Console Design:
1. PS2 - Sleek, Industrial, Reeks of Attitude, and the Blue on Black color scheme is much more pleasing than Green on Black.
2. Dreamcast - Odd, Stylish, Unique.. it fits Sega to a tee.
3. Xbox - Not enough shape. It has a very utilitarian look to it. I\'ve always loathed boxy console designs. (3D0, Xbox, NGC, Saturn) At least that Green X on the top is cool.
4. Again with the boxy shape!! Grrr.. This time it\'s small and comes in a variety of 5 happy colors. The handle doesn\'t exactly help make it anymore pleasing to they eye either.
I can\'t really comment on controller design because I haven\'t had a chance to play any of the next gen consoles for an extended period of time. So far I\'m leaning towards the PS2\'s DS2. It\'s not perfect.. but it\'s the closest to being there as far as I\'m concerned. The basic layout is simple and easy to reach, so overcomming some of the smaller desgin flaws is easy for 3rd parties to do. Making the DS2 fully analog was a great idea as well.
[Edited by SonyFan on 01-04-2001 at 07:55 AM]