It looks pretty bad on the photos.

I thought it looked pretty attractive? Small, understated, something that would fit in pretty much anywhere without clashing. It doesn't have anything resembling a "gaming" aesthetic, which is a huge plus in my book.

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SparkBomb 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I have a Steam Link and the Original Steam controller. The manufacturing while perfectly functional isn't that high quality.

This looks similar. Kinda like a mid-ranged PC case quality.

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koakuma-chan 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It doesn't have to be all gamer RGB, but, for me, it has to look well-designed, e.g., like Apple products. The Steam Machine looks fine, but the controller looks cheap and all the buttons seem too far away from each other, as if it's meant to be held by someone with large hands.

	▲	mort96 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Oh, I was just talking about the steam machine. For a controller, I don't care how it looks at all. All that matters is how it feels.
	▲	branon 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Nothing really looks like Apple products except Apple products though, so you are locking yourself out of buying pretty much anything except Apple with this idiosyncrasy. Which I'm sure Apple is quite pleased about.

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p1necone 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It does kinda look like a regular SFF PC case rather than a bespoke piece of hardware, but maybe they were going for that.

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danudey 8 hours ago | parent [-]

The biggest complaint about the PS5 is that it stood out too much. That's the one compelling point about the Xbox Series series designs - they don't look out of place in your entertainment centre.

This is the same - you can put it somewhere people can see it and it's not an eyesore.

	▲	p1necone 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah the PS5 definitely went too far in the other direction. Too many curves making it take up even more space than it needs to as well (although that could have been an intentional choice to stop people from putting things on top of it).

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m463 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

is that good bad or bad bad?

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iLoveOncall 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Irrelevant bad. It's a gaming product, you're not expected to wear it in public so the look doesn't matter.

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theoldgreybeard 8 hours ago | parent [-]

"the look doesn't matter"

I think Sony would disagree:

We wanted to do something that was bold and daring almost. We wanted something forward facing and future facing, something for the 2020s [...] The PS5's design is meant to demonstrate Sony's belief that the technology inside and the games that run on it are as eye-catching as the outside you see [...] that the form factor of [...] the PS5 is meant to "grace" your living room.

The PlayStation sits in the living area of most homes, and we kind of felt it would be nice to provide a design that would really grace most living areas. That's what we've tried to do. And, you know, we think we've been successful in that.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-boss-explains-why-the...

	▲	gausswho 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sony's dead wrong here. You want what's eye-catching in your living room to match your other things or fade out of sight. This design is nondescript and you can get your own custom panels if you want.