...is something I've always found interesting and feel it often tells you something about the console's owner, especially when the personalisation is some serious one of a kind modding.
So, how far have you gone or do you go even now with the personalisation of your console/s? And feel free to include PC modding as I've found that PC case mods can often be some of the coolest of all.
Personally I used to mod the crap out of my PC cases almost a decade back and favoured practical mods such as cooling systems and quieter fans along with aesthetic mods such as neon and clear (sometimes colour tinted) perspex windows. I never went to the extreme of some I saw, but my PC was never one of those embarrassments you occasionally saw at the LAN party you were at.
Nowadays my PCs look stock as I don't really attend any LAN parties anymore and go through electronics in general pretty fast. I do however purchase faceplates for my Xbox 360 (used to use a Silver faceplate, now I use the Hotrod faceplate and limited edition portable consoles such as my Crisis Core PSP that I bought solely for the colour scheme and artwork on the console. I have several limited edition Nintendo DSes for much the same reason...
I feel it's almost an addiction of sorts and those who like their console looking different to those of others often will go out of their way at times to get something that might perform the same so long as it's more aesthetically pleasing to them. I see it in a few people myself included.
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