GAMER LOUNGE 20XX (NO CASUALS!!)

[TomGuycott]

*controller colors*

I think you are just a little nostalgia blind. Most systems have some sort of basic grey, white or black (white and black being the most common these days), and MOST systems still have colored buttons (Nintendo having the least colorful these days).

The reasoning is probably two reasons: colors COULD cost more to manufacture (probably not by much), and also when you are catering to as wide an audience as possible, it is safer to go with a very neutral approach. People will usually go for colors of controllers that come out later that appeal to their tastes without having a color they may dislike forced on them (which sucks if you hate grey, white and black)

The most colorful system by far was the GameCube. The systems themselves came in a large variety of colors, and the controllers matched their systems and were available in equal variety. Mostly I've seen purple or black systems though.


I forget the point I was trying to make. I: oh well