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What We Thought This Console Generation Would Look Like
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<blockquote data-quote="jesta" data-source="post: 69648" data-attributes="member: 195"><p>Didn't quite know where to put this...</p><p></p><p>Has anyone ever noticed that “leaked” images of upcoming consoles in the video game industry are always, always wrong? The photos in question always turn out to be cobbled together in photoshop (or sometimes real life) from bits and pieces of old systems, while shaping it into something downright odd. And wrong. Always wrong. Here are a ton of “concept” shots and leaked photos that claimed to be the consoles we all know and love today.</p><p></p><p></p><p> <strong>Xbox 360/Next/2/Zephyr/NeXtBox/Xenon</strong></p><p> <a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/360.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/360.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/3602.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/3603.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/3604.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/3605.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Nintendo Wii/Revolution/Nexus</strong></p><p> <a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revolution4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revolution4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> Known to most as the “Revolution,” the final product did NOT end up looking like it was pulled out of <em>Speed Racer</em> (above). Although it was called the “<a href="http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/18/what-we-thought-this-generation-of-consoles-would-look-like/#" target="_blank">Wii<img src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>,” so there’s that tradeoff. Othr variants included portable DVD type formats, a 360-ish controller setup, and a few that looked like a Roomba. The final product is small, sleek and able to be kicked over with the absolute greatest of ease.</p><p><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revolution.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revolution2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revolution3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/wii.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/wii2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/nexus.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Playstation 3 (no need for fancy codenames here)</p><p> <a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ps32.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ps32.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> Before it was the monolithic black tower that we know today, the <a href="http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/18/what-we-thought-this-generation-of-consoles-would-look-like/#" target="_blank">PS3<img src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> went through a bunch of phases. The camcorder (above), the iPod charger, and my favorite, the double stacked PS2. The silver one below is pretty close to the final product, but it does have that boomerang controller that magically disappeared. The PSX at the end was a DVR integrated PS2 that was only sold in Japan, but many thought it was going to be the PS3 in America. Nope.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ps33.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ps34.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ps35.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psx.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Nintendo DS, PSP and 360 Portable(!) </strong></p><p><strong></strong><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/360-handheld.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/360-handheld.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> Some of these are past concepts for the current models, some are renderings of possible future iterations. And no, Microsoft will never, ever actually make a 360 portable. Trying to compete with the DS is like throwing rocks at a giant. A giant riding on the shoulders of another giant. Surfing on a giant whale. You get the idea.</p><p> <a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/360-handheld2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/360-handheld2.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds2.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds3.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds4.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds5.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds5.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp2.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp3.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp5.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp5.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong>And one final treat, the Apple iBox</strong></p><p> <a href="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/apple.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/apple.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/18/what-we-thought-this-generation-of-consoles-would-look-like/" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/18/what-we-thought-this-generation-of-consoles-would-look-like/" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/18/what-we-thought-this-generation-of-consoles-would-look-like/" target="_blank">Link</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jesta, post: 69648, member: 195"] Didn't quite know where to put this... Has anyone ever noticed that “leaked” images of upcoming consoles in the video game industry are always, always wrong? The photos in question always turn out to be cobbled together in photoshop (or sometimes real life) from bits and pieces of old systems, while shaping it into something downright odd. And wrong. Always wrong. Here are a ton of “concept” shots and leaked photos that claimed to be the consoles we all know and love today. [B]Xbox 360/Next/2/Zephyr/NeXtBox/Xenon[/B] [URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/360.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/360.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/3602.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/3603.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/3604.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/3605.jpg[/IMG] [B]Nintendo Wii/Revolution/Nexus[/B] [URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revolution4.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revolution4.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Known to most as the “Revolution,” the final product did NOT end up looking like it was pulled out of [I]Speed Racer[/I] (above). Although it was called the “[URL="http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/18/what-we-thought-this-generation-of-consoles-would-look-like/#"]Wii[IMG]http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif[/IMG][/URL],” so there’s that tradeoff. Othr variants included portable DVD type formats, a 360-ish controller setup, and a few that looked like a Roomba. The final product is small, sleek and able to be kicked over with the absolute greatest of ease. [IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revolution.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revolution2.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/revolution3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/wii.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/wii2.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/nexus.jpg[/IMG] Playstation 3 (no need for fancy codenames here) [URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ps32.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ps32.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Before it was the monolithic black tower that we know today, the [URL="http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/18/what-we-thought-this-generation-of-consoles-would-look-like/#"]PS3[IMG]http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif[/IMG][/URL] went through a bunch of phases. The camcorder (above), the iPod charger, and my favorite, the double stacked PS2. The silver one below is pretty close to the final product, but it does have that boomerang controller that magically disappeared. The PSX at the end was a DVR integrated PS2 that was only sold in Japan, but many thought it was going to be the PS3 in America. Nope. [IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ps33.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ps34.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ps35.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psx.jpg[/IMG] [B]Nintendo DS, PSP and 360 Portable(!) [/B][URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/360-handheld.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/360-handheld.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Some of these are past concepts for the current models, some are renderings of possible future iterations. And no, Microsoft will never, ever actually make a 360 portable. Trying to compete with the DS is like throwing rocks at a giant. A giant riding on the shoulders of another giant. Surfing on a giant whale. You get the idea. [URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/360-handheld2.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/360-handheld2.thumbnail.jpg[/IMG] [/URL][URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds1.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds1.thumbnail.jpg[/IMG] [/URL][URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds2.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds2.thumbnail.jpg[/IMG] [/URL][URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds3.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds3.thumbnail.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds4.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds4.thumbnail.jpg[/IMG] [/URL][URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds5.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ds5.thumbnail.jpg[/IMG] [/URL][URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp.thumbnail.jpg[/IMG] [/URL][URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp2.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp2.thumbnail.jpg[/IMG] [/URL][URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp3.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp3.thumbnail.jpg[/IMG] [/URL][URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp5.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/psp5.thumbnail.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B]And one final treat, the Apple iBox[/B] [URL="http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/apple.jpg"][IMG]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/apple.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/18/what-we-thought-this-generation-of-consoles-would-look-like/"] [/URL] [URL="http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/18/what-we-thought-this-generation-of-consoles-would-look-like/"]Link[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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