I don't disagree. I liked those things to. It would be novel, for a bit. Then no one would care. It would serve to just drive costs up. I get the desire to be different but i don't think this hits the mark
I still don't know why they think they'll be able to break into the console market this late in the game. At least wait until the next gen starts popping up.
So its a box?
Welcome to 2019, theres not really a lot of wiggle room for improving how most electronics look right now. See : All phones.
I'm not sure what else you were expecting?
"Yeah, hello, Acme Router Company? Yeah, this is xXxDrizzzztCyborgNinjaxXx and I need a serious router that looks like, well... imagine the cast of the 90's cult classic movie 'Hackers' had a baby with the cast of 2 Fast 2 Furious, then that baby grew up to be a cosplayer. Give me a router that dude would design, but with sharper angles and more random lights and shit on it."