A YouTuber channeled his distaste for the PS5’s design into slick console covers

A YouTuber channeled his distaste for the PS5’s design into slick console covers
An image of a PlayStation 5 Pro console with BoxPlates attached, which change its appearance. The console is sitting on a yellow circular table.

The PlayStation 5's curvy design is divisive. The Verge's Andrew Webster called it a "robotic clam" in his 2020 review, which is actually kind of endearing. Personally, I kind of got over hating it sometime during the past almost-six years of its existence. Small form factor PC enthusiast Devyn Johnston is someone who did not get over it. He was so not over it that he made and is now selling BoxPlates, $89.99 snap-on console covers that fundamentally change how the PS5 looks.

With the BoxPlates on, the PS5's design goes from curvy to flat. There's an unmistakable infusion of the Xbox One S / X design language in the plates. About 60 percent …

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