The PS5 design is pretty fowl pic.twitter.com/VeoWeCnNBN
— Anthony (@kindekuma) June 11, 2020
Sony released the official console design of the PlayStation 5 a few days ago, and people are making fun of the upcoming video game console due to its rather unusual design. Shortly after the PS5’s reveal trailer, memes about it have surfaced in the Internet, with people comparing its design to that of routers and even to Seto Kaiba’s upturned collar. The design is just not appealing to the human eye.
Aaron Souppouris, however, argues that people will get over the PS5’s design after a time, just like how the people got over at the lunchbox look of the Gamecube and the George Foreman grill look of the PS3.
In a matter of months, the PlayStation 5 will be normal. We’ll all get used to the asymmetry, the ‘00s blue accents and the overflowing edges. And what we’ll be left with is a memorable piece of hardware. It’s a design that says something; it’s a statement. And even if that statement is (to my mind), “we don’t know what we’re doing,” statements endure far longer than precision.
In other words, the design won’t matter if it works and if it gives you great video game experiences. But it will surely leave an impression.
Given the huge number of PS4 users, the sure-to-be-cheaper discless version and the strong selection of titles on show yesterday, Sony can live with a few days of memes.
Check out Souppouris’s article over at Engadget.
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— Unfinished Sentenc (@UnbeatenObj) June 11, 2020
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