To be honest I've always preferred a minimalist design to this kind of stuff. In my opinion, anything that I put in the living room and hook up to the TV should have as little of a visual profile as possible. This kind of stuff isn't supposed to look cool, and they aren't luxury items that are supposed to catch the eyes of my guests and make them say, "wow, you have a PS4!!" I'm happiest with a low-profile black rectangle, and that looks about what they were going for.
Thankfully it looks like consoles are heading into that direction now, for the most part. It used to be standard for consoles to either have a white/grey color scheme that clashed with one's black TV, or there'd be stupid pointless curves and unnecessary flashing LED lights or some shit. Reminds me of when the PS2 first came out, and I thought it was a good looking console because in contrast to every console I'd owned before, it was basically just a black box. I could do without the unnecessary angles on the PS4, but the PS4 is basically a black box. Xbox One is basically a black box. That should be the standard for this kind of stuff. A simple black box that doesn't draw attention to yourself when you set it next to your TV.
And despite that PS4 looking "cheap", I could totally imagine setting it next to my TV and no one really noticing that it's there.
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