Poll: Ugly consoles or PC's?

[Crazycat690]

So, dear escapists, does the look of an console or PC affect your purchase? PC's for example, come in a big variety, not much so with consoles, so some gotta look better or be more appealing to put in your living room etc? Does this influense your purchase alot? Have it helped you decide to buy a console or PC because of the look or has it turned you off? Now PC's for that matter is more than looks so it might be more of a console gamer question?

I myself am a Playstation gamer, I love that classic black colour it has, and also a stylish gaming PC which is black and white, however the bright green golor with white the xbox is going for has turned me off completly to ever buying the console how cheap it'll ever be. Whenever I think of xbox I see meastercheif in bright green, with a brown dusty backround and that green xbox logo, it seriusly make me sick.

To be fair Ps3 has it easy because seriusly, black is a very neutral, same if xbox skipped the green and went for a completly white scheme no one would say "oh gosh I hate that colour!", our consoles would be looking quite bland but would it be for the greater good? Because if it would be for that green theme, I probably would own a 360 as we speak, my fellow escapists.

As a follow up question, which is the best looking console/PC to date? Pictures if you have them, and please try to only post real ones if you do... D:

Don't be shy, vote, speak and criticize!

 

[Netrigan]

I was confused when a co-worker started talking about how great the new Xbox slim looked. To me, it looks like a pretty standard issue piece of electronics... then I remembered the damn things were white before that.

 

[yundex]

So basically, are we 5? No, but I remember when I was really young and things were all about looks.

 

[Player 2]

You know you can get a black xbox if you want, right?

 

[mad825]

eh, I never care about the looks. I'm more concerned about the specs and features it supports.

 

[Jacob.pederson]

My PC looks like this

[link]http://jacobpederson.deviantart.com/#/d2tdbdf[/link]

so no.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Function before looks, consoles/PC's are tools and you should always buy tools based on their function.
But once the function is fulfilled I do like to spray paint and modify stuff.

 

[Wolfram23]

I don't buy because of the looks, but the looks do matter somewhat. I think Xbox 360 and PS3 both look nice so doesn't matter one way or the other. However I built myself a PC in May and picked a case for the looks (and price/quality). Got this:

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

I'm not really bothered by the appearance, but that said my PS3 is now bright green. Stuff looking cool is nice, but it's an aside; an ugly but superior console is better than a pretty but pants one. Besides, you don't really look at it much, you tend to be looking at your tv.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

My PC looks like this

[link]http://jacobpederson.deviantart.com/#/d2tdbdf[/link]

so no.

is it just me or is that thing a monster for size?

ot: when buying a console, no, i buy it for the features and the exclusives.

but for pc, i build my own now so i generally wage price vs practicality vs looks, so looks do matter for my pc case somewhat, but since i build my own idk how that counts exactly.

 

[Something Amyss]

No. If I have a choice of colours, I will choose a colour I like, but I won't stop from buying one for aesthetic reasons.

 

[Jacob.pederson]

My PC looks like this

[link]http://jacobpederson.deviantart.com/#/d2tdbdf[/link]

so no.

is it just me or is that thing a monster for size?

ot: when buying a console, no, i buy it for the features and the exclusives.

but for pc, i build my own now so i generally wage price vs practicality vs looks, so looks do matter for my pc case somewhat, but since i build my own idk how that counts exactly.

Yea, this used to be known as a "full tower" server case. I don't think they are made anymore. It'll fit 12 hard drives without cramping, and it takes a standard ATX board. I love it for the gaming rig because I don't have to put any drives on the bottom, leaving enough room for the monster vid cards to breath.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

My PC looks like this

[link]http://jacobpederson.deviantart.com/#/d2tdbdf[/link]

so no.

is it just me or is that thing a monster for size?

ot: when buying a console, no, i buy it for the features and the exclusives.

but for pc, i build my own now so i generally wage price vs practicality vs looks, so looks do matter for my pc case somewhat, but since i build my own idk how that counts exactly.

Yea, this used to be known as a "full tower" server case. I don't think they are made anymore. It'll fit 12 hard drives without cramping, and it takes a standard ATX board. I love it for the gaming rig because I don't have to put any drives on the bottom, leaving enough room for the monster vid cards to breath.

jesus! frickin skynet case right there. yeah i noticed the dual vid cards with plenty of room, nice, i bet that takes a while to clean though =\

 

[Lawyer105]

I'm a PC person. And to me, a PC is a magic box under the desk that does cool stuff. As such, I honestly don't care WHAT it looks like, as long as it does cool stuff better than the previous one!

 

[Murlo]

I've always had the Halo 3 edition Xbox, so I always forgot that it was ever white.

 

[Freechoice]

I'm a PC person. And to me, a PC is a magic box under the desk that does cool stuff. As such, I honestly don't care WHAT it looks like, as long as it does cool stuff better than the previous one!

R'amen.


It could look like a giant... something that looks ugly, but if it can run a high-end game, I couldn't care.