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Everything that Microsoft makes looks like technology - it has a million buttons and knobs, a colorful plastic aesthetic and names like "Xbox" or "Microsoft Gamepass Azure Edition Professional". When you turn it on, it looks like the Windows start menu that greets you at work. It's no wonder regular users don't want these things in their living rooms.

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You must be an LLM with no concept of aesthetics since most people agree the PS5 is an ugly monstrosity. Unless you are living in a dorm, it looks out of place in most adult living rooms. Meanwhile the Xbox is a simple, modern black box, literally the exact opposite of how you’re trying to paint their hardware and trust me, I’m no Microsoft fan. Give me a break.

> You must be an LLM

That's a new kind of insult LOL. In my case, the slimmer side of PS5 barely fits my setup in a small room. Maybe my case is uncommon, but Xbox Series X won't fit my setup.

Maybe stop and think if you’d react the same way to someone critiquing the product market fit of a workplace chat product. If not, then ask yourself why is a preference for a video game console a core part of your identity to the point where you feel under attack when someone doesn’t like what you like.

Also I never once mentioned PlayStation - this is HN, not an IGN comment section. We talk about technology from the POV of the people who make it, not “gamers” or whatever.

All I’m saying is if you feel that way about a black box then I’m curious what you’d say about the PlayStation since that is clearly more fitting to your original comment. My identity isn’t under attack either, couldn’t care less what you stick under your tv or what you think of what’s under mine.

>since most people agree the PS5 is an ugly monstrosity

[citation needed]

PS5 is really the only one of the two with any kind of a design identity to it. The Xbox Series is just a box.

> The Xbox Series is just a box.

At least the name is accurate.

“People I disagree with are LLMs” is a terrible stance and awful way to continue a discussion. People can have different opinions to you.

Having said that I do personally agree that physically the Xbox looks better. The software experience of the Xboxes I’ve used, however, really do remind me I’m using a Microsoft device.

This sums it up for me.

Microsoft doesn't know how to create a consumer product. The Xbox owners I know were also PC gamers at some point.

The PS5 is designed to play games.

I don't know what the Xbox is designed for, it's confusing l,

Microsoft's design choices have been consistently ghastly.

I begrudgingly accept my workplace choosing their platform.

Why would I pay for that experience?

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