In early 2022, Valve released my favorite video game console. But even I had some gripes. With the Steam Deck, I could — for the first time — play the bulk of my sprawling collection of video games wherever I’d like. But I tended to bundle it with a huge portable power supply. I also couldn’t quite shirk how much better games looked on our family’s OLED TV.
Why Modern Consoles Are Much Uglier Than Previous Gen
21.10.2023 - 07:55 / fortressofsolitude.co.za
Console design has come a long way since the days of the horrendous Atari Jaguar. While gamers have historically cared more about performance than aesthetics, the latest generation of modern consoles from Sony and Microsoft have prompted polarized reactions regarding their looks.
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Whether it’s due to the sheer bulk of the PlayStation 5‘s white plastic exterior or the Xbox Series X looking like a mini fridge, it’s safe to say that we haven’t seen a console generation looking this ugly for a while. Not even the Xbox One’s old VCR design appeared as aesthetically displeasing as this gen’s hefty designs – which says a lot.
With Nintendo still holding on to the tried and true design of the Nintendo Switch – at least, for now – all eyes are on Microsoft and Sony’s consoles. The recent announcement of a Slim series of consoles from Sony, together with the supposed leaks of a redesign, cylindrical Xbox Series X, raised more than a few eyebrows from gamers worldwide. Not online were the “slim” consoles noticeably bulkier than in previous gens: they were also “uglier.”
In PlayStation’s case, the chunky design was attributed to the need for better cooling solutions. The ninth generation of consoles is considerably more powerful than its predecessors. These consoles offer some of the best bang for the buck for consumers, with ray-tracing capabilities right out of the box that puts them almost in the same league as much more expensive gaming PCs.
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Still, the fact that the PS5 needs a separate stand for laying flat on its side tells us all we need to know about modern console design. It doesn’t get much better for the Series X either, with its inexplicable green grill adorning the top of the console and messing with its “monolithic” design. The only modern console that more or less gets a pass in terms of design is the Xbox Series S, and it still looks like a Bluetooth speaker.
Perhaps the worst part of the new trends in console design is how both parties took entirely different approaches to what makes a console feel “unique.” While Microsoft seems focused on making increasingly brutalist designs, Sony tries so hard to do the opposite that it becomes unwieldy. A PS5 sticks out like a sore thumb wherever you put it – something that not even the “Slim” model seems to have fixed.
The question, however, is why these console designers made these consoles the way they are. The easy answer, as we briefly mentioned, comes down to more effective cooling. Perhaps a more pessimistic conclusion could also be that console manufacturers seemingly understood that gamers simply don’t care if their consoles
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