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[HeresJohnny]

PS5

It’s ugly and ginormous. It makes the George Foreman grill look good.

Yeah, it’s the ugliest thing they’ve ever made. It looks like a router wearing a white shirt with the collar turned up. I absolutely hate the design lol, but in the end it’s the games that matter.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

The super slim II PS3 was some ugly motherfucker.

 

[eyesabitdull]

Ps4 Pro is ugliest in my opinion.

The laziest design process i can think of.

It's literally just an extra layer on top of the original :|

 

[Bankai]

PS4 pro was ugly. Just a stacked PS4, that's it. So terribly boring and uninspired.

PS5 is my new favorite console design I love the futuristic look; speaks to the imagination!

 

[Synless]

Those of you who voted PS2 are must hate life in general.

 

[BootsLoader]

PS3 Super Slim is an abomination of a mammoth fertilized by a cheap copy of a samurai.
PS5 is the work of a Master.

 

[SegaSnatcher]

Super Slim PS3 is atrocious.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

I think the PS5 wouldn’t be leading by such a margin if it wasn’t the latest console.

 

[Rodolink]

close call between PS5 and that crap of PS3 super slim.

 

[Desudzer10]

I loved them all and they all look like a game console, then all of a sudden a u.f.o appears and we call it a ps5.

 

[Desudzer10]

I think the PS5 wouldn’t be leading by such a margin if it wasn’t the latest console.

No, it looks nothing like a sony console and is just ugly to look at. I'm going to have trouble keeping it out of my eyesight to my tv.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

No, it looks nothing like a sony console and is just ugly to look at. I'm going to have trouble keeping it out of my eyesight to my tv.

What does a Sony console look like?

 

[Jeeves]

Those of you who voted PS2 are must hate life in general.

Can you describe what looks good about it?

 

[TKOFromTokyo]

I think the PS5 wouldn’t be leading by such a margin if it wasn’t the latest console.

No, it’s ugly as sin. The size of it and the fact that it requires a horizontal stand add to that.

 

[Batiman]

Ps5 isn’t just the ugliest Sony console. It’s the ugliest of all time. UOAT

 

[Snakeman303]

False, this is PSX

 

[Synless]

Can you describe what looks good about it?

Everything. You have to put yourself in it’s era. That system is still gorgeous but imagine how it looked back then to people. The earth tone text on that infinite black casing. The piecing blue power switch. PlayStation icon that pivoted when you changed it from horizontal to vertical, made even better with the stands that matched the text on the casing. The OS and the system itself were designed around that theme and it was.... is glorious. Next to PS5, it is their best looking system bar none. Best retail packaging ever made for a console as well.

 

[point decay]

PS3 slim, that sliding tray looked cheap AF, the original slim was a thing of beauty though

 

[plip.plop]

I like them all. PS5 is my least favorite design because it is of its overall size, really goes against Japanese aesthetics. I think it will be the most loved/hated console of all the PS designs. It's a more global design that could prove to be very polarizing .

 

[Alan Wake]

PS4 Slim looks incredibly dull. And PS5 is a monster (in the worst sense).

 

[DonJimbo]

PS2 Slim is the most sexiest one and the psone slim looked very toys r us ish

 

[VulcanRaven]

PS3 Slim and Super slim. If I had to decide between the original models then its PS2.

 

[Jeeves]

Everything. You have to put yourself in it’s era. That system is still gorgeous but imagine how it looked back then to people. The earth tone text on that infinite black casing. The piecing blue power switch. PlayStation icon that pivoted when you changed it from horizontal to vertical, made even better with the stands that matched the text on the casing. The OS and the system itself were designed around that theme and it was.... is glorious. Next to PS5, it is their best looking system bar none. Best retail packaging ever made for a console as well.

Oh, I remember it looking ugly as sin back then to me too. I imagine it played a large part in your childhood or teens though, whereas I basically ignored it at the time. I'd be interested to hear if anyone who has no nostalgia for PS2 thinks it looks nice or even just decent.

Anyway, obviously I still don't see it, but thanks for sharing your view on it.

 

[CouzinD]

PS3 super slim without question.

Anyone saying another one is worse than that, you’re mental.

 

[Naibel]

PS3 "cheap-ass sliding tray" Super Slim and the ugly sandwich that is the PS4 Pro are by far the worst offenders.

PS2 Super Slim and PSOne are superb pieces of tech though, and both Fat PS3 and PS5 have that bold design philosophy (and that huge form factor) that make them quite appealing.

 

[acm2000]

Ps5 by a country mile, but the PS3 super cheap edition is a clear 2nd too.

 

[Ridaxan]

PS5 normal edition. In addition to being enormous it has this cyst like lump in the form of a disc drive that was obviously an afterthought.

 

[Neo_game]

I voted for PS4P.

 

[Insane Metal]

PS3 super slim by far.

PS5 looks good, huge, but good.

 

[marquimvfs]

Tie between ps3 super slim and ps5. But I'll wait and see ps5 in person for now. So my vote is ps3 ss.

 

[TheGrat1]

When will people stop referring to the PlayStation as the PSX? It was never officially released with that name. To make things worse, Sony actually released a PSX and no one seems to know it exists.

It is just the PlayStation. Or PS. PS1. /rant

I voted for PS4 Slim. It simply has no presence and makes practically no impression on anyone looking at it. It may as well be a Blu-ray player.

 

[Knitted Knight]

PS3 Super Slim. Yuck.

 

[Fbh]

Ps3 super slim by far.
Online pictures can't even fully capture how bad it is. It's not just the design, it's how cheap the entire thing looks and feels when you actually have it in your hand. It's like some cheap off brand chinese dvd player that has a Ps3 logo for some reason.

 

[Gravemind]

PS5 for me.

The disk version is one of the worst looking consoles ever in my opinion. Diskless is much better looking because of symmetry, but it's still not a good design imo.

 

[Woo-Fu]

Every version of the George Foreman PS3 is horrible in appearance.

The PS5 is a close runner-up, though. Why you'd decide on cosmetics that make an already monstrous console take up even more space is beyond me. I suppose you could make an argument for the fins being required to prevent stupid consumers from blocking the vents, but still.

 

[UnNamed]

Sony console are usually very good in design, but PS3 and it's iterations are really bad. PS3 superslim is a fucking grill.

 

[sublimit]

Lol at least half of the votes for PS5 are from well known Xbox fanboys (and probably also from Nintendo and PC fanboys that i don't recognize)!

Anyway for me it's easily the original PS2. By far one of the ugliest consoles ever.It's basically a plain ,fat and boring looking box. PS2 slim on the other hand was a thing of beauty that even today looks very modern.

For me the worse are the original PS2 and the super slim PS3.

 

[Maximusz]

PS3 Super Slim 2, looked and felt super cheap.

PS5 is risqué and futuristic. Should grow on most of us.

 

[Samanosuke Akechi]

I can't change my vote... it should be PS3 Super Slim but your picture confused me.

PS3 Slim is gorgeous (different from Fat and Super Slim).

I agree. I absolutely loved the PS3 slim. I never understood the hate it got. But I also love the phat PS3 too. Both are great designs IMO.
However, the PS5 does look mighty nice in person.

 

[Samanosuke Akechi]

Can you describe what looks good about it?

PS2 looks amazing to this day. Vertical or horizontal, it’s a great looking console.

 

[Afro Republican]

Actually...it is the second console to require a stand....

VB isn't a home console. its a portable.

 

[martino]

ps5 with a disk drive (but i miscliked and o can't change my vote)

 

[01011001]

Never undetstood how the Playstation abbreviation became PSX.

This is PSX

it was the code name (PlayStation X) and was used as product numbers I think

the name of the PSX is actually an homage to the codename of the PS1

 

[assurdum]

I understood people hate for the ps5 design but it doesn't means it's bad design. Bad design is when console has issue. 360 was terribly designed because RROD. PS3 too seems to have overheating issue.

 

[Afro Republican]

False, this is PSX

Never undetstood how the Playstation abbreviation became PSX.

This is PSX

Because you guys may not have been born when the PSX was being shown in magazines as the PSX, and that prototype name was also all over the dev kits. It was also the code for sales trackers in multiple countries when sales reports came out, They would list out JAG, SAT, 3DO, PSX.

 

[Azelover]

Worst?

PS5

 

[JLB]

completely lost respect for those that voted ps2. SHAME

 

[JLB]

Because you guys may not have been born when the PSX was being shown in magazines as the PSX, and that prototype name was also all over the dev kits. It was also the code for sales trackers in multiple countries when sales reports came out, They would list out JAG, SAT, 3DO, PSX.

yeap, at the time psx = play one.

 

[01011001]

completely lost respect that voted ps2. SHAME

it is a bit ugly, especially that fucking weird blue square... and it just looks like an 80s PC tower spray painted black.

the slim looks way better

 

[Jeeves]

PS2 looks amazing to this day. Vertical or horizontal, it’s a great looking console.

Two different-sized rectangle shapes smashed into each other off-center, covered in weird fin shapes jutting out all over the place, with clashing buttons and logos everywhere. Thing's got a face only nostalgia could love.