Opinions and all that, but the Wii is so plain as to have almost no design at all, and the PS4 to me cannot be sleek because it's so enormous, just a giant plain black rectangle.not the sleek designs that we've had in modern days like Wii or PS4 Slim.
Who the fuck thought a palma violet coloured console would look cool. Crazy decision.
Opinions and all that, but the Wii is so plain as to have almost no design at all, and the PS4 to me cannot be sleek because it's so enormous, just a giant plain black rectangle.
Neither are particularly offensive and at least the Wii is small, but both are just... nothing.
I will never get the love for convex buttons. It's a novelty for exactly five seconds until you remind yourself of the layout :I
Terrible comparison here.
There's just something a US Super NES with uh ... Super Mario World inserted into its uh ... slot that's so damn ... uh ... sexy though.
Like the US SNES isn't a conventionally "sleek" piece of hardware but there's just something about this:
That screams "the mother of all Christmas presents", lol.
I mean, it is an ugly gray box but the idea was to distance it from video games which were still suffering from the crash and make it appear more like another consumer electronic the masses would be more comfortable with, the VHS player.They designed it to appeal to US consumer taste and it worked because some like it apparently. It was the same designer who did the NES - also an ugly grey box.
Makes me feel sad for it.The american version looked strange, the button layout appears to be not optimal, and it aged badly:
Yep. It's referenced in Super Mario World's secret area as well.The other thing is that the coloured buttons were specifically referenced in games, eg Zelda's menu.
Who the fuck thought a palma violet coloured console would look cool. Crazy decision.
American
European
These pics should be in the OP for comparison.
I think it looks cool. I prefer the Japanese/European one though.
Aesthetics are nice but practicality wins for me any day. Not being able to tell at a glance what cart is what is a pain in the ass.You know, I'll even go so far as to say that the Japanese/PAL carts are better, too! Sure, the US carts have the benefit of the names being printed on top thanks to the wrap around label, but aesthetically, the carts outside of North America are better.
In complete agreement with you there.I never really minded the purple buttons, but I like the multicolor ones more.
Aesthetics are nice but practicality wins for me any day. Not being able to tell at a glance what cart is what is a pain in the ass.