• Let's look at all the rejected Xbox One designs
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[QUOTE=Al Bundy;41411616]IT'S SPHERICAL.[/QUOTE] INDEED.
[QUOTE=maximizer39v2;41411768]INDEED.[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/xbox-720.jpg[/img] ?
I actually like the PS2-looking prototype front and center on the first image.
Now that I've seen this, I'm now appreciating the VHS player look.
[QUOTE=theblah12;41411935][img]http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/xbox-720.jpg[/img] ?[/QUOTE] 343 guilty spark
Some of these are actually really cool. I'd like to have a console that had some futuristic shapes. Would make my mess of cables look better.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/LFxGs8u.png[/img] Ybox
[QUOTE=Zeke129;41412516][img]http://i.imgur.com/LFxGs8u.png[/img] Ybox[/QUOTE] Because you'll be asking "Y" the fuck did I buy this thing?
[QUOTE=Zeke129;41412516][img]http://i.imgur.com/LFxGs8u.png[/img] Ybox[/QUOTE] boY? "you can borrow my boY if you want..."
[QUOTE=theblah12;41411935][img]http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/xbox-720.jpg[/img] ?[/QUOTE] I could totally imagine this being the next console design, but the console itself called Xcore. And it will focus on actually playing games again, you know, for the 'hardcore' audience. And more lights to show that it has more power.
Why they picked the design they did, I don't know. They picked a design that's dull as dirt. It looks like any other generic consumer electronic.
it's all grey
People are never happy with design decisions. Ever. No exceptions.
[QUOTE=The freeman;41410836][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kuobm9t.jpg[/IMG] Imagine if they chose this design and how Sony would react.[/QUOTE] Imagine if they both revealed it at E3 too. Sony would come out onto the stage awkward saying, "Well, we've designed the same exact thing"
[QUOTE=The freeman;41410836][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kuobm9t.jpg[/IMG] Imagine if they chose this design and how Sony would react.[/QUOTE] they both probably knew each others' designs though the magic of industrial espionage!
[QUOTE=scratch (nl);41412592]boY? "you can borrow my boY if you want..."[/QUOTE] "You can borrow my boy", that sounds really wrong :v:
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;41411480]Good design? All this experimentation and they ended up going with a box again.[/QUOTE] Boxes fit on most surfaces, are sturdy, easy to carry, and easy to produce. What's wrong with having a box?
It's funny that they had all those designs. Some of them look fucking stupid. Then they basically just went with a rectangle, which is what they should have went with. Being able to stack some things is good. Not everyone has all the room in the world in their living room for each thing to have its own space
[QUOTE=cqbcat;41412736]Why they picked the design they did, I don't know. They picked a design that's dull as dirt. It looks like any other generic consumer electronic.[/QUOTE] I like the way it looks: simple.
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;41413383]Boxes fit on most surfaces, are sturdy, easy to carry, and easy to produce. What's wrong with having a box?[/QUOTE] and then apple made a cylinder, truly pathing the way to the future
A lot of these failed console designs would make great looking wireless routers.
You guys do realize the majority of those were never intended on being used right? You make designs like that to come up with ideas for features in the next design. Its all iterative.
[img]http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l189/Simski_2006/piano_zps67039015.png[/img] Is that a fucking piano?
I always imagined that the consoles of the future would be floating transparent orbs. No practical reason it would just look cool.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Brs3Xl3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://speedcap.net/sharing/files/7a/95/7a95c188064dfa5402f5048c6f74bcf1.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Simski;41414135][img]http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l189/Simski_2006/piano_zps67039015.png[/img] Is that a fucking piano?[/QUOTE] Maybe they got bored and doodled in the corners and someone in marketing didn't realize :v:
[QUOTE=theblah12;41411935][img]http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/xbox-720.jpg[/img] ?[/QUOTE] gamesphere rip-off
[QUOTE=theblah12;41411935][img]http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/xbox-720.jpg[/img] ?[/QUOTE] XBALL
Wow, what a fuck up. None of those designs look good. Even the one they finalized looks like shit. Guess that was no winning scenario for them. [sp]But even then, I don't really dig the PS4's look that much either. Everything looks kinda goofy/ugly for this generation.[/sp]
[QUOTE=theblah12;41411935][img]http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/xbox-720.jpg[/img] ?[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;grtEt0Cudt8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grtEt0Cudt8[/video]
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