by Vladimir Cole 
{ May 18th 2005 at 3:23AM }
Not sure who the original creator of this image is, but sometimes a little visual hyperbole captures the zeitgeist better than words. Just last week, this was the image of the moment.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rob @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
THAT FRIDGE LOOKS SOOOO COOL!
Need to keep my beer cool while I play online with my 360.
master cheif @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
Xbox 360 water cools, PS3 turns into a fridge.
Also, I hear PS3 will now be called... CG3.
Rob @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
CG3, I like that lol
Matthew Baron @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
Thank god its going to be smaller than this. I can't imagine that thing in my entertainment console.
Matt Baron @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
hahahah... yes, this think is more likely to turn up in my kitchen. It looks like an oversized sandwich press.
Tesla @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
Haha, hilarious pic. I admit the PS3 design is a little large but with the amount of hardware that's going to be inside I don't mind in the least. Water cooled Xbox360...hmmm, that sounds as interesting as a bad power chord. I can't wait until the customer service calls for Xbox360 flood in (pun intended).
Honestly, the size of the PS3 isn't all that big in reality. It's not like you're carrying the thing around like it's a handheld.
The grin on Kutaragi's face is priceless, especially in this photo. There's nothing like holding a little "%#@$ You" card in the MS direction.
David @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
Where are all the Xbox boys that said "Who cares what size it is?" now?
Dom @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
It looks more like he's embarresed. Noone applauded when the lights came on, and this ugly thing was on the podium.
Anthony @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
I see it as more of a bread bin than a fridge...
http://www.escapecrate.co.uk/?p=23
rc51 @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
UGLY water cooled x box? Can't wait till it catches on
fire then the water will automatically put out the
fire.
Scott @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
Where are all of the PS2 fanboys who said that the Xbox was too big for the Japanese market? The PS3 is bigger. I'll be very interested in seeing the spin on this one.
Oomph @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
You didn't know? Yeah, that guy at Sony is the strongest man in the world. He can lift a refrigerator clean over his head!
Nick @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
I was really disappointed that the Xbox360 was so small. I am glad the PS3 will make up for it.
GamerHeaven @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
I'm going to have to bite my lip when I get a PS3, it really is pretty sour on the eye.
Is it fully wireless, can I shove it in a drawer so it never has to ruin my high tech entertainment setup?
Why Sony thought a tacky 80's VCR was a good design I'll never know.
jarrod @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
it doesn't look like a fridge to me. more like a toolbox.
KD @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
I have a stainless steel bread box in my kitchen that looks very close to the PS3.
Radii M @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
The console is not so big : it's the guy who must be small! (Hope Sony are kidding and that horrible design and spiderman's typography will not be in the actual console)
Talc @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
The surprising news out of E3 is that Sony DID NOT blow people away with their PS3 design as everyone, including me, expected they would. Their specs are strong, but not significantly stronger than the 360, and they are delievering their product to market substantially later. Say what you want, but I think Microsoft, as much as everybody hates them, has done a slightly better job than Sony.
Allan @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
"Funny" is one word for it. "Huge" is another.
Glazun @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
Ionno, I think it looks like some kinda Hi-tech ATM machine.. or a scanner. Yeah, it looks like a scanner from the 90's, remember, those huge ones? that tried to look better.
EvilPenguin @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
this picture has forced me to make up my mind between the two
ps3 all the way
you could break gates' spine with this monstrosity of a console
Jay @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
Yeah, but EvilPenguin... that would make you a murderer.
master cheif @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
the little hope that sony fanboys had has now been crushed with the news that the demos shown were all cg... yes even your beloved killzone.
wxrman @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
I'm makin' waffles!
jem @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
oi #18 if there was a MS fanboy you are it my retarded friend! listen to yourself PS3 is not just "heir specs are strong, but not significantly stronger than the 360" its twice as strong, not 15% stronger its 100% stronger to say the least. yeah it does look like a fridge because im no fanboy, but i reckon i would rather that then a water cooler, and that is a crazy photoshop job right there...who did that? award that man!
Geir E @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
I have a slight feeling that those who dislike the design of the playstation 3 has little or no experience with modern design trends. The Xbox 360 was more toned down and common. But one thing, have anybody noticed that none of those consols looks like a plastic toy like the gamecube, nor a plastic cooling ribbon like the ps2 nor a toy-container like the xbox?
jem @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
oi #23 show me the link to kill zone being g3?? i wanna see dude.
jem @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
oi #23 show me the link to kill zone being CG?? i wanna see dude. (sorry about the typo)
jem @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
oi #23 show me the link to kill zone being g3?? i wanna see dude.
vakerorokero @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
its too good to be true. If thats real Sony would now be bragging about being able to render Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within in real-time like they said last time about Toy Story which was one big lie. and don't say that didn't happen. Maybe if they had fixed the jaggies...
Rocket Punch @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
Well it is big and looks like it belongs in the kitchen. But hey!? Who cares what that thing looks like, It is what it can do that matters??
SONY saw the SUV trend in the US, so they created this huge thing to please the american market. Thats A good marketing move, if you ask me.
master cheif @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
"none of it was real time" http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=9051
master cheif @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
As if the sony fanboys dreams didn't get shattered enough, heres a link specific to the killzone demo.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/616/616591p1.html?fromint=1
Not only was the demo CG, it took them from NOVEMBER to now to make... Sad if you ask me.
Dilan @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
Funny Pic.
But what is it with all you fanboys!?! Both xbox and ps3 are excellent units. Each has its strengths and are going to be awesome. Consoles have made huge advancements to surpass their PC masters.
80shair @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
is this is how the PS3 is going to look and thats its actual size it has made my decision clear about which console i will buy...
...and i dont think sony will be happy with it
Kage @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
For one thing it won't be that size...
the second thing is that on that screenshot, the guy is well in focus with no blurs. The console then has squares on it like it had been compressed with jpeg. This shows that it has just been resized from a jpeg compressed image and saved again with this guy, probably with Photoshop and resaved in jpeg for the web...
Terrible too, they must have made that from such a small ps3 photo :p
Looks funny though, I have to admit, though it won't be half that size
nhee @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
i hope that next gen consoles like ps3 and xbox360 will finally have cg quality graphics. the thing i dont like about sony is that theyre too excited to show everyone what theyve got.like that killzone game,so called halo killer,it has potential but its not even close.
martin @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
I think the design is good, and as usally, they put more than 1 handcontroll design out there, they will, be 3rd party hardware you know...
and for the x360, it's no match against the ps3.
Look at the hardware, let me put it this way.
Could the x360 render the getaway scene ? NO! I would like the x360 render on-the-fly the Unreal3 demo.
Sony's got a monster machine here, and I will prolly selll my PC and all my stuff, and buy me a neat HDTV + ps3, when it's out.
Hope Cell OS is unix based (: Then I just emulate (or run windows parallell) for my apps.. and I got myself a 42" monitor + supercomputer.
Dhiram Shah @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
It all depends on the timing. The one who launches first will have an advantage. However I still favour the PS3 for the support of publishers and it is twice as powerful as the Xbox 360.
aiden @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
Thats obviously an edited photo, i still expect the PS3 will be way smaller that that
*KaGe* @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
I've seen the original photo of that! Its much smaller. I'd give you a link but forgot where it is now.
As for the release dates, the XBOX 360's being released just before Christmas this year and so will have the advantage, but the PS3 is just a better console in terms of specs... Though will game developers choose this?
Yeah, I think it'd be intersting too to see the Xbox 360 running the Unreal 3 demo.
The PS3's graphics chip is equivilent to two Geforce 6800 (either GT or Ultra) together and more.
That shows it has alot of power for so much shaders and things that teh Unreal 3 engine uses.
The Xbox 360 doesn't have as good a one, but shouldn't be far worse from it, but wouldn't be cabable of as many shaders as the pS3 so it wouldn't run the Unreal 3 demo half as good.
What I didn't like though with the demo, is they should have had a frames per second counter, because there was no way of telling how good the hardware was running it, and at that resolution... so it would have been good...
I do think the PS3 is capable of CGI graphics, though even though these tests show that, it doesn't mean final games will, though the games shown if from real time sources (maybe not at the time, but might have been recorded straight from it) then of course its possible.
i wouldn't expect anything less of a new console, and i think its definetly capable of what we've seen :)
I hope this clears things up for you lot.
psychoskater @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
omg you lamers, talking about how it looks like:s it's the specs dude and the games, its gonna blow XBOX360 away. and if you don't like the way how the ps3 looks, MOD IT!!!
thirdworldleader @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
Reading everyone's comments I feel I just have to add my own. First off, the only thing Xbox ever had going for it was shooting games. Y'all are telling me ya wanna play the same old shooters w/ newer graphics for the next 5 years? Bah! The PS3 is twice the power of 360, making the 360 look like Dreamcast did way back when and what happened there, pray tell? ;D Anywho, Sony has variety in their games. It's kinda funny that everytime Microsoft is in the corner they have to remind us about Halo being the biggest video game sale or something. That would be nice if it isn't for the fact that's all they have to brag about. Microsoft is an emulator. It's a company based on taking ideas, not making 'em so tell me now how are they gonna compete being alone for launch? A sitting duck. Peace out.
thirdworldleader @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
Reading everyone's comments I feel I just have to add my own. First off, the only thing Xbox ever had going for it was shooting games. Y'all are telling me ya wanna play the same old shooters w/ newer graphics for the next 5 years? Bah! The PS3 is twice the power of 360, making the 360 look like Dreamcast did way back when and what happened there, pray tell? ;D Anywho, Sony has variety in their games. It's kinda funny that everytime Microsoft is in the corner they have to remind us about Halo being the biggest video game sale or something. That would be nice if it isn't for the fact that's all they have to brag about. Microsoft is an emulator. It's a company based on taking ideas, not making 'em so tell me now how are they gonna compete being alone for launch? A sitting duck. Peace out.
ozzie @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
God you PPl must be DUMB,lol i have the ps2,XboX and thats what ppl say when they see it in such picture,cuz thats not the CONSOLE,the image is drifted through a tool to look bigger,Eg:look at the image body and the stabilizer of the both cropped images,i have nothing against ps3,or x360 i will have both but this is rediculous of such harrasment to prove stupidity lol
*KaGe* @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
i think i said that in my first post ozzie so i'm not dumb
*KaGe* @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
this comment:
"for one thing it won't be that size...
the second thing is that on that screenshot, the guy is well in focus with no blurs. the console then has squares on it like it had been compressed with jpeg. this shows that it has just been resized from a jpeg compressed image and saved again with this guy, probably with photoshop and resaved in jpeg for the web...
terrible too, they must have made that from such a small ps3 photo :p"
*KaGe* @ Dec 18th 2005 9:06PM
this is what i said previously:
"for one thing it won't be that size...
the second thing is that on that screenshot, the guy is well in focus with no blurs. the console then has squares on it like it had been compressed with jpeg. this shows that it has just been resized from a jpeg compressed image and saved again with this guy, probably with photoshop and resaved in jpeg for the web...
terrible too, they must have made that from such a small ps3 photo :p"
i also think its a bit mad that none of you could tell its a messed up image... tut
dustin @ Dec 28th 2005 10:24PM
the photoshop is a little too obvious in this one. but i did like the refrigerator jokes. lol. it will be bigger than the 360. oh wait. it's gonna be a little bigger than xbox. oh well. it will be getting my money.