people so fussy about the way consoles look? Well, it's down to aesthetics, functionality, the humans' natural urge to surround itself with beautiful objects, and of course the fact that when it comes to consoles people are just jealous that they can't afford all 3, and therefore tend to unfairly criticise the two that they haven't got.
For me it was an easy choice. My PC is black, my speakers are black, my mouse if black, my desk is black, my 14" portable TV is black, therefore the PS2 fits in quite nicely. (Although when Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen popped round the other day he screamed "Aaaargh!! Black!!!" and flounced straight back out again, catching his ruffled cuffs on the door as he left, which was quite amusing).
My Hewlett Packard DeskJet 840C is, however, a grayish cream colour. So is my cable modem. I need to do something about that. My cat (Smokey) is grey, so just about gets away with it.
Now, if I was a cubist fan, and had a retro 60s look to my bedroom with cuboid chairs, cuboid furniture and a cuboid swivel chair, all brightly painted in oranges and pinks, then the Gamecube would fit in rather well.
If, on the other hand, I wanted an XBox, it would fit in rather nicely as it is only 1" wider and deeper than the PS2. Being the same height and front-loading it would of course fit in under the television where the PS2 currently resides. Whereas a Gamecube wouldn't. But then I'd have to paint a flourescent green 'X' onto Smokey's back just to make everything gel, and that would mean that the PS2 collar that I got him for Christmas would have been money down the drain.
For me it was an easy choice. My PC is black, my speakers are black, my mouse if black, my desk is black, my 14" portable TV is black, therefore the PS2 fits in quite nicely. (Although when Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen popped round the other day he screamed "Aaaargh!! Black!!!" and flounced straight back out again, catching his ruffled cuffs on the door as he left, which was quite amusing).
My Hewlett Packard DeskJet 840C is, however, a grayish cream colour. So is my cable modem. I need to do something about that. My cat (Smokey) is grey, so just about gets away with it.
Now, if I was a cubist fan, and had a retro 60s look to my bedroom with cuboid chairs, cuboid furniture and a cuboid swivel chair, all brightly painted in oranges and pinks, then the Gamecube would fit in rather well.
If, on the other hand, I wanted an XBox, it would fit in rather nicely as it is only 1" wider and deeper than the PS2. Being the same height and front-loading it would of course fit in under the television where the PS2 currently resides. Whereas a Gamecube wouldn't. But then I'd have to paint a flourescent green 'X' onto Smokey's back just to make everything gel, and that would mean that the PS2 collar that I got him for Christmas would have been money down the drain.
People who wanna play the games on it ? Just a thought.
Is it me or does the Xbox look horrible. I think Microsoft have really ruined their chance to make their console look nice. Because it's so big, they had to do something pretty good to make it look alright. I mean, come on, who wants a massive console in their room, that doesn't even look nice!