Watch a video of the PS3 interface, pretend it's you

by Nick Doerr { Aug 22nd 2006 at 9:00AM }

This is a pretty neat video to watch. Not for the narration or the visuals, but to just picture yourself browsing through the deep blue... XMB (cross media bar). IGN got permission to show off the PS3 menu system and you know what? It's kind of bland. Bland does not mean bad, however. It is extremely user friendly and incredibly simple to navigate (both in game and out). Near the end of the video, we're told we can customize our wallpaper and whatnot. Give the thing a little more flavor. It's good, though. Some of us don't like big, flashy bubbly menus and worthless accessories in our interface. It's a man's interface! Right? Maybe not.

Don't be fooled by the video -- the resolution (at least from this laptop) was pretty bad, so most of the icons seemed very pixelated. The final version we get to play with will be a lot sharper, unless you cross your eyes. Basically, ignore the visual aspect of the video and focus on the ease of navigation, which isn't necessarily hampered by the poor video quality (at least, from this laptop). Watch the video, share your thoughts, but again, it is boring visually because you haven't had the chance to spice it up and personalize it.

Tags: Cross Media Bar, CrossMediaBar, IGN, Playstation 3, Playstation3, PS3, Sony, XMB

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Paul @ Aug 22nd 2006 9:50AM

Ehh, its a UI. Its fine. Nothing special, but it doesnt need to be anything special... I do have to give credit to microsoft because the 360 interface is very good. But I think this one will be just fine too.

Wrecluse @ Aug 22nd 2006 11:18AM

Write a Blog on the PS3 interface, pretend it's NEW?

Silver R. Wolfe @ Aug 22nd 2006 3:04PM

@Paul

I agree, it's a fine UI.

Personally, I think the 360 UI is fine out of games, but having that big blade come in when you hit the home button, isn't the neatest way to call up your UI during play.

I very muchly prefer what the PS3's UI is doing here. Darkening the screen a little and bringing up the whole UI on top of the screen without having to call up any of those big blades. As flashy? No, but still gets the job done and looks good while doing it.

luke @ Aug 22nd 2006 11:24PM

Nice UI. When is this available on the market here in Asia? I have tried 360 and its so cool.

AL7AIR @ Aug 23rd 2006 7:59PM

Blades or Xross Media Bar: If it fits the system I don't care how it looks.

@ps3fanboy
Why not link to the E3 video of the interface demo which looks way more complete then this one from a devkit?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7247017621735985253