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What do you think about Xbox Series X design?
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Im just personally concerned where I'm going to put my fridge now. I know it needs room to vent but this is a bit ridiculous
"Meh" would imply that I'm indifferent to the design, which is not the case.
I'm not really getting the "sleek" or "sexy" comments.
It's a rectangular cube. It's utilitarian. There's no real design to it.
I'm also not getting the "it's ugly" or "it's a monstrosity" comments either.
It's too plain to be offensive. Not plain in a bad way, either. It's just kinda there. There's nothing so great or so terrible that can be said about this that can't also be said about the shapes in a child's coloring book.
It's a rectangular cube. It's utilitarian. There's no real design to it.
I'm also not getting the "it's ugly" or "it's a monstrosity" comments either.
It's too plain to be offensive. Not plain in a bad way, either. It's just kinda there. There's nothing so great or so terrible that can be said about this that can't also be said about the shapes in a child's coloring book.
Nearly all media units sold here are either open or have open and closed parts, with the closed parts being more intended for putting your DVDs, games etc then the open bits for your devices.
I wouldn't equate someone saying it won't fit in media units (without going horizontal) to being in some enclosed space.
That's the word I'm looking for. Utilitarian.
It's the Ikea standard. Simple, hard edged, compatible with just about any design mnemonic.
It depends on who you ask I think. I've spoken to people about things they don't like and they've said "meh, I dont like it." even if you don't see meh as I don't like it is it really that different? Like this isn't your on the record statement about how you feel about the design. It's a little poll on one thread. Just put meh and elaborate in the thread. There is also a long road from "I don't like the poll options" to "there might be something going on here."
I looks like someone took a pc tower and slapped an xbox logo on to it... (or it's two black gamecubes taped together minus the handle with an xbox logo slapped onto it.) Looks cool though.
"Simple" is code for boring. I mean it's just a box so i don't really care for any design. But it's ugly, boring, and not very creative.
I'm especially curious what Sony's going to do for the PS5, especially given this sort of form factor is almost certainly not viable for Japan. Is the PS5 going to be a traditional form factor with similar power?
My TV cabinet has open and closed shelving, closed shelving stores the Playstation VR, games and a few Blu- discs and the open shelves get the consoles.
It's amazing.
Pure minimalism, with what looks to be some great engineering.
I do wonder if the orientation of the power button will change with the orientation of the console.
Pure minimalism, with what looks to be some great engineering.
I do wonder if the orientation of the power button will change with the orientation of the console.
In the x series x thread the OP said if in tower mode it will roughly be H - 12inch, L 6 inch, W 6 inch
they said thats what they are targeting so i'll have to take their word for now - until i can set up my noise dosimeter
Odd design tbh. I'm running out of space on the top of my entertainment stand since my Switch dock and router already sit up there.
They said it's a single large slow fan, those tend to be pretty quiet. They said it'll be as quiet as the XB1X which bar the occasional edge of tolerance APU tended to be pretty quiet.
I do think it'll be pretty interesting what Sony's approach is. Physics is physics: if their console using the same family of APU is similarly or more powerful they're going to have to match the large internal volume of this or have more active fans or have more extreme passive venting.
It looks like they want people to treat it like a baby PC. It also looks like it will fit on virtually zero entertainment centers.
Sony's last 3 consoles haven't really taken form factor for Japan into account, I wouldn't expect them to start now.
The design is obviously targeting optimal cooling. You would not see this shape otherwise.
Not specifics, but it's roughly the size of a rectangular tissue box if that helps
so size wise, is it like 2 gc stack on top of ea other. curious if you can lay horizontal or not.
wonder if there's powerbrick or not this time for the initial launch model.
wonder if there's powerbrick or not this time for the initial launch model.