simplythebest
Banned
It is for me. That looks just a little too bland for my tastes.
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It is for me. That looks just a little too bland for my tastes.
la flama blanca
Banned
its feels more basic, thats for sure, but then again some of the metro elements on the xbone are just barf
Any new changes you can share with us?
Will there be in the future?
What they never show is how do you manage the tons of games you are going to have?
That flat horizontal list isn't going to cut it.
I think so far the PS3 XMB is better even though that also left a lot to be desired in the organization department.
It's fast though which is great, let's hope it stays that way when it has internet connectivity.
That flat horizontal list isn't going to cut it.
I think so far the PS3 XMB is better even though that also left a lot to be desired in the organization department.
It's fast though which is great, let's hope it stays that way when it has internet connectivity.
Zatoichi's Cane
Member
Looks good, I'm not blown away but I could care less. I'm not spending much time in there anyway.
schwabdizzle
Banned
2 Weeks!
SPACECADET
Member
got excited, got unexcited.
Why do you always title your posts?
There's a Library icon in the BF4 startup video, hopefully it uses the screen space more efficiently than the default row of large tiles in the home screen.
Well that didn't show me anything I haven't already seen. =/
I really hope that there's some way to group your games and apps. Like folders, or what not. I can imagine that single horizontal scroll getting a bit tiresome once you've amassed a certain amount of games.
Edit: *looks up* oh
I really hope that there's some way to group your games and apps. Like folders, or what not. I can imagine that single horizontal scroll getting a bit tiresome once you've amassed a certain amount of games.
Edit: *looks up* oh
They are. You press triangle on a game, info, and put the folder name on "album name" or something similar.
KennyLinder
Member
There is a Library option in the latest FW that has just been added (1.5). Interestingly, I am not sure if that is for your games, or your images and video recordings. The videos we have recorded at work do not appear in there, but that is a dev kit thing (they appear elsewhere).
I am guessing games will be kept in Library, as the left to right list will get rather unusable after a while.
silver.tongue
Member
It's the same thing 3 times on a loop. lol
So many hopes and dreams rest on that one icon, lol. I'm imagining it's like the Steam library where it shows everything you own, whether or not it'd downloaded.There's a Library icon in the BF4 startup video, hopefully it uses the screen space more efficiently than the default row of large tiles in the home screen.
FullMetaltech
Member
Whats the additions to the newer version than this build?
Ricerocket
Member
Well we know that all it does is play games or bluray/dvd so don't be surprised to see a plain UI when they scrapped all media functions for launch. (who knows maybe they will add them in slowly later)
There's a Library icon in the BF4 startup video, hopefully it uses the screen space more efficiently than the default row of large tiles in the home screen.
Good catch, but that should be more accessible then at the end of the left to right menu list.
game2brain
Banned
looks pretty basic... I dont believe this is the final version
weekend_warrior
Banned
Guys. GUYS.
there are 8 windows too.
KennyLinder
Member
FW1.5 is fairy light, but I like its simplicity. It's also very fast to use, leaving and re-entering the current game very fluidly (and instantly).
Dark Octave
Banned
FWIW, I think they do that with the current batch of Bravias:
The Bravia UI looks very similar to the PS4's so I'm expecting the Library view to be similar to the All App view on the Bravias. From what i can tell, the checked items on the Bravia app menu are downloaded while the others are available for download. I'm curious about the filters though. I haven't found any real pictures with that option, I've only seen it in PR shots.
Man_Flannel
Member
From what I've seen it looks like on the Xbox One you can access the entire dashboard and UI with the game playing in the background (not saying you can but on a video it looked like that to me). Is there anything showing the PS4 can do something similar to that?
Alx
Member
So that was similar to the final version of the UI ? What about pictures like the one below, is it deeper in the OS functions, or have things changed ?
Sum-Mischief
Member
You have to think at some point they will have some themes. What ?..., that like easy money, I have to assume its something that will be in the works.
KennyLinder
Member
Yep PS4 is like that (just like Vita).
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Simplistic and robust. You won't be saying that when you get your hands on it. I saw the UI as of a few days back. Things are much more functional than you would imagine. Especially compared to the missing boxes and bare Xbone UI.
Ricerocket
Member
Supposedly you can switch from UI to game by double tapping a button but the game won't be on display like the X1, which is pointless and takes away from the GPU to get the UI to do that.
thelurkinghorror
Member
This time retail and debug (no devkit) are the same os/console
KennyLinder
Member
BruiserBear
Banned
I can't believe we are this close to launch and we still haven't seen a true walk through of each next gen console OS.
Seriously.
There's the E3 trailer and a couple of real life videos of people popping in and out of the dash while the console is offline.
The Mana Legend
Banned
XMB was a piece of shit.
This doesn't look great, but it's a step in the right direction. It's simple and not incredibly annoying to navigate like the XMB garbage was.
This doesn't look great, but it's a step in the right direction. It's simple and not incredibly annoying to navigate like the XMB garbage was.
Pester IGN. Apparently, it's them who needs to get on it. I'm kind of giving up honestly, we'll find out once in launches in a couple of weeks.
Because there's no reason not to, I'm a smartass and there's a clever way to put it somewhere else that's not my main post, because I want to, and because you noticed.
Alx
Member
Thanks for the explanation. It's a bit surprising to have a transition from a minimalist interface to a very visual one, but why not.
CaptainTiptop
Member
No, any friends logged in on their Vita will be at the bottom of your friends list. Their profile never fully loads up on the PS3.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Sony is on their game but their network isn't up yet. If I can get confirmation about that time or when it happens then you will know how good they have it but there's a reason MP of BF4 was shown while Xbone was only SP.