Yeap. Surely going to be one of my most used features, saving countless amounts of time.
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First Look at the PlayStation 5's UI
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Yeap. Surely going to be one of my most used features, saving countless amounts of time.
Yeah, that is a game changer. Sometimes it's getting late and you need to go to bed, but you think you're close to the end of a level/encounter/etc. so you push on and end up having to choose between doing several more sections while exhausted or just putting it on standby for next time because it's been another 30+ minutes before you realized it.
That's starting the game from a stopped state, not a suspended state. 8 seconds is nothing.
I like it. Looks very sleek and importantly fast to navigate. Would be nice if we could have subfolders to store 'Activities', 'Trophies' and anything else neatly organized so that way we don't have an entire row of mixed cards.
i really like googles dictation system because it picks up voices easy even if you have an accent. so hopefully its just as good as that.
It looks pretty, but they didn't mention folders, did they? And I don't think I saw any folder icons... I really like the ability to organize into folders like we eventually got on PS4. I hope that is in there!
I mean, it's not an outlandish idea though. It feel like it would be one of the first benefits you'd think of when thinking of how to use this new hardware.
I wonder if the PS5's SSD only being 825GB has anything to do with it. Maybe they didn't want to consume that much data for game state caching when they only had 825GB to work with.
yeah definately, especially given how someof these things feel like the next gen versions of many dropped /poorly supported Xbox One Os features.
But I suppose if you buy a PS5 for Sony games only, these features should be welll supported there.
I wouldn't care 2 is plenty! And maybe in future they could add more. But I think from what people have shown it is in.
Yeah, I liked some of the UX improvements on their own but especially the home screek does some things that don't scream being done for usability sake. I hope those tiles can also be altered with regards to size. I do think the 'play' being in the lower left is particularly bizarre, it should be within or attached the the tile initiating the context card. I also hope there are some ways they've improved folders or made 'smart folders' that detect what is within. I do like media split from games, that will get people to their mission for that session faster.Not a fan at all of the main menu.
It looks quite unstructured and with too much noise. The top row with the icons is too small in favor of presenting a wallpaper that doesn't really add anything to the usability and the "Play" button moves to the lower left corner for no apparent reason out of communication with the selected game. Why would you want to place your selected game and th option to play it at different corners of the screen?! The grid structure of the page seems chaotic and the eyes get lost in the main menu without a clear protagonist to guide the gaze: it is not the selected game (because it remains in the upper left corner at a ridiculous small size), no It is the Play button that is at the bottom left with a transparent background losing itself with the background image ... I imagine it is the wallpaper, which basically does not contribute anything to the usability of the system. Also, play time stats, trophies and whatever adds to the overall noise of it.
Quite disappointing I should say.
I also love the in-game stuff with help and tips (there are some interesting stats out there about how many use walkthroughs to help them complete a game) and the PiP in general is great for this. I do have issue with the potential number of elements in carousel for the control centre but this shouldn't be a big problem if there is a way to either adjust number or hard lock to a smaller number so as to not make this section a chore to scroll for desired tile.
Overall I really like it - they are addressing some genuine UX wants and needs but there are still a few questions.
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Again they where already in the game, it was matchmaking they sped up.
UI overall looks great. I'm not confident that third parties will support the Activities feature in any meaningful way (and I'm not sure players will use it in any meaningful way either), but it's kind of a cool thing I guess. UI is clean and readable, which is all that matters
8 seconds is still 8 seconds, but if you are fine with that then great.
I expected it be almost instantaneous after Sony's PR about the SSD and how it'll change everything.
That's a cold boot and is (apparently) as fast as quick resume.
Yeah that's actually a good point. I don't think something like that was the focus here, as the possibility to jump to different parts of any game straight from the UI probably takes a lot of resources already.
It would be nice of course and could still be there as one of the cards for example, like continue from where you left off, but it's very much a possibility that you can't have everything.
Just as an observation. When Destruction All-Stars is started in the video, there's no indication that Sackboy (which is running at that moment) is actually closed in any way, so to me it looks like it's just suspended. Of course this is just speculation, but the rest mode does say suspend your GAMES. Not game.
Nothing concrete, but there is this:
Which might be PS5's Quick resume.
So to go back to the home screen it's going to take a minimum of two button presses now? One press of the PS button will bring up the in-game cards, then you'll need to press the Home icon to go back to the actual home screen?
Unless you can press and hold the PS button to go straight home?
Unless you can press and hold the PS button to go straight home?
Looks like they saw the same video, but are expanding bon it in a new video.
Pinning activity cards seems better than folders to me.
Overall looks great, doesn't look like a mess of sub menus like some UIs.
Looking forward to seeing more
Being able to suspend multiple games--as you can with this--should offer the same functionality. We will obviously have to see it in action, but if suspension works like it does with the PS4, then it should be the equivalent.
Doesn't look like it is overcome with ads if you stay away from the store and "explore" icons. That's good.
The pre-installed system icons still clash with the game icons. That continues to be annoying. Game icons could be bigger.
Really curious what the deal with the media tab is. Wonder if it will support local playback of media or DLNA out of the box.
The pre-installed system icons still clash with the game icons. That continues to be annoying. Game icons could be bigger.
Really curious what the deal with the media tab is. Wonder if it will support local playback of media or DLNA out of the box.
You guys, lol. "Charge controllers, download updates, and suspend your games" isn't a feature reveal, it's just proper english. Not to say that the PS5 doesn't have something similar to quick resume, but this is not evidence, it's just someone who paid attention in high school
"I play video games" doesn't mean I play multiple games at the same time. We can't say for sure whether that use of the plural means there are multiple save states.
Speaking of which, I wish they showed off how Suspend/Resume will be improved with the SSD. Seems like the most killer new-feature as far as the UX. I really wish they'd send preview units to media outlets for more details on all this stuff
watching your friend stream the game at the same spot to get the trophy because you can't do it.I absolutely loved it!!!! That PiP feature is damn awesome.
Trophy hunters right now
