Honestly, it’s sitting right in the middle of your living room. It’s not crazy to care about how the thing looks and choose something else based partly on that.
Sure. And you can get fans to ventilate the cabinet, or you can have the cabinet door open. Or you can buy Darkplates from D Brand.
Or you can decide it’s not worth trying to work around how ugly the PS5 is and either buy a different console or buy a nice computer case and build an htpc instead (which is the route I went, incidentally).
All of these are valid options if you hate the look of the PS5. I didn’t say it wasn’t a solveable problem, just that it’s valid to consider the aesthetics of the thing.
Yeah I had been holding out hope for a toned down slim redesign as well.
I’ve got my gaming setup in my little man cave where it’s all pretty front and center. I can’t bring myself to stick this ugly fucking thing under my tv when it’s literally gonna be like 3’ from my face. Not keen at the thought of having to drop like $50 on custom side panels either, just so the thing can look halfway decent.
Not everyone cares about console design, but I can’t stand shitty looking tech. Especially when it’s going to constantly be in my face. Unless they release something drastic in another couple of years, I’ll probably skip PlayStation this gen altogether 🤷🏻♂️
😆 Imagine insulting a complete stranger right off the bat because they don’t like the way a game console looks. Oh, man… I didn’t realize people still fanboi’d this hard in 2023.
Please except my apologies if I offended you or your girlfriend the PS5. Time to move on.
It wasn’t an actual insult I was fucking with you, I used a laughing emoji lol. I’m certainly no fanboy I hardly even play games, I’m mainly a PC player but I’m also very interested in both PS and Xbox.
Shit I hope fanboyism still is a thing though, that’s part of what used to be so great and fun about console gaming to me, the vibe is real seeing two sides fight to be the best. Same with the looks, seeing 2 companies trying to make a cool looking console. If anything the look of the original Xbox destroys anything PS has put out before the PS5 in my opinion. Games are art and the PS5 fucking reflects that
Have you heard of minimalistic design? Not everything needs to be extravagant ‘as shit’. Some people prefer elegance and sobriety (which this console is not) and that’s perfectly fine.
I literally chose to wait 3 years for the slim and this is how they did me. Am thinking about a Steam Deck now instead.
Are you buying it to look at it or play games?
Sheeeeit at that price I would prefer to do both.
Honestly, it’s sitting right in the middle of your living room. It’s not crazy to care about how the thing looks and choose something else based partly on that.
Closed cabinets exist
Sure. And you can get fans to ventilate the cabinet, or you can have the cabinet door open. Or you can buy Darkplates from D Brand.
Or you can decide it’s not worth trying to work around how ugly the PS5 is and either buy a different console or buy a nice computer case and build an htpc instead (which is the route I went, incidentally).
All of these are valid options if you hate the look of the PS5. I didn’t say it wasn’t a solveable problem, just that it’s valid to consider the aesthetics of the thing.
Great, I’ll just replace my matching furniture.
You’re not a true gamer unless you’re willing to turn your whole house into an early 2000s sci fi film set to match the PS5, obviously.
Just put it in a tv cabinet or unit - problem solved.
Yeah I had been holding out hope for a toned down slim redesign as well.
I’ve got my gaming setup in my little man cave where it’s all pretty front and center. I can’t bring myself to stick this ugly fucking thing under my tv when it’s literally gonna be like 3’ from my face. Not keen at the thought of having to drop like $50 on custom side panels either, just so the thing can look halfway decent.
Not everyone cares about console design, but I can’t stand shitty looking tech. Especially when it’s going to constantly be in my face. Unless they release something drastic in another couple of years, I’ll probably skip PlayStation this gen altogether 🤷🏻♂️
Is your man cave boring as shit? I can’t see how a PS5 would look out of place in a man cave, if anything it sounds like it’d make yours look cooler 😂
😆 Imagine insulting a complete stranger right off the bat because they don’t like the way a game console looks. Oh, man… I didn’t realize people still fanboi’d this hard in 2023.
Please except my apologies if I offended you or your girlfriend the PS5. Time to move on.
It wasn’t an actual insult I was fucking with you, I used a laughing emoji lol. I’m certainly no fanboy I hardly even play games, I’m mainly a PC player but I’m also very interested in both PS and Xbox.
Shit I hope fanboyism still is a thing though, that’s part of what used to be so great and fun about console gaming to me, the vibe is real seeing two sides fight to be the best. Same with the looks, seeing 2 companies trying to make a cool looking console. If anything the look of the original Xbox destroys anything PS has put out before the PS5 in my opinion. Games are art and the PS5 fucking reflects that
Have you heard of minimalistic design? Not everything needs to be extravagant ‘as shit’. Some people prefer elegance and sobriety (which this console is not) and that’s perfectly fine.