the same way that removing a headphone jack is courageous, i guess

Y’know, I can’t think of a lot of adjectives to use for “all digital,” but “adorably” sure af is not one of them.

I think it's a reference to it's smaller size.

I wish they'd make the drive an optional add-on that you could buy later if you decide that digital only isn't for you, instead of using it as product segmentation. But that would be pro-consumer, so not gonna happen.

Looks like one of those Levoit Air Purifiers.

Fridge and Router. Perfect.
Now we need what? An oven?

Yeah, Xtube seems fitting(⁠ ⁠´⁠◡⁠‿⁠ゝ⁠◡⁠`⁠)

I could see the utility of the textured surface if it has the durability, but holy hell does it look bad if it's actually just cut in half for colors like that.

If that's just for demonstration and the split is more naturally contoured, maybe it's OK.

I thought the same. I think it's mostly the gloss that is making me not like it. Hopefully with the amount of variation Microsoft typically offers with controllers means the will be something that I can stomach.

The vibrations a speaker can produce could be very useful for haptic feedback. If this is a speaker modified for that purpose with a thicker, heavier membrane I think it would work very well

Think like Nintendo's HD rumble. There's certain patterns it can do that make it sound like... sound. In Golf Story for example, the hits with the club, with the hd rumble on, you can perfectly hear the skins of hitting a club even with the audio of the game down. It's strange and great at the same time. The steam controller also used it for those turn on, turn off jingles you could have on, they also sound great.

Tell me you don't have a steam controller without telling me you don't have a steam controller.

Also, what's up with controllers dropping face button colors? The PS5 did the same thing.

From an aesthetic standpoint it just looks better^1 , and by now gaming consoles are so Mainstream that the additional accessibility the colors offer is not a good enough reason to keep them anymore.

^1 subjective, of course, but if you look at modern, big corporate design a lot of it is trending towards minimalism, very little use of color, etc.