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Does anyone else think the PS5 interface is a huge downgrade versus the PS4?
- Thread starter Dr. Doom
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For my use, there's not much difference. 99% of the time I'm just putting a disc in and playing it. And I like that you can eject a disc from the game's card. That's a nice touch. What I don't like at all is that I have to press the PS button to get to the real system menu. I get that it's technically fewer actions to have the game cards in one menu and the system menu separate, but I find it more frustrating, for some reason.
It's not a huge deal and I can get used to most "play flows", if you will. So it's kind of a side step rather than an improvement.
It's not a huge deal and I can get used to most "play flows", if you will. So it's kind of a side step rather than an improvement.
Gaming side - yeah it could be easier to access some things. Media side - no, it's barebones but enough to be a basic hub.
Ah, I forgot about this, too. Also, you can't "Sync Save Game status" (auto-upload/download) to check if the game is backed up and in sync on PS+ Cloud Save from the Library, only from the Recent (main bar) list. A few other options, too.
It's much easier on PS5.
Sharing is easier. Navigating the integrated store is much easier.
I don't miss the PS4 UI after PS5.
Sharing is easier. Navigating the integrated store is much easier.
I don't miss the PS4 UI after PS5.
Yeah, it just feels like change for change sakes
I like seperating Games and Media, but other then that I thought the PS4 interface was pretty much perfect.
I like seperating Games and Media, but other then that I thought the PS4 interface was pretty much perfect.
I just want to be able to hold the Playstation button down to have the option to turn the console off.
This thread comes up once a month or so and the conversation doesn't change.
Most of us aren't happy with the PS5 Interface.
And many of us - myself included - consider the PS4 interface the best we've seen. Simplistic. Functional. Personable. Amazing.
There is more granular stuff with the PS5, but most of it doesn't apply to me - and I miss my themes. Even the PS5's theme-by-game navigation design, while neat in concept to browse, isn't the same as the PS4's dashboard-wide theme to set a mood when starting the system up.
Most of us aren't happy with the PS5 Interface.
And many of us - myself included - consider the PS4 interface the best we've seen. Simplistic. Functional. Personable. Amazing.
There is more granular stuff with the PS5, but most of it doesn't apply to me - and I miss my themes. Even the PS5's theme-by-game navigation design, while neat in concept to browse, isn't the same as the PS4's dashboard-wide theme to set a mood when starting the system up.
It's pretty half-baked. The inability to turn off the console by holding the PS button is maddening.
Yes absolutely, I agree with all your points.
Like you said, just try to bring up the friends menu.
Or try to visit a friend's profile, @ everyone.
And count the button presses you have to do for such a simple task.
I don't even know who would go through all the hassle to visit anyone's profile at all.
For extra fun, try to look at which games a friend has recently played. Plot twist: you can't, unless you want to scroll through the list of ALL your mutual games first!
Or try to organize your games in folders based on genres. (Just kidding, why would anyone do that anyway)
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definitely a downgrade, but for now I'd just be okay with having a setting that plays the menu music instead of auto playing every music theme every time you scroll through a different game. It's obnoxious as hell and I just turned the music off entirely.
That and the trophy screen is just ass backwards - let me scroll down not side to side you maniacs.
That and the trophy screen is just ass backwards - let me scroll down not side to side you maniacs.
The only thing I miss from PS4 are themes. Everything else is better in PS5's UI. The bar wasn't that high to begin with to be honest
Yes, it beyond awful, everything need multiple passages to do things there were instant on PS4.
But the WORSE thing is the lack of PS button double tap for going from the game to the latest OS screen... jeez if that thing was crucial on PS4.
Now you can't do any adjustment without navigate the whole OS from zero every.fucking.time... it's just a chore.
Even see the trophies on PS5 is a total pain while on PS4 you would double tap back and forth from game to trophy list (let's not talk about the new trophy view, dear God...), or even going from the game to audio options or game from latest screen/video captured.
The removal of double tap is a tragedy, and they probably did that since the majority of PS4 users didn't know about that feature, and of course you don't educate users to use a good function but you just eliminate it for everyone else. We've seen this crap with Chrome, Windows and so on... they really make OS and interfaces for clueless ppl that doesn't even comprehend the concept of "shortcut" at this point.
And isn't only this, even the quick menu is much worse, video player is terrible (it only goes from 10 seconds at time and it's buggy af, you can listen the menu music in background and video start to stutter when you skip some seconds so you have to pause and play again to make it smooth again...), and so on and on.
The only good thing is how the new Share functions are managed and the possibility to always record the last hour and decide how much portion of that video save in any moment.
Other than that I would be willing to pay to have the PS4 OS... and I used the PS5 for Astrobot and some coop play with my brother, the hour count is really low and I already hate it.
But the WORSE thing is the lack of PS button double tap for going from the game to the latest OS screen... jeez if that thing was crucial on PS4.
Now you can't do any adjustment without navigate the whole OS from zero every.fucking.time... it's just a chore.
Even see the trophies on PS5 is a total pain while on PS4 you would double tap back and forth from game to trophy list (let's not talk about the new trophy view, dear God...), or even going from the game to audio options or game from latest screen/video captured.
The removal of double tap is a tragedy, and they probably did that since the majority of PS4 users didn't know about that feature, and of course you don't educate users to use a good function but you just eliminate it for everyone else. We've seen this crap with Chrome, Windows and so on... they really make OS and interfaces for clueless ppl that doesn't even comprehend the concept of "shortcut" at this point.
And isn't only this, even the quick menu is much worse, video player is terrible (it only goes from 10 seconds at time and it's buggy af, you can listen the menu music in background and video start to stutter when you skip some seconds so you have to pause and play again to make it smooth again...), and so on and on.
The only good thing is how the new Share functions are managed and the possibility to always record the last hour and decide how much portion of that video save in any moment.
Other than that I would be willing to pay to have the PS4 OS... and I used the PS5 for Astrobot and some coop play with my brother, the hour count is really low and I already hate it.
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Don't get me started on the store.
Holy fuck what a clusterfuck.
The PS4 store was perfect. They've removed all the headings/subheadings in the PS5 store, and I have no fucking clue why.
Sony should fire whoever designed the PS5 UI and PS Store.
I don't own a PS5 (only borrowing it from a friend to test) but you can consider me unimpressed based on the user experience and functionality. I won't buy until they bring back the PS4 interface or give a complete overhaul to the interface.
I don't really engage with the social/multimedia aspects of the UI so it doesn't bother me that much. The fact that the store is so fast already makes me like it more than the PS4 one.
Yeah I definitely liked the PS4 interface more. I think in a couple years the PS5 UI will be up to speed though
It won't feel like next gen if they don't redo their entire UI every time.
Yeah I think the same, at least give me the ability to create folders and change themes. It sucks.
I wouldn't say a huge downgrade as there are a few things I prefer, but they should have really tried to improve things across the board. Often, it feels like change just for changes sake. Some changes are straight up for the worse though, like the trophy menu, and it oddly being like one or two too many clicks to send a message. I mean, it's fine, ultimately, and I imagine it'll improve over time.
switching back and forth it got to a point
where it even fucks up my xbox usage.
i keep mixing up, where i needed to hold down, or tap
I miss the XMB from PS3. :( PS5 is fine, but I feel they just added a bunch of extra steps just because.
Yeah it's not great, unfortunately. Around launch for my XSX and PS5, I was bummed that the Series X dash was 99% the same as the Xbox it was replacing. Just wanted the new device to have a cool new UI! But the more I used both consoles, the more I appreciated that the XSX dash has been iterated on many times over already. I don't hate it, but they made some real weird design decisions. Here's hoping patches get it fixed up at least.
Hold the PS button down and be able to turn the damn system off is the first change they need to make. Layers upon layers is stupid and feels backwards.
It's all around worse from a usability stand point. Even the way PS4/5 versions of the same game are handled. The store is trash compared to the last two gens. I liked the activity tab and being able see what friends had progressed on games on PS4 the new version with YouTube vids and random stream stuff just annoys me.
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PS5 UI is the thing i hate the most and why wouldn't they launch with folders which is something everyone always yells about.
You had them in 4. why remove them? I have an external drive with a metric asston of PS4 games installed give me my damn folders.
You had them in 4. why remove them? I have an external drive with a metric asston of PS4 games installed give me my damn folders.
I agree with all of this, but I can't help but wonder if the pandemic impacted OS development and resulted in them just having to get something out so it didn't delay the system launch.
Its my most disliked aspect of the console, once your in a game its fine but everything about using the console is terrible
Isnt it like, click ps button,left, X and i dont know if u have to go down for rest or switch off, but you already there.
I got confused too the first weeks but I got used easily.
I don't like it at all. If all it takes is a misclick to potentially ruin a game, it sucks. Let me disable every broadcasting option.