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Doc Holliday · Nov 4, 2005

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1527&Itemid=2

"you're one ugly motherfucker!"

Gc-Freak · Nov 4, 2005

Lo-Volt · Nov 4, 2005

FFunit · Nov 4, 2005

the final design of the xbox doesnt look ''all too good'' either. But way better anyway than the 80's VCR thats called a 'PS3'.

neptunes · Nov 4, 2005

So it was real...

FortNinety · Nov 4, 2005

In cases like these, there's almost always one or two that makes you go "hey, that could be cool!" But not here.

Lost Fragment · Nov 4, 2005

What the shit?

Merlin · Nov 4, 2005

Handle!

Rorschach · Nov 4, 2005

neptunes said:
So it was real...

Yeah...imagine if they went with that...
It looks like a gasoline can.

Eric_S · Nov 4, 2005

No.1 and No.2 reminds me of gas tanks, No.3 makes me think of the bumper on a 1950's car.

Laguna X · Nov 4, 2005

It's too bad that they didn't go with that first design. I can only imagine the type of reactions we would've gotten on GAF.

Leatherface · Nov 4, 2005

New Design team get!

Musashi Wins! · Nov 4, 2005

Leatherface said:
New Design team get!

It didn't really work like that. If you guys want to understand the context and see some more of the designs go to this article.

http://www.idlethumbs.net/display.php?id=229

SuperPac · Nov 4, 2005

Sometimes you just have to try all possibilities to see what works. I recall in one of Major Nelson's podcasts he was interviewing one of the system's designers and the guy said that even those failed designs were giving them good ideas of what to put on the final machine.

IMO, both the original PS2 and the PS3 are horribly designed, awkward boxes. The PS1/PSone was the height of Sony console design.

neptunes · Nov 4, 2005

hehe, I see a boomerang.

The Main Event · Nov 4, 2005

Doc Holliday said:
"you're one ugly motherfucker!"

"I told you so"

Jerkface · Nov 4, 2005

neptunes said:
hehe, I see a boomerang.

Unlike Sony they rejected it! (and it stayed away!)

kenta · Nov 4, 2005

Good thing they flipped it, tweaked it and goosed it

Gek54 · Nov 4, 2005

They all have only one place for a D-pad and no dual analog. WTF?

black_13 · Nov 4, 2005

I don't know, the final design isn't much better than those IMO. Not to mention it's white.
They also picked the worst name out of all the rumoured names like Nextbox.

The controller design is the only think I like now.

Dante · Nov 4, 2005

never was fond of MS design department.

gstaff · Nov 4, 2005

The Main Event said:
"I told you so"

OH NO. What's got Billy so spooked

op_ivy · Nov 4, 2005

that looks like the retarded baby of the current 360 and the ps3

dorio · Nov 4, 2005

I'm sure every company has a litany of crappy designs during that phase of development.

Lil' Dice · Nov 4, 2005

Himuro said:
what the fuck? :lol

:lol Looks like the PS3 designers went dumpster diving at MS.....

Minotauro · Nov 4, 2005

black_13 said:
I don't know, the final design isn't much better than those IMO. Not to mention it's white.

Actually, according to the article, it's "chill", not white...whatever the fuck that is.

Also, I personally, like how the 360 looks. It looks sleek and the ring of light is both functional and stylish. At the very least, the console certainly superior to both PS2 and PS3.

..pakbeka.. · Nov 4, 2005

imagine of the x360 had not one, but 2 handles :lol

oh the waves of suiciding xbots

monkeyrun · Nov 4, 2005

..pakbeka.. said:
imagine of the x360 had not one, but 2 handles :lol

oh the waves of suiciding xbots

that would be fun :lol
imagine lunchbox 360

Dragona Akehi · Nov 4, 2005

A bloody petrol can?

...

Considering what we got then, I guess the 360 isn't that bad.

Lil' Dice · Nov 4, 2005

At least they avoided the fucking broom-vac look....

Chittagong · Nov 4, 2005

Minotauro said:
At the very least, the console certainly superior to both PS2 and PS3.

No and no.

Compared to simplicity that is Playstation, Xbox 360 is horribly tacky with all the bling, unnecessary curves all over the place, colored buttons, chrome spheres, glowing circles, spoiler HDDs. Which is why I think it will do great in the massmarket.

..pakbeka.. · Nov 4, 2005

I wish I could visit the awful universe/reality where the x360 has 2 handles

raYne · Nov 4, 2005

Chittagong said:
No and no.

Compared to simplicity that is Playstation, Xbox 360 is horribly tacky with all the bling, unnecessary curves all over the place, colored buttons, chrome spheres, glowing circles, spoiler HDDs. Which is why I think it will do great in the massmarket.

ie: "My opinion is different that yours! That makes you wrong!"

FFunit · Nov 4, 2005

the ps3 looks horrible and i think we can all agree on that.

Musashi Wins! · Nov 4, 2005

FFunit said:
the ps3 looks horrible and i think we can all agree on that.

yea, it's pretty ugly. I see no sublime simplicity that chittagong's going on about.

dorio · Nov 4, 2005

op_ivy said:
that looks like the retarded baby of the current 360 and the ps3

:lol

BlueTsunami · Nov 4, 2005

The PS3 looks ugly when its placed horizontal but when standing up it looks pretty nice.

Aika'svyse · Nov 4, 2005

Compared to the PS2 the PS3 looks horrible.

Chittagong · Nov 4, 2005

Musashi Wins! said:
yea, it's pretty ugly. I see no sublime simplicity that chittagong's going on about.

I agree, PS3 is waaaaaaaay tackier than PS2 slim that's for sure. In fact, I was extremely disappointed when I saw it, it's not as clean and not at all futuristic - I was expecting some kind of a B&O continuum. Still, it's not trying so hard as 360, so I like it more. The PS3 mockup I saw in person was very plasticky and the seams where pretty nasty.

Revolution design ftw.

VistraNorrez · Nov 4, 2005

This one looks like one of those styrofoam boxes you get when you want to take home the last 4 ounces of a steak from Houlihans.

jamesinclair · Nov 4, 2005

Did you guys see the round controller in the middle? What are you supposed to stick in there?

Mejilan · Nov 4, 2005

Hahah... A GCN-like handle??

Shaheed79 · Nov 4, 2005

Well, at least the purse design looked more like a gas can so at least we wouldn't look "metro-sexual" while walking around with it. But still. :lol

hadareud · Nov 4, 2005

jamesinclair said:
Did you guys see the round controller in the middle? What are you supposed to stick in there?

Your head. You press the buttons with the tongue, it's actually very intuative.

Deleted member 284 · Nov 4, 2005

Look at all the vents...

Suburban Cowboy · Nov 4, 2005

Doc Holliday said:

xbox fanboy "Gaycube is so gay, it has a handle!"
microsofts response "give our next system.... TWO handles!"

cvxfreak · Nov 4, 2005

I really like the Xbox 360's design. Looks Apple-ish, and I tend to like Apple's white products a lot except for the iBook, in which I like PowerBook silver better. Stuff like the Mighty Mouse, iPod video and iPod nano. If the white Revolution looks really nice in person, I'll end up liking that design a lot, too.

Deg · Nov 5, 2005

FFunit said:
the final design of the xbox doesnt look ''all too good'' either. But way better anyway than the 80's VCR thats called a 'PS3'.

You're kidding me. PS3 looks next gen. It doesnt have a shitty tray either. MS = cheapskates :lol

Error Macro · Nov 5, 2005

Slot loaders blow.

Firest0rm · Nov 5, 2005

Error Macro said:
Slot loaders blow.

Um no. They suck.

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