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The 1TB Call of Duty PS4…ain’t pretty

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COD PS4

As a console, the PlayStation 4 is easily the sexiest looking piece of hardware on shelves today. While the Xbox One has a charm of its own if you’re into collecting gigantic murder weapons, the PS4 just has a sleek and edgy design that pops for me.

It’s also the kind of console that lends itself perfectly to customisation. I’m still massively jealous over the fact that Matty has the Metal Gear Solid V PS4, and even the Star Wars Battlefront version of that device is slowly growing on me.

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 PS4 however, isn’t. Here’s what it looks like.

The Call of Duty PS4 very much looks like something that Helen Keller would design, if she lived in the grid of Tron. The controller itself doesn’t sport a better use of colour, as the graphic designer who came up with it clearly forgot that grey and orange aren’t complimentary colours.

It’s just…not pretty. I get that mega Call of Duty fans will want to show their love off with that hideous orange piping and the weird placement of game symbols, but it just doesn’t work for me. Hell, take a look at the Sunset Overdrive Xbox One console.

For a game that was designed around garish and ostentatious ornamentation, the fact that that console is a simple shade of white, proves that less certainly is more.

On the plus side, this is a 1 terabyte console, so you’ll have plenty of room and digital real estate. It’ll cost around $449.99 in the US of A, and includes Black Ops 3. If it makes it down to us, I’m expecting a R5999 price tag on it, much like the MGS V PS4 console.

As ugly as the console is, it makes sense. Because only the kind of COD player who regularly gets off on enquiring about your mom’s reproductive organs could find this attractive.

Last Updated: September 23, 2015

23 Comments

  1. Lardus-For the Emperor!

    September 23, 2015 at 11:10

    “As ugly as the console is, it makes sense. Because only the kind of COD player …” – that paragraph wins the interwebz!

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  2. Ottokie "Yahtzee"

    September 23, 2015 at 11:13

    And while we are in a PS4 topic. Today my PS4 savings budget hit its mark. Now I need to either hold off for better prices later in the future, because this is mostly for Final Fantasy 15 and the FF7 remake and suddenly Destiny. But if it is worthwhile from others experience to dive in now then I will probably do it 😛

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    • Loftus

      September 23, 2015 at 11:18

      Yesterday i was in a store that recently had their 10 year birthday and they told me they are running specials from the 27th of September. Maybe wait for 4 more days…

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      • Ottokie "Yahtzee"

        September 23, 2015 at 11:23

        Did a few searches on google to try and find the store but no luck 😛

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        • Loftus

          September 23, 2015 at 11:42

          Bt games

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          • Ottokie "Yahtzee"

            September 23, 2015 at 11:44

            Sweet, I will wait and see what they do.

    • Jonah Cash

      September 23, 2015 at 11:28

      For R6000 you can buy a standard console or a 1gig console, or a white bundle console with 3 months PSN + God of War Remastered all at Makro currently. That is not a bad price for that bundle in my opinion and the white console is very pretty to me!

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      • Ottokie "Yahtzee"

        September 23, 2015 at 11:29

        That is the exact bundle that I have been eyeing for sometime xD

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  3. Jonah Cash

    September 23, 2015 at 11:31

    I want this skin!!

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      September 23, 2015 at 11:55

      The LFC-branded PS4, destined never to win the console wars.

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      • RinceThat

        September 23, 2015 at 12:56

        bwahahaha and the owner shall forever walk alone.

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  4. RinceThis

    September 23, 2015 at 11:41

    Why are they going all Tron like?

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  5. Michael Matusowsky

    September 23, 2015 at 12:04

    Speak for yourself, that thing is fucking awesome.

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  6. HairyEwok

    September 23, 2015 at 12:06

    The only thing orange ever worked on for me was a Ford ST……. This just looks… wrong.

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  7. RinceThat

    September 23, 2015 at 12:58

    I have a wolf sticker on mine, because CD Projekt Red were kind enough to give us gamers what we wanted 🙂

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    • Dutch Matrix

      September 23, 2015 at 13:34

      I got a cum stain on mine. because CD Project Red were kind enough to give us gamers what we wanted 🙂

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      • RinceThat

        September 23, 2015 at 13:45

        off to cripple kates with you 😛

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  8. Lydon

    September 23, 2015 at 13:37

    I actually kinda like it.

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  9. Nikola

    September 23, 2015 at 14:24

    Guild would probably get this:)

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  10. Generic ZA

    September 23, 2015 at 16:52

    This LE PS4 should be accompanied by #Fugly What were they thinking?

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