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Designing the Look of the 360

Posted by Zonk on from the where-are-the-fins? dept.

Gamasutra has a piece up where they talk to the folks that designed the look of the Xbox 360. From the article: "We are responsible for the whole look and feel, the outward aesthetic. This includes the features, how it looks as overall design language, how it works with the controller and peripherals - working on the camera, the charging systems for wireless remotes - and then the box itself, obviously."

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  1. Play? by turtled · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This all means nothing to me. I want to see how the games play more than how the system looks. Others may feel different.

    On the other hand, if I was interested in design, I would have liked to see it more rack compatable, fitting in with stereo equipment as for it would be the living room media hub.

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  2. Re:Desiging? by kryogen1x · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, they mean De-Siging. As in removing your sig. Take off every sig.

  3. Reason for the concavity by snorklewacker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lovelady: (what a name!) We talk about it in terms of the inhale - it's like the console is breathing in, pulling in all of this energy before you release it again.

    So basically ... it sucks?

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  4. Just my opinion by laxcat · · Score: 5, Interesting

    From a shear industrial design standpoint (nevermind rackmounting or anything else, just how does it look...), MS made by far the ugliest console last time around and are dead set on making this round no different.

    Sure it's better than the horrible eyesore that the original XBOX was, but not enough. The prototypes for the PS3 and Revolution blow this thing away.

  5. How it looks by FidelCatsro · · Score: 5, Funny
    Well here we are reviewing another console design So here's a quick poll
    What do you consider the The ascetics of the Xbox 360 to be akin to
    [ ] I bent my wookie
    [ ] The Chewbacca defence
    [ ] What happens when you roll play-do and forget that your not meant to keep rolling just at the middle when making snakes
    [ ] Now i know why they don't work for apple
    [ ] Burma shave
    [ ] An eloquent design improving greatly on the concept seen in the previous console
    [ ] Its a DVD player Jim , but not as we know it
    [ ] hey who spray painted my sound blaster extigy and punched it in the stomach
    [ ] It suxors
    [ ] It r teh Rox
    [ ] An Audi [TT] in console form
    [ ] I always give stupid answers in polls so I'm going to say a rotund pillar
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