For me, the original fat day one PS3 was the most impressive piece of gaming kit I'd ever seen up to that point.
I mean aesthetically, it looked so imposing and, dare I say, beautiful - like the great monolith from 2001.
I loved how luxurious and futuristic it felt, like it really was something special.
No piece of gaming hardware before had ever felt so sophisticated to me, or been so interesting to interact with.
The U.I was great, the controller felt like a clear step up from the PS2 and Xbox pad, and booting up the bundled games (PES and CoD 3) that first time, all in pin sharp HD, felt like a watershed moment.
Cynicism, age, all factored in to my feelings towards the more recent Sony offerings.
I wasn't particularly impressed with the PS4s styling - feeling it was rather bland looking.
Though, I did feel the original ps5 has a similar kind of eye catching chunkiness...but only my new top tier gaming pc has given me a wow factor comparable to the PS3.