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Some clean and clear still shots of Sony’s PS4 user interface have appeared online, giving gamers their first chance to imagine sitting in front of it for 16 hours a day. It’s blue, it’s boxy, it’s pretty enough.
The images, which Kotaku pulled off a Japanese gaming site, show the individual profile page, complete with its next-generation integration of Sony’s Trophies achievements system, with the personal page taking on more of a social network vibe thanks to listing your previous activities and links to any media you’ve shared using PS4′s image and video capturing tools.
The grabs also show the sharing screen and its simple video trimming abilities…
…and give us a better look at the other user interface features Sony rambled on and on and on about during last week’s launch event. It’s modern and inoffensive through and through. [Kotaku]
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Looks very Microsoft, doesn’t it?
Windows Vista I would say. Doesn’t bode well.
Windows 8 surely?
Does that mean the PS4 will be quite fast and efficient, but no one will want to buy it because they’ve hidden all the games behind a new menu system that no one wanted or asked for?
Yeah, I’ve mixed a metaphor I think… but … um … reasons!
The tiles are Windows 8ish, but the background and that entire first screen looks more like Vista to my eyes.
Tiles. Microsoft won’t be happy.
Wunderbar, now show us the console!
Rectangles, everywhere there’s rectangular tiles.
It looks horrific. I don’t see any innovation at all, and it’s not an engaging-looking interface.
I’m not a fan of these style interfaces either, it’s just data everywhere, no information just a wall of text and images vying for attention. Who knows if any of it is important or relevant, just click on things!
Microsoft did this with the Xbox metro interface, which I absolutely hate, it’s basically just a wall of advertising parading as a user interface. At least the PS3 xmb was distinctively separated and functionality operated interface which was directed at a user and not a consumer. I can see that changing though.
I agree tiles with text and pictures is just a confusing mess give me a grid of icons any day, its the simplest and fastest way to find what your looking for and it looks better than the current Microsoft / Google graphical trend for bland unicolour rectangles.
As a console gamer who has no console gaming friends, this is a complete waste of time for me. I like the idea of Wii U’s Miiverse where you can interact with strangers but this PS4 thing seems to be too friend based, plus I wouldn’t trust Sony not to turn this into one big advertising space.
It looks very ROCKMELT for iOS: http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/files/2012/10/rockmelt-social-browser-for-ipad.png
Spacing’s the same and all.
everywhere i go everyone hates the whole tile interface, even i hate it, metro sucks even htc are going tiles LOL
why do they keep making things like this when the majority of people show a lot of negative responsive?
we need better UI developers working for these companies
I don’t really like it. Much preferred the PS3′s xmb, that was a thing of beauty
Would give the worst of my two testicles to keep XMB.
If it takes a bagful of testicles to make them keep the XMB. I’ll do it.
Looks very pretty but I’ll be spending most of my time looking at the games I’m playing. If I’m spending most of my time in the menus then I’m not using the console correctly.
Keep XMB!!! this look’s too friend based, and I know most of my friends will get the Xbox because they are already biased towards them.
The Xbox system layout is god dam awful, XMB is like iOS, simple, easy does what it should. Not the mess of advertisements and friend based shit like the Xbox.
Just spice the XMB up abit, add a PS button menu like the Xbox has for quick access and multitasking, cross game shit, I like that you can watch other people play games and chat to them, but I can bet that no one will use this after the first month of having it. I am waiting to see what Microsoft pull out the bag, they have the first advantage of seeing what the PS4 half has.
I liked the XMB much better.
this just looks like the PS store, which if you are looking for anything but the top 10 is more difficult than it needs to be.
Is it such a crime to just want to play a game on my own, offline and without a million people making comments about how I’m playing it ?
UGLY! How many different type sizes, weights and styles can you have on a page?! My eyes are heating up!!
Looks nice enough to me.