PlayStation 5 - Now with FAQ in OP.

EoinMcLovin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TBPrYJDoDE

Retr0gamer

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Digital foundry write-up on the UI:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2020-a-first-look-at-the-ps5-user-interface

As teasing as it is, I think this slow-drip feed of info actually makes the launch lead-up more interesting. Whether that was Sony’s strategy all-along or a panicked one, I couldn’t say :pac:

Take XMB

Nuke it from orbit

Already your UI is 200% better.

RedXIV

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Digital foundry write-up on the UI:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2020-a-first-look-at-the-ps5-user-interface

In the first paragraph:

Sony may well have pulled this out of the bag with today's new State of Play, concentrating on the much-anticipated PlayStation 5 user interface

All I'm thinking is, how the hell did I miss a new state of play?!

earthwormjack

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

[YOUUBE]7TBPrYJDoDE[/YOUTUBE]

Some nice features in there, but that main home screen looks awful I think. Looks pretty quick though, which is good.

markcahill1985

mmerton365 wrote:

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Woohoo

CastorTroy

So it gives an estimate of how long to complete something? I'm guessing a lot will depend on devs again.
I wonder if they include actual playtime?

quokula

Nice to finally see some actual proper forward looking innovations, rather than all the boring videos of old games running at a higher framerate that had been the focus up to now in a lot of next gen coverage.

FedoraTheAura

Looks way too busy. Hoping that’s just how I first felt about the PS4 UI and I’ve just forgotten...

The speed alone will be welcome though. No more waiting around for a button press you inputted 10 seconds ago to show on screen.

Zero-Cool

CastorTroy wrote: »

So it gives an estimate of how long to complete something? I'm guessing a lot will depend on devs again.
I wonder if they include actual playtime?

Like will Demon's Souls Completion ETA just say "Git Good"? Some really nice little functions like the insta game tips on the quest but looks like devs will have extra work to fill these things out.

The built in mic on controller along with voice dictation to send a message is so usefull, hate writing messages on PS4.

The cards thing looks like it will get messy, will really need to see an actual user with multiple games/apps to see that functioning properly.

The PSN store built into the homepage is very clever.

Overall looks good but there was a lot of fluff he had to scroll through. Hope you can customize to get rid of half that ****.

martyos121

If they retained the same UI as the PS4 and completely eradicated the menu lag, that would've done for me tbh.

An awful lot going on in those menus, would need to get hands on with it to make a proper judgment but it looks like a pain to navigate.

Creamy Goodness

only watched a few minutes of it, I'd like to play around with it myself before casting judgement. there's an awful lot of cruft that I ignore on the ps4 ui that would be a selling point to Sony and what they want people to use. this ps5 ui looks like it has a similar amount of cruft but hopefully it'll be as easy to ignore.

shrewdness

Not too sure what to make of it yet other than the fact it seems really fast, which is great of course. I'll wait to see what it's like myself when I get the console. It's a user interface so it'll obviously look different for everyone. The amount of cards etc. does look very busy, but I'd be shocked if there wasn't some sort of customisation possible there.

There was alot of Sackboy activities on show here, I wonder if you could just have 3/4 for 3/4 different games and be able to switch in and out of them with speed, similar to the Xbox quick resume. We seen a switch between a couple of games here but I wonder what the limit is with that.

The level of interaction with friends online seems pretty cool also.

TitianGerm

shrewdness wrote: »

Not too sure what to make of it yet other than the fact it seems really fast, which is great of course. I'll wait to see what it's like myself when I get the console. It's a user interface so it'll obviously look different for everyone. The amount of cards etc. does look very busy, but I'd be shocked if there wasn't some sort of customisation possible there.

There was alot of Sackboy activities on show here, I wonder if you could just have 3/4 for 3/4 different games and be able to switch in and out of them with speed, similar to the Xbox quick resume. We seen a switch between a couple of games here but I wonder what the limit is with that.

The level of interaction with friends online seems pretty cool also.

Someone else mentioned on the Xbox thread that quick resume won't be something you can avail of if you're using disks. That's not something I even considered before reading it.

shrewdness

TitianGerm wrote: »

Someone else mentioned on the Xbox thread that quick resume won't be something you can avail of if you're using disks. That's not something I even considered before reading it.

Jesus yeah didn't even think of that to be honest. I pre-ordered a disk version but the majority of the games I got in the last few years would be digital, I just like to have the option of trading in games or getting them 2nd hand on the cheap.

If there's a quick resume type feature I'd probably only use it between 2/3 games, like if I was playing a single player game but having the option to jump into a multiplayer game like COD/FIFA if friends were online.

Mr.Fantastic

Not totally enamoured by the UI, Echo the other sentiments here just seems very busy. The responsiveness seems pretty good though, not a fan of the card things.

Seems geared towards twitch et al, which I have no interest in really.

GhostyMcGhost

martyos121 wrote: »

If they retained the same UI as the PS4 and completely eradicated the menu lag, that would've done for me tbh.

An awful lot going on in those menus, would need to get hands on with it to make a proper judgment but it looks like a pain to navigate.

less is more... as they say

could be worse, didn't see just dance

padair

shrewdness wrote: »

Jesus yeah didn't even think of that to be honest. I pre-ordered a disk version but the majority of the games I got in the last few years would be digital, I just like to have the option of trading in games or getting them 2nd hand on the cheap.

If there's a quick resume type feature I'd probably only use it between 2/3 games, like if I was playing a single player game but having the option to jump into a multiplayer game like COD/FIFA if friends were online.

I thought the games are installed from disk onto the machine and then it is played from ssd

Lord Spence

I have both PS5 and Xbox pre ordered and I am mainly an xbox player but I must admit i'm loving what sony showed today, the tips and quests to complete is a brilliant feature especially for the younger ones and the people who don't have as much time for gaming. The built in Mic is a great feature too. Loving any new innovation something which MS has disappointed me with. The series x feels like when I went from a Xbox One to Xbox One X, nothing new but everything will look a bit nicer.

CastorTroy

The UI just isn't the same without the Singstar icon. I think all PS UIs need it.

TitianGerm

padair wrote: »

I thought the games are installed from disk onto the machine and then it is played from ssd

You need the disk in the console to activate the license.

padair

TitianGerm wrote: »

You need the disk in the console to activate the license.

Yes but the game is played from the ssd, so the quick resume feature works for disk games

TitianGerm

padair wrote: »

Yes but the game is played from the ssd, so the quick resume feature works for disk games

Not if you have your games on disk because you'll have to switch disks to verify each license.

Mr Crispy

There was a "Customise" button in the bottom right, so it should be possible to make it all look less busy.

padair

TitianGerm wrote: »

Not if you have your games on disk because you'll have to switch disks to verify each license.

True

All I want is to turn it on and see my games in a grid or list. I don't really care about the rest of it, i'm not interested in notifications or sharing or trophies or "what's new" or any of that.

What they're showing there looks awful (to me) however I will reserve judgement because it's possible that I can just disable or ignore a lot of it.

Wing126

Not sure how I feel about it, excited to get my hands on it either way. I'll learn to put up with it one way or the other haha.

A lot of features I'll never use, like the party stuff, the news features and the media section. The game guides sounds like a great idea though, I could definitely make use of that.

I hope they have trophy tracking as rumoured/leaked a couple weeks ago, but I feel like they would have shown that off.

shrewdness

Wing126 wrote: »

I hope they have trophy tracking as rumoured/leaked a couple weeks ago, but I feel like they would have shown that off.

On the part with the cards where they were showing activities etc, there were a couple of trophy cards which showed a % progress.

Riesen_Meal

I actually enjoyed that, loves a good UI me...

Potential-Monke

Only had a quick look but I'll echo others, looks very busy. As long as I can put all that stuff into a folder to be completely ignored, I'll be happy.

TheIrishGrover

TitianGerm wrote: »

Someone else mentioned on the Xbox thread that quick resume won't be something you can avail of if you're using disks. That's not something I even considered before reading it.

Huh. Yeah, never thought of that. But these days, with such large day-one downloads, disks are practically just license keys.