PS3 Packaging

Dyne · 09-21-2006, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Perfect Stu

Keep shaking your head if you want, because when you're an Interactive Arts major like me, you become critical and jaded about curious things. From a design perspective, this is a ****ty box. Teuthida even said so, and he's an art student.

They did seem to take classes from the school of Apple, but they really haven't implemented them well.

Darkmaster: Funny, I was talking Canadian.

DeathsHand · 09-21-2006, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyne

Keep shaking your head if you want, because when you're an Interactive Arts major like me, you become critical and jaded about curious things. From a design perspective, this is a ****ty box. Teuthida even said so, and he's an art student.

And what is one of the things that Art Students and, perhaps to a lesser extent, people who major in Interactive Arts do upon graduating? Find a job, perhaps at a big corporation, perhaps designing say, packaging for various products?

Dyne · 09-21-2006, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by DeathsHand

And what is one of the things that Art Students and, perhaps to a lesser extent, people who major in Interactive Arts do upon graduating? Find a job, perhaps at a big corporation, perhaps designing say, packaging for various products?

I'm not sure I see your point.

Marketing people usually get to design packaging for some reason.

DeathsHand · 09-21-2006, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyne

I'm not sure I see your point.

Marketing people usually get to design packaging for some reason.

Well my point was that throwing around titles like "art student" and "interactive arts majorerer" means nothing when the various packaging is probably designed by people who studied in the same, or at least similar fields...

But I guess my point ended up being that I don't know a lick about who exactly designs product packaging...

DarkMaster · 09-21-2006, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyne

Darkmaster: Funny, I was talking Canadian.

To my knowledge the 20GB model is $549.99 CAD, but I won't get technical about it. Just a little jab

Dyne · 09-21-2006, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkMaster

To my knowledge the 20GB model is $549.99 CAD, but I won't get technical about it. Just a little jab

Plus tax, yadda yadda.

Teuthida · 09-21-2006, 10:45 PM

Hmm, just realized that's it's kind of odd there isn't any marking on the box about it playing Blu-ray. I thought that was going to be a major selling point for the system, being the cheapest Blu-ray player available and all.

Spasmolytic · 09-21-2006, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Teuthida

Hmm, just realized that's it's kind of odd there isn't any marking on the box about it playing Blu-ray. I thought that was going to be a major selling point for the system, being the cheapest Blu-ray player available and all.

The pictures show two of the six sides of the box. For all we know, there could be a list of video game titles accompanied by screenshots on the back, a decent isometric image with a 3-5 selling points in bold on the front, and an ugly little table containing the system's specs and capabilities on one of the sides... leaving the last side for a duplicate of the Spiderman font side. Double-trouble.

Teuthida · 09-21-2006, 10:55 PM

Oh wow, I didn't even realize the front and back aren't even shown.

Perfect Stu · 09-21-2006, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyne

Keep shaking your head if you want, because when you're an Interactive Arts major like me, you become critical and jaded about curious things. From a design perspective, this is a ****ty box. Teuthida even said so, and he's an art student.

They did seem to take classes from the school of Apple, but they really haven't implemented them well.

Darkmaster: Funny, I was talking Canadian.

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high horse
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a haughty attitude or temper; a contemptuous manner.

but I am impressed...I won't lie

(really)