design

75 Xbox One Prototypes

So far the Xbox One has been a successful console for Microsoft, and recently senior industrial design manage Carl Ledbetter spoke about the process of determining the console’s final design. In particular, he mentioned that Microsoft went through 75 different prototype designs before they settled on the Xbox One unit we know today. These 75 […]

An artistic take on Xbox One controller design

The team at Xbox recently asked a group of eight artists to come up with some designs for the Xbox One controller. The pic below is what they came up with. To be honest we aren’t sure that we like any of them! Maybe a bit too artistic… We asked 8 artists to take a […]

How about a white PS4 with orange trim?

The Playstation 4 is a great looking console, of that there is no doubt. But how might it look in colors and designs other than pure black? Wonder no more because some enterprising people over at Reddit have thought up some pretty impressive designs. We think that straight white looks pretty good, but our favorites would […]

Side by side: PS4 and Xbox One

The immediate comment when a lot of people see the PS4 for the first time is “it’s so small”, while the first comment when the same people see the Xbox One is “it’s so big”. Here’s some size comparison images so you can get a proper sense of the design differences between the PS4 and […]

Size comparison: Xbox One versus PS4

Is the Xbox One really that much bigger than the PS4? As you can see from the pictures below, it really depends on where you’re looking from. Front on, the X1 is definitely a bit wider and higher. Look at them from any sort of downwards angle though, and you see that the PS4 extends […]