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What is your favorite game console visually? I mean the physical console itself. 

I was moving around all of my consoles today, I have way to fucking many, and I had a thought- 

I have like 6 ps3s and 4 360s, but for some stupid reason I got rid of my xbox one s. I'm stuck with the ugly as fucking sin xbox one. 

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I literally miss my white one s because it looked nice. 

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What is your favorite game console look? 

Mine would have to be the fat ps2. 

All those unnecessary lines make me hard for some reason. 
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Thats an easy question its easily the Game Cube

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Stationary only, or are portables allowed? What about special editions?

 

For me, it's actually the Zotac Steambox (does that count as a console? Are Steam machines consoles or Linux PCs?). Most consoles look a bit tacky to me, but this one looks nice. 

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And a certain retro console, that one also looks nice. 

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5 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Stationary only, or are portables allowed? What about special editions?

 

For me, it's actually the Zotac Steambox (does that count as a console? Are Steam machines consoles or Linux PCs?). Most consoles look a bit tacky to me, but this one looks nice. 

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And a certain retro console, that one also looks nice. 

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I would say anything that's not a pc really. Even special editions. 

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fat ps3 

fingerprint magnet sure but something nice about piano-like finish 

 

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Just now, Techicolors said:

fat ps3 

fingerprint magnet sure but something nice about piano-like finish 

 

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i second this, i also like the spiderman like font

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I would love for there to be a GameCube chassis available for PC components.

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My favorite is probably the 360 Elite Halo 3 Edition followed by the 360 S Halo 4 Edition. Third place is a tie between the plain 360 Elite and the 360 Slim in matte (though the Elite honestly edges it out).

 

Honorary mentions go to the PS2 SCPH-70001/90001 and the original Xbone as well as XB1X.

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Just now, tmcclelland455 said:

My favorite is probably the 360 Elite Halo 3 Edition followed by the 360 S Halo 4 Edition. Third place is a tie between the plain 360 Elite and the 360 Slim in matte (though the Elite honestly edges it out).

 

Honorary mentions go to the PS2 SCPH-70001/90001 and the original Xbone/XB1X.

Matte 360 Slim is sexy, I don't know why they didn't do that for the 250GB model as well as the 4GB from the get-go.

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Definitely the original PS4. I love the angular design, looks very futuristic.

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I'm partial to the Sega Genesis Model 1. I never had one though; I was of the SNES religion that gen. If I ever buy a nice CRT PVM this bitch will be the first console I buy for it (and Saturn would be second just for NiGHTS Into Dreams).

 

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Just now, SteveGrabowski0 said:

I'm partial to the Sega Genesis Model 1. I never had one though

Yeah, that would have been the best one I've had.

Though Owning a Genesis was kinda impossible -> Mega Drive FTW!

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On 7/26/2018 at 7:41 PM, Syntaxvgm said:

What is your favorite game console visually? I mean the physical console itself. 

I was moving around all of my consoles today, I have way to fucking many, and I had a thought- 

I have like 6 ps3s and 4 360s, but for some stupid reason I got rid of my xbox one s. I'm stuck with the ugly as fucking sin xbox one. 

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Image result for xbox one fat

I literally miss my white one s because it looked nice. 

  Reveal hidden contents

Image result for white one s

What is your favorite game console look? 

Mine would have to be the fat ps2. 

All those unnecessary lines make me hard for some reason. 
 

Nice, I still have mine.

They are not bad looking that is for sure.

 

Myself, at least with the current consoles.  It be the Xbox One S.  Nice and simple looking.

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I really like the Original PS4, the Slim PS3, either PS2, either PlayStation, the PS TV, Super Famicom/PAL SNES, Panasonic Q, and both front loader and top loader NES.

 

If I had to pick just one, I would say the Slim PS3. I just love the clean look of it but still with the quirky curved top and recessed disc slot. Can't set shit on top of it, but it's cool looking.

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My long forgotten 32 bits psx rival sega saturn!! I miss you TT_TT best console ever!, "deep fear" first resident evil game like  with 2 cds back on those days, and its the only console that allows to play resident evil 1 with 2 players coop!. Sonic franchise , nights :(:( my youth...

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The black Wii, when it's stood up with the glowing light looks awesome. 

 

The PSVita is(was) cute.

 

Gameboy color has a quaint beauty 

 

Let's not forget the Gameboy Micro!!

 

 

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On 7/31/2018 at 5:34 AM, Peskanova said:

 

 

My long forgotten 32 bits psx rival sega saturn!! I miss you TT_TT best console ever!, "deep fear" first resident evil game like  with 2 cds back on those days, and its the only console that allows to play resident evil 1 with 2 players coop!. Sonic franchise , nights :(:( my youth...

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GameCube would be my choice for sure, or the GBA. The original Xbox also looks very nice IMO

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Toss up between the Japanese snes, Sharp X68000, Atari Jaguar, Famicom, and the Dreamcast.

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1 hour ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

Toss up between the Japanese snes, Sharp X68000, Atari Jaguar, Famicom, and the Dreamcast.

Yeah man, I love the Atari Jaguar too!

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But the Dreamcast I have to agree with, such a functional design and still very pretty.

 

Also, gotta appreciate the Japanese/European SNES when compared to the American design. Especially the brightly colored buttons on the controller.

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10 hours ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

Toss up between the Japanese snes,

That is btw the one the Europeans got as well.

Only you Americans were stuck with that boxy thingy for whatever reason...

 

 

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Not going to lie, the new PS4 pro 500 million edition looks fantastic with the translucent blue plastic.

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