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Bad art! Rejected xbox 360 designs....

Doc Holliday

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

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"you're one ugly motherfucker!"
 
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'.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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that looks like the retarded baby of the current 360 and the ps3 :P
 
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.
 
Minotauro said:
At the very least, the console certainly superior to both PS2 and PS3.

No and no.

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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.
 
Chittagong said:
No and no.

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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!"
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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