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FranXico · Nov 7, 2013

Saw this in @yosp's tweet feed.

(Good idea, SwiftDeath)

That screen looks a lot like a coverflow-esque UI. I personally like that kind of UI for navigating a library. Can anybody confirm this?

EDIT: maxcer0081 found a video in YouTube. It indeed appears to be meant for demo kiosks.

Quadraphonic · Nov 7, 2013

USB Loader GX 3.0 runs on the PS4?

Kemal86 · Nov 7, 2013

Interesting, but I wonder if it's just for demo kiosks.

I really like the Steam Grid UI with the icons a large size (and custom icons).

jwk94 · Nov 7, 2013

I would love this.

twisteddeeds · Nov 7, 2013

Wonder if you can read the back covers...

abstract alien · Nov 7, 2013

Doesn't look anything like the actual UI used on the Sony Store unit I messed with. Doesn't the Wii U look a lot like this one as well at retail?

Killthee · Nov 7, 2013

AFAIK, they have a special UI running on those units. You can't switch to retail/debug UI on them and pressing the PS button does nothing.

Imtey · Nov 7, 2013

assumed it was for demo units only

Zee-Row · Nov 7, 2013

Its probably just for Demo stations , I could of sworn Wii U demo stations had that too.

TheUnsunghero26 · Nov 7, 2013

Looks nice, but I bet it's just a demo kiosk thing.

Abriael · Nov 7, 2013

AFAIK that UI is exclusive for the demo units, that have a completely separate UI from the retail ones.

SuicidalSteve · Nov 7, 2013

yes played a demo kiosk kast night in GAME lock in and it dies look like that. you can navigate using track pad and there was 3 tiers. one was about the ps4 featuees. 2nd was retail games and third was psn games

nikos · Nov 7, 2013

Believe.

SwiftDeath · Nov 7, 2013

Why not post the image itself?

Think that's just for the demo unit to be honest

Would be cool if coverflow was an option on the PS4

ckohler · Nov 7, 2013

There's video online of the kiosk booting directly into this.

Pretty sure this is just a custom UI for the demo kiosks.

Tsundere · Nov 7, 2013

Pretty sure it's just the "demo mode".

Goodacre0081 · Nov 7, 2013

there was a video of the demo in action here. I believe the coverflow is exclusive to these kiosk stations.

qko · Nov 7, 2013

Pretty sure that's a demo mode for kiosks.

Ploid 3.0 · Nov 7, 2013

maxcer0081 said:
there was a video of the demo in action here. I believe the coverflow is exclusive to these kiosk stations.

If it's really how "Library" presents the games that would be pretty neat. Like the book shelf or game shelf that android and ios have. Maybe another presentation view is the game shelf.

KingGreasy · Nov 7, 2013

I would prefer a grid of icons. That would work better with consoles. I hate on Roku channels where you have to scroll right or left one at a time. Do like a rows of 6 and it would be good.

I can't imagine having to go through my Steam list of games scrolling down one by one, with a gamepad.

Black_Stride · Nov 7, 2013

Zee-Row said:
Its probably just for Demo stations , I could of sworn Wii U demo stations had that too.

Yup Wii U stations also had that.

Its just for Demo Stations.....carry on.

golem · Nov 7, 2013

Nice.. though I would prefer something like a grid XMB

soulassssns · Nov 7, 2013

I hope so. That would be a sweet looking UI.

WickedCobra03 · Nov 7, 2013

golem said:
Nice.. though I would prefer something like a grid XMB

Just bring back that XMB. It was soooo good. It kind of got crummed up when Sony started adding all of those "additional services" without the option to delete them or hide them somewhere. Even with that said, it kills Microsofts Xbox 360 offerings. Since the blades,I have kind of not been a fan.

I am not the biggest fanof these big "coverflow" type of presentations. They are made for flash of actual substance.

baekshi · Nov 7, 2013

the demo kiosk looks like that when you quit game and it loads that which takes some time

Castcoder · Nov 7, 2013

Meanwhile in Wisconsin... WE GET NOTHING.

Killthee · Nov 7, 2013

I'll be happy if they stick with this for the game library and keep the ability to view all items on the grid including items purchased but not currently installed:

Cartman86 · Nov 7, 2013

Killthee said:
I'll be happy if they stick with this for the game library and keep the ability to view all items on the grid including items purchased but not currently installed:

I will be very sad if I have to go through a download list to see uninstalled content.

smurfx · Nov 7, 2013

abstract alien said:
Doesn't look anything like the actual UI used on the Sony Store unit I messed with. Doesn't the Wii U look a lot like this one as well at retail?

i went to a best buy today and it looked like the one in the op.

Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew · Nov 7, 2013

nikos said:
Believe.

Yes! It better do it!

Andronicus · Nov 7, 2013

dude in the video is obnoxious

M.W. · Nov 7, 2013

maxcer0081 said:
there was a video of the demo in action here. I believe the coverflow is exclusive to these kiosk stations.

Who is this idiot talking in the video? Good god...

FranXico · Nov 7, 2013

Andronicus said:
dude in the video is obnoxious

Marcellus Wallace said:
Who is this idiot talking in the video? Good god...

I agree, I had to mute the video to appreciate the footage (FIFA 14 looks good, btw).

But let's stick with discussion about the UI.

Killthee · Nov 7, 2013

Cartman86 said:
I will be very sad if I have to go through a download list to see uninstalled content.

Me too and I'm starting to get worried that the Library icon is only for media after seeing this:

and the PS4 Download icon in an offline devkit loading the wallpaper of the current PS Store download list:

FranXico · Nov 7, 2013

Killthee said:
Me too and I'm starting to get worried that the Library icon is only for media after seeing this:

Considering how little we have seen about media features, and the recent bad news about DLNA + MP3, I really would feel relieved if at least some of the media functionality actually gets some highlighting in the UI.

HawksWinStanley · Nov 7, 2013

I really dig this, looks so sleek. So naturally it won't be on retail versions.

enzo_gt · Nov 7, 2013

Coverflow is the absolute worst and inefficient way to display media. I don't want anything even remotely similar in retail UI.

Andronicus · Nov 7, 2013

just over a week & still no ps blog UI video, all this speculation is killing me. im assuming its the library.

Slavik81 · Nov 7, 2013

enzo_gt said:
Coverflow is the absolute worst and inefficient way to display media. I don't want anything even remotely similar in retail UI.

Agreed. It looks great, but it's not actually all that usable.

Kibbles · Nov 7, 2013

Battlefield 4, Killzone, and Infamous? wtf I want that kiosk. Current one is shit.

plasmawave · Nov 7, 2013

They need to make the PSN store look like video game store, capturing the excitment every time you walk in hoping there's something new and cool to buy.

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