The day they stop getting 14 year olds or chavs to design games consoles then is the day I might buy one. There is no way on Earth that I'd put something as ugly as a xbox360 or ps3 in my lounge.
I don't understand why they can't make a selection of transports and have the games console as a black box that you hide in a corner somewhere. Then the transport just has you dvd / blueray, game ports, etc.
Games consoles are just horrible, why not take a leaf out of Cambridge audio's design book and make something attractive.
The demographic for ps3 and xbox 360 are the 25+ single males (ish) who surely would strive to have bang and olufsen, cambridge audio, nad, etc in their lounge not fisher price toys.
Sorry... Sliding off topic here... Rant over.
Ah yes... My point... and there is one... I'd buy a stand alone blueray player over a ps3 / xbox360 any day (even if it costs more). I don't have to boot it up to watch a movie, it's quiet, and it's not going to look like a piece of scenery from star trek.
I don't understand why they can't make a selection of transports and have the games console as a black box that you hide in a corner somewhere. Then the transport just has you dvd / blueray, game ports, etc.
Games consoles are just horrible, why not take a leaf out of Cambridge audio's design book and make something attractive.
The demographic for ps3 and xbox 360 are the 25+ single males (ish) who surely would strive to have bang and olufsen, cambridge audio, nad, etc in their lounge not fisher price toys.
Sorry... Sliding off topic here... Rant over.
Ah yes... My point... and there is one... I'd buy a stand alone blueray player over a ps3 / xbox360 any day (even if it costs more). I don't have to boot it up to watch a movie, it's quiet, and it's not going to look like a piece of scenery from star trek.