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PS4 UI hands-on [offscreen]
- Thread starter shinobi602
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You can not get to everything instantly on the 360.
weekend_warrior
Banned
What does this even mean?
SniperHunter
Banned
At least it doesn't use 10% of the GPU
They never go into the "top bit" where the XMB is, dying to see all that.
My money is on yes :/ (I have no idea)
Pictures are in Pictures. Local Video and DVD and Blu-Ray are in Video. Music is in Music. TV Apps are in TV Apps. Games are in Games. The only place it starts getting mixy is when you travel into Internet and PSN. But those make sense too. I literally don't get why anyone who can observe and comprehend basic icons and words has trouble with the XMB. Better yet, none of it is hidden behind a button, all the content is on the columns. It's utterly fantastic.
Pop
Member
So over dramatic. Where there's a Playstation thread, I expect you to be there shitting it up.
Game, Start Game
so hard
Correct, also it's "big" you can see items well below or to the left and right so you can navigate to them quicker. This full screen per item thing sucks, you need to wait for the dumb animation to know what the next left thing is and the next left thing and so on.
ReDelicious
Member
Nothing confirmed, but PS3 didn't have that at launch either so it may get added.
XMB needs more ads obviously.
You keep seeing that prompt for a couple of reasons
1- the video is being looped and you're seeing the same footage more than once
2- he's selecting an option that requires an internet connection
There are three levels:
TOP: Looks like PS3 XMB letting you go into Friends, Profile, Settings etc
MIDDLE: The icons with all the different games on, and What's New, Library, Store
BOTTOM: When you select a game to view info etc
You can easily jump between them via button presses. It is light, but it's quick, lag free in-between game and menu and runs at 60fps. It also has relaxing music
Kenny, you're the hero GAF needs....
Take a video tour of the UI for us. Blacking/Fuzzing out your and your company info and stuff of course.
Buckethead
Banned
Have they said anything regarding the URLs generated by screenshots?
Going off what they've posted in the FAQ, screenshot sharing only connects to Facebook and Twitter so I'm assuming the images will be hosted on FB/Twitter servers and will get a generic image URL from those websites.
Ewww really? FB and twitter? Lame. Was hoping Sony would give all PS+ subscribers server space to store a limited amount of videos/pics that could easily be accessed by friends and non-friends alike. Perhaps in the future. I also hope they let us take high rez screenshots that can be used as UI backgrounds.
We'll probably get access to their online photo/video cloud service (5GB free), PlayMemories Online, in a post launch update. I'm hoping Picasa/Google support gets patched in like it did with the PS3.
On another note, while looking up the amount of storage they hand out for PMO I spotted the same Library icon so maybe it will be used for photos/videos.
NTIETS13A_Superiority
Banned
Considering his GAF username is his actual name, that may be difficult to get away with.Kenny, you're the hero GAF needs....
Take a video tour of the UI for us. Blacking/Fuzzing out your and your company info and stuff of course.
SwiftDeath
Member
Why did it repeat itself?
Backpack kid sat down twice
I don't know why you would repeat footage like that
I assume this has been discussed not like it really matters though
Backpack kid sat down twice
I don't know why you would repeat footage like that
I assume this has been discussed not like it really matters though
Exactly my thoughts. Right now, it's a row of tiles stuck to a plain blue background. Any more basic than that and it would be Windows Media Center.
LightofRohan
Member
Sort of off-topic, but I'm so absolutely disappointed they won't be allowing USB sticks to work on PS4's. Using my PS3 to play movies off my USB stick is one of its #1 features I use it for... this is such a devastating blow. I hope they change it in the future.
I wouldnt be surprised to see them saved to the hdd like the ps3 games that support it meaning you can dump them off to anything.
Read the big thread it seems something they are looking at patching in later.
travisbickle
Member
I read that as sharing outside of the Playstation eco system. Guess it could happen but it would be strange for Sony not to have invested in a way of saving and storing content produced on their systems.
We'll probably get access to their online photo/video cloud service (5GB free), PlayMemories Online, in a post launch update. I'm hoping Picasa/Google support gets patched in like it did with the PS3.
On another note, while looking up the amount of storage they hand out for PMO I spotted the same Library icon so maybe it will be used for photos/videos.
Lol, no. Please, they can't do this to me. They better have a digital library of some sort.
From the little bit of UI media they've released it appears like even inside the PS eco system the experience is heavily dependent on third party networks.
Gallery video showing "View in Facebook":
Ustream broadcast displayed in Live from PS and the What's New page in the PS App:
I really wish they would just hurry the hell up with the UI walkthrough so we can get a clear outline of what the day 1 firmware will be able to do.
At this point the only thing PS4 related that will truly sour launch for me is a launch firmware without a library view for games. I hate the current PS3 Store cause it wastes so much space with the tiles and I've hated the PS4 home tile bar since before the console was revealed.
Anyone who looks at a screenshot of the home UI can figure it out that the single horizontal tile bar with huge cover art will become annoying once you start filling up the HDD. There's no excuse for them to miss such a simple basic view option such as a full screen library view at launch.
LightofRohan
Member
Oh man, I'd be so happy. I can't find that big thread though... I'm blind.
KennyLinder
Member
Kenny, you're the hero GAF needs....
Take a video tour of the UI for us. Blacking/Fuzzing out your and your company info and stuff of course.
If I worked at Sony still I'd be pushing the crap out of them for SOMEONE to do a full tour of the OS but sadly that's not the case. I think if I did that at work myself I would be in a shit storm from where I work now and Sony
Has anyone asked Holly at Access about an OS tour? Those guys seem pretty decent and would at least give an indication of when it might happen!
If I worked at Sony still I'd be pushing the crap out of them for SOMEONE to do a full tour of the OS but sadly that's not the case. I think if I did that at work myself I would be in a shit storm from where I work now and Sony
Has anyone asked Holly at Access about an OS tour? Those guys seem pretty decent and would at least give an indication of when it might happen!
It was said a month-3 weeks ago that IGN would have one out in 2 weeks. When I asked Sid he said "Soon, hopefully". That tour is tied up in the pipeline somewhere and we can't do anything about it.
Honestly, if the demo UI is what the library looks like, I would be happy. I don't think that's going to be the case, though since they would have to make a UI that shows off the information that we get on the main UI. Ugh, I just want to see it.