Personally, I don’t think this looks that good. It’s just a copy of how the physical hardware looks. People who have only used digital options will say this has character, but the character is just copying what people were already used to. It’s interesting now because most people don’t remember the physical versions, so this looks unique. Back then, the versions we now have would look more unique. It’s all about perspective.
They did have skins though, so it could look like anything. That’s one thing that’s missing from a lot of modern software. You can’t customize it.
Aha I was just thinking that it’s clearly inspired by the silver blue bubble design language Sony used to use.
I do note that it does feel like the flat material design language that still permeates a lot of digital design has been around for far longer than pre 2010 styles.
Only now after what feels like 15 years are gradients coming back. Still not really anything interesting.
Personally, I don’t think this looks that good. It’s just a copy of how the physical hardware looks. People who have only used digital options will say this has character, but the character is just copying what people were already used to. It’s interesting now because most people don’t remember the physical versions, so this looks unique. Back then, the versions we now have would look more unique. It’s all about perspective.
They did have skins though, so it could look like anything. That’s one thing that’s missing from a lot of modern software. You can’t customize it.
Aha I was just thinking that it’s clearly inspired by the silver blue bubble design language Sony used to use.
I do note that it does feel like the flat material design language that still permeates a lot of digital design has been around for far longer than pre 2010 styles.
Only now after what feels like 15 years are gradients coming back. Still not really anything interesting.