Remember this? The console we used to call Durango was covered in black-and-white stripes? We couldn’t show the pre-release machine to you then. But now you can see it, as featured on GameTrailers’ Xbox One behind-the-scenes special and spotted on Twitter by @Talaviir. Maybe it was for security, maybe it was just to look cool. They do this for cars that aren’t officially out, too.
https://kotaku.com/the-next-xbox-and-its-controller-are-currently-covered-465487578
The final console, however, is black. “Liquid black” to be specific. The blackest black possible, a Microsoft designer noted to me today.