the advertising was garbage but it was the time that the electronics industry decided that the coolest possible move was to make everything in colorful translucent plastic, which was objectively cooler than the cold heartless metal that everything is made of now. It’s inoffensive and appeals to everyone I guess but it also sucks in comparison if you liked your extreme green gameboy pocket
We’ve definitely gone too far in the opposite direction and everything looks super bland, but I feel like the only person who never liked the translucent plastic era. The insides are on the inside because they’re the part that’s not aesthetically pleasing. There was a period in the early 2000s or so where stuff just had cool case designs (GameCube, original Game Boy Advance; yes, I know there was the translucent Glacier model) and I find those to be the nicest to look at. Still, I’d take translucent colors over the “everything’s a black rectangle” look we have now.
the advertising was garbage but it was the time that the electronics industry decided that the coolest possible move was to make everything in colorful translucent plastic, which was objectively cooler than the cold heartless metal that everything is made of now. It’s inoffensive and appeals to everyone I guess but it also sucks in comparison if you liked your extreme green gameboy pocket
We’ve definitely gone too far in the opposite direction and everything looks super bland, but I feel like the only person who never liked the translucent plastic era. The insides are on the inside because they’re the part that’s not aesthetically pleasing. There was a period in the early 2000s or so where stuff just had cool case designs (GameCube, original Game Boy Advance; yes, I know there was the translucent Glacier model) and I find those to be the nicest to look at. Still, I’d take translucent colors over the “everything’s a black rectangle” look we have now.
Nah, imo, it’s just because they’re fragile
I’m partial to my 8bitdo Pro 2 in translucent purple. I recommend looking into it, they even give you some sick joystick covers.