I don't think I'm the only one who was taken back by the apparent lack of taste expressed in the cheapo, ergo-centric designs of the Playstation 3 and the oh, so 1997-ly named XBOX 360.


XBOX 360
it's Y2K compliant, to the x-treme!

The XBOX's name in particular, makes me want to somehow procure a device that can erase the years of 1996-1998 from history. Here is a list of names microsoft probably considered before settling on XBOX 360.
- XBOX x-TrEmE
- XXBOX
- XBOX 2000
- XBOX Millennium (whoops a bit late for that)
- XBOX Centrosplat
- YBOX or ZBOX
- 2BOX or BOX2

I suppose it could have been much worse.



Playstation 3
Controllers so ergonomic, they are uglier than shit!

Remind me again why ergo-centric design dissappeared from quality industrial design? Oh right, we discovered how to make things not cause carpal tunnel AND not look down right stupid at the same time. The PS3's controllers look like sex toys, they also look really, really cheap. How does sony expect people to take them seriously with such cheap-ass looking equipment. Sony can and has done better.



Nintendo "Revolution"
At last, a descent console package design, Let's hope they don't fuck up the controllers!

Of all of the console designs, the nintendo "Revolution" model is the most serious and descent looking. It actually looks like a seriously awesome piece of equipment. Unlike all of the other more "Ergo-centric" blobs, the revolution is a nice, simple little box. The vertical-sitting base looks stupid-as-hell though, but I sure hope nobody buys that add-on which makes their system look really, really dumb. The Revolution itself looks like a quality piece of equipment, and indicates that the once hearty and mature "XBOX" brand will probably become the new, cheap-ass "Kiddie-Box" brand. A reversal of roles which is probably to Nintendo's advantage. As for microsoft, they might as well have painted their XBOX 360 bright happy colors because it really looks like a joke next to Nintendo's very serious, hearty and precise-looking machine.
Pwned.

As for the name, I really hope Nintendo doesn't plan on calling their system the revolution, because a name that pretentious and fleeting is quite simply below them.