Critics Club V: PlayStation 4 Round One

[Neon Ignition]

We're back at it with the PS4 being the next console to be eyeballed by everyone and judged for their ability to aesthetically please us. Here we begin working through the multiple iterations of the consoles design to work out:

Which is the best looking PlayStation 4 model?



PS4 - Original



PS4 - Glacier White




PS4 - Vader Edition





PS4 - Batman Edition




PS4 - MGSV Edition




PS4 - BLOPS3 Edition





PS4 - FOX Edition





PS4 - Uncharted Edition





PS4 - Anniversary Edition




PS4 - Destiny Edition




PS4 - Jojo Edition




PS4 - Type 0 Edition





PS4 - DQ Heroes Edition





PS4 - Goro Edition




PS4 - Arslan Edition





PS4 - Heavensward Edition




PS4 - Bloodborne Edition





PS4 - Tacobell Edition





PS4 - Frozen Edition





PS4 - Psycho Break Edition




PS4 - DQ Builder Edition





PS4 - Year One Edition




PS4 - Yeungling Edition





PS4 - Valentino Edition






PS4 - UFC Edition





PS4 - Hatsune Black Edition





PS4 - Hatsune White Edition





PS4 - Hatsune FT Edition





PS4 - Overwatch Edition





PS4 - Doom Edition




PS4 Slim - Little Nightmares II Edition





PS4 - Les Orphelins Edition





PS4 - BVS Edition





PS4 - World of Tanks Edition




PS4 - Deus Ex Edition





PS4 - PES Edition





PS4 - Assassin's Creed Edition





PS4 - Plants v Zombies Edition





PS4 - Gaystation Edition






PS4 - Watch Dogs Edition





PS4 - Morphite Edition





PS4 - Dishonored 2 Edition






PS4 - Bruce Lee Edition






PS4 - Hitman Edition





PS4 - Wolfenstein Edition





PS4 - Stormblood Edition






PS4 - Lilith Edition






PS4 - Moxxi Edition






PS4 - Far Cry 4 Edition





PS4 - Evil Within Edition






PS4 - Thunderbirds Edition





PS4 - Titanfall 2 Edition





PS4 - Need for Speed Edition





PS4 - Mirrors Edge Edition





PS4 - The Order 1886 Edition






Which of this rounds designs is the best?

[QualityChimp]

is that "Gaystation" real?

A lot of monochrome prints onto the black console, which look quite nice and "subtle" as far as these things go!

For something different, I quite like that UFC Bruce Lee one that mimics his Game of Death tracksuit colours.

[Atticus]

Got to be the Anniversary Edition. Seduced by the sweet nostalgia

[Neon Ignition]

Yep for the Gaystation
Apparently it was made for a Swedish retailer and auctioned to the tune of $4,000 with proceeds going to a an LGBT+ charity

[CMcK]

That GayStation edition is awesome. Full marks for taking something console warring fanbois probably said and making a positive from it.

[wakka]

There was a lot of nonsense in terms of PS4 LEs with versions that just had decals on the HDD bay cover, but Sony did deliver a couple of corkers too.

The Anniversary edition was really well done and I wanted one so badly, but failed to secure one. That’s my pick for number one. I’d probably place the MGS5 one after that. Really cool how it was based on his bionic arm.

[Deuteros]

I love the HITMAN-themed one! It clearly had a lot of thought behind its design and the execution seems flawless, I'd say.

The Anniversary Edition one is wonderful too. A very simple concept, just the original console's colour scheme, and it works.

I had to settle for the 500 Million Limited Edition PS4 Pro which is OK, just not particularly inspired. Mine's still sealed and I keep wondering whether I should just sell it and get a PS5.

[fuse]

The thing that 90% of these suffer from is the insistence that they've also got to carry the game / studio / publisher logo as well as the more considered, thoughtful design that someone's put together.