5 ridiculous console knock-offs

It’s unfair that the video game console market is dominated by the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Wii/Wii U, so what are some of the other consoles on offer?

Chintendo Vii

If you’re looking for an oversized and outdated piece of plastic, the Chintendo Vii is right up your alley.

This shameless 16-bit Wii knock-off doesn’t even try to hide its “inspiration”, and features built-in games, while also being able to take cartridges.

And if you were concerned you weren’t going to get your Wii Sports, don’t worry, the Vii comes with Happy Tennis, Catch Fish, and Fry Egg, because cooking fake eggs is better than real ones.

Chintendo Vii

Polystation

The Polystation doesn’t feel any embarrassment for its utter theft of Sony’s original PSOne design.

The included controllers are pure copies of the PS classics, even featuring the triangle, circle, square and x buttons.

The grey console itself even boasts the circular disc lid, despite only taking cartridges. Classy.

PolyStation

Sony PS3

I must say, when I saw the PS3 on the TV, it looked a lot different…

The “PS3” is nothing more than an old Famicom console, with a “PS3” sticker slapped over the original label.

On the plus side, it does feature neat little slots to slip your controls into.

“PS3”

Arcade Game Box

If a PS3 and Xbox 360 went on a drunken date, this is the likely result…

This mutant of a gaming console has the Xbox 360 case design, with near-identical dual shock rip-offs.

If you think the console may play a hybrid of PS3 and Xbox games (maybe Gears of Uncharted perhaps?) you’d be wrong. Its game library includes Game Boy, Neo-Geo and other emulated retro games.

Arcade game box

PX-3600

When they eventually make the award for “Most Awkward Controller”, the PX-3600 will win hands-down.

This console clearly takes a leaf out of Microsoft’s original Xbox book, and slaps a giant green “X” on the case, to signify that its X-treme, or something.

If we look at the good side of the PX-3600, the abominations that are the controllers do feature rumble.