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Sony sucks at OS design
- Thread starter MercuryLS
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I like but don't love the XMB. It is simple, but it lacks style. I didn't like the Vita UI at first, but it grew on me pretty quickly. At first it seemed really odd, but as I used it more and more, it felt good for a touch screen UI. We haven't seen enough of the PS4 UI to really get a feel for it, but it looks good from what I have seen. It looks like a more stylish facebook like setup, which I think is smart of Sony considering how used to that style of page design a lot of people are.
On the other end of things I despise the current 360 UI, as it is built for advertising, not for player use, and the XBone UI looks like it is going to be more or less the same thing.
On the other end of things I despise the current 360 UI, as it is built for advertising, not for player use, and the XBone UI looks like it is going to be more or less the same thing.
Metalmurphy
Member
Those are just the grouping options when you press Square, not the sorting options. Press Triangle for sorting options.
DigitalDevilSummoner
zero cognitive reasoning abilities
did this thread backfire ?
Marmaladefire
Member
I hate the XMB. Some say it's minimalist, I disagree. Once you get past looking at the thing, and start trying to use it, it's just clunky, it takes too much time to load and freezes up weirdly. Very unintuitive. You can't just pick it up and "use it" if you want to do anything other than play the disc you just put in. The PSN store is even worse. I can't blame Sony for bad OS on systems that you rarely even saw the things on (and I even sort of enjoyed the PS2 OS.) The only thing that makes it even a little excusable for holding on to such an annoying OS for 8 years is the horror that was/is turning on the Wii (I haven't messed around on a Wii U much so I can't say anything there.) As of now the 360 has a better OS, minus the advertisements.
Shrike_Priest
Member
XMB rules. The problems with the PS3 UI is not because of bad design, but bad hardware. If they had the exact same UI, but made it snappy, with no load-screens or waiting periods, then it'd be perfect.
It's well-tailored to a D-pad control, everything is neat and where it should be. I love it.
It's well-tailored to a D-pad control, everything is neat and where it should be. I love it.
The thing that annoys me the most in both of the PS3 & Vita OS is the lack of Languages support.
How hard is it to support UTF-8 encoding? why can't I read webpages in Hebrew?
I'm not asking for full system translation (i.e the whole OS menus and text in Hebrew) but I would like to open webpage written in my native language and to be able to read it.
Horrible....
How hard is it to support UTF-8 encoding? why can't I read webpages in Hebrew?
I'm not asking for full system translation (i.e the whole OS menus and text in Hebrew) but I would like to open webpage written in my native language and to be able to read it.
Horrible....
astronautcowboy
Member
They should find whoever designed this:
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
I approve this thread.
DanielJr82
Member
I agree. I never cared for the Playstation operating systems. The PS4 one doesn't look that much sleeker either. Xbox definitely trumps Playstation in this regard.
YoYo Switch
Banned
nope. only sorting options i get are "creation date" and "recently played"
Canis lupus
Member
Wtf? I thought the topic was about their UI design. If there is anything they're good at its designing sexy hardware.
PuppetSlave
Member
Would have said they were on the right track before they released their abomination of redesigned store ui.
Now I am slightly worried about how the PS4 OS will look and function.
Now I am slightly worried about how the PS4 OS will look and function.
Best OS yes.. but it looks like a NEC phone from 2003
you fucking serious???
even the wii menu was better.
the cross media bar sucks super hard.
and whats the worst: the sony OS using it during a game is a terribad thing: because you cant use it at all without waiting for hours until something works....
ps1 and ps2 werent UIs at all.
vitas OS is nice, but if you get more than 2 screens full of icons, it gets a but complicated. thanks to files where you cant kind of sort your icons it got a bit better.
maybe the best UI from sony coz of the fluidness.
Militant17
Member
Eh. I like the XMB. It's better then the Wii's UI but not quite up there with the 360's. It's only really the loading times that's an issue and I like that its more intuitively laid out. On the 360 I feel like I've got to dig through a lot of crap before I get to where I want but it is more aesthetically pleasing. The load times for the XMB are a massive problem though.
the only problem I have with the UI design is how the bubbles seems a little bit big, and has AA problem. I also hate the fact that when you set an image as a wallpaper, the quality drops significantly.
Ol No Bones
Banned
Ps2 was awesome at the time. Ps3 wasn't bad. Ps4 looks terrible in my opinion. I don't understand why it sucks so bad.
This must be a personal thing because if this was the norm there would have been a bigger outcry.
Well this has certainly split opinion...
I like the xmb... Its good for the job. Not advert infested, responsive. The store is slow, I'll give you that.
The Vita OS is bloody good in my opinion!
Super slick, easy to use. It may look basic but it certainly does the job, and does it well.
I like the xmb... Its good for the job. Not advert infested, responsive. The store is slow, I'll give you that.
The Vita OS is bloody good in my opinion!
Super slick, easy to use. It may look basic but it certainly does the job, and does it well.
Noisepurge
Member
the PS4 OS can still all be placeholders. Lets just wait till we see it properly in action.
It's an app for our NA brethren. They download it out of choice from the PS Store.
Us lucky sods have it right there, all the time.
DeadRockstar
Member
XMB is good. Simple and functional. Some of the icons added later are kind of ugly compared to what they started with but whatever.
It's really annoying. The worst thing is the cursor will default to selecting that as soon as you boot up. So the whole screen is filled with Singstar until you can move the cursor. :-(
Yep, XMB won awards - sleek, simple - not stupid shit. I don't want flashy garbage, the XMB is the best user interface I've used for something not a computer, ever.
Op is being ridiculous, if anything the PS4 UI looks like a step backwards to me, cluttered shit like MS.
My response as well. Main reason why I stuck with PS3.
Caffeine
Member
xmb is perfect the new OS looks like playstation store lol.
that would be the systems lack of ram not the Os
that would be the systems lack of ram not the Os
AppleSmack
Banned
The new PS4 OS looks fantastic, I don't see anything wrong OP. What exactly am I supposed to be seeing?
sono
Member
I think the op seems to be referring to UI design and shows how the UI has changed significantly over the various generations of playstation, but doesnt really explain what the issues are with any particular one ?
From my perspective, the PS3 OS seems generally fine to me, with two exceptions:
a. the process of patching is cumbersome, and frequently I download a new game or app from PSN, start it and then find I have to download further large patches sometimes large then the original install
b. the webbrowser (ok not really OS, but probably relies on its features), has taken an age to get to something that is improved but still slow and doesnt work everywhere (e.g does not show current version of NeoGaf top left graphic correctly)
From my perspective, the PS3 OS seems generally fine to me, with two exceptions:
a. the process of patching is cumbersome, and frequently I download a new game or app from PSN, start it and then find I have to download further large patches sometimes large then the original install
b. the webbrowser (ok not really OS, but probably relies on its features), has taken an age to get to something that is improved but still slow and doesnt work everywhere (e.g does not show current version of NeoGaf top left graphic correctly)
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
You nuts brother? XMB is one of my favorite console front end designs since the history of forever. Clean as hell, easy to navigate and absolutely beautiful.
Enordash
Member
Really? This is literally the MAIN reason you stuck with the PS3? Were the ads so obtrusive that they hindered your use of the UI? You literally never have to highlight an ad block ever on the Metro UI. I don't understand what's so offensive about them. Someone tell me.
Mostly likely because you pay for Xbox Live and you still are getting tons of ads.
Diablo Rosso
Member
As a UI goes, the XMB is one of the best, the Vita less so. However, as an actual OS, the Vita stomps all over the PS3. How many other consoles can make a Skype call whilst playing a game?
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