PS3 Dashboard revealed

iregk

If anyone is interested here is what the dashboard on the ps3 will look like. This is not a hand cam at a conference or anything, this is the real look at it.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1826796847481689092&hl=en

chump

Very underwhelming

monument

WHY do IGN have music in the background?

RobertFoster

chump wrote:

Very underwhelming

But is's so simple!

Such a boring video.

Creamy Goodness

for 600euros i'd be expecting a little more than a psp UI

projectmayhem

Cremo wrote:

for 600euros i'd be expecting a little more than a psp UI

did you pay for the UI on any console? come on, it's the best UI out there. easy to use, as functional as any UI and looks nice. 360 dashboard is all of these things but looks a bit bulky when brought up in a game, but this UI looks teh sex when brough up in a game

also, it's worth checking out the "shaky cam" stuff from e3 because the debug code IGN got was not the full thing we'll be getting... there's more sections (like photo/video etc.) in the full version

steviec

So where does Linux fit in?

Creamy Goodness

projectmayhem wrote:

did you pay for the UI on any console? come on, it's the best UI out there. easy to use, as functional as any UI and looks nice. 360 dashboard is all of these things but looks a bit bulky when brought up in a game, but this UI looks teh sex when brough up in a game

also, it's worth checking out the "shaky cam" stuff from e3 because the debug code IGN got was not the full thing we'll be getting... there's more sections (like photo/video etc.) in the full version

well i can't say that i have paid for one, that being said - and i know it's still unfinished - i'm still a little disapointed that it doesn't look special. sure the interface on the psp is great and it's a great interface i just don't know, i was expecting something a little different.

Ciaran500

Cremo wrote:

for 600euros i'd be expecting a little more than a psp UI

Its a PSX UI actually

MonkeyWrench

I had a similar experience watching paint dry:p

projectmayhem

steviec wrote:

So where does Linux fit in?

it'll be on the HDD as a linux port to Cell. most likely a custom distro. it'll include a debug system and developer kit so we can go and create little games and apps of our very own (probably the reason microsoft are realeasing a mini-version of XNA for the public)

that's pretty much all i know

iregk

Linux will fit in as the underlying OS. The UI is just a graphical system that the user sees but this will all be controlled through Linux. Think of it as using your web browser on your windows operating system.

Blowfish

iregk wrote:

Linux will fit in as the underlying OS. The UI is just a graphical system that the user sees but this will all be controlled through Linux. Think of it as using your web browser on your windows operating system.

I doubt it, i'd say it's more likely to be a dual boot or some such. Sony have said that they want a full distro of linux, so you're gonna need far more than what they have shown in the UI.

Having all of the game code on top of a full distro would also be dangerous on Sony's part, as it would make it far more likely that the DRM will be overcome earlier on.

LookingFor

This is just the current dev kit UI. A more complete version was actually already shown at E3, including the web browser:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDqlNQf_nNo

Not all the functionality was active there, but it gives a better idea than the dev kit one.

Brianb8802

LookingFor wrote:

This is just the current dev kit UI. A more complete version was actually already shown at E3, including the web browser:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDqlNQf_nNo

Not all the functionality was active there, but it gives a better idea than the dev kit one.

I like it, the browser looks cool