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Possible Future For The XMB?

BigPete7978 of PlayStationLifeStyle.net writes:

"This is by no means an official announcement from Sony or anything to that nature. But it doesn't mean that it isn't one hell of an idea from a friend of mine that has been working on this idea for quite some time. His name is Azuske, and the idea is relatively simple. We already can fully customize how our icons look within the themes that we implement, but what about a fully customizable user interface? Give the user complete control over what they want as an interface. This would not only create more customization available to the user, but it would give PS3 owners more of a sense of ownership. The full discussion and pics follow:"

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CrippleH6429d ago

Basically he wants the XMB to have full appearance mods. Like changing the theme to 3D, rearrange stuff the way you want them, mod the looks.

Not a bad idea. I like that 3D psp look.

PoSTedUP6429d ago (Edited 6429d ago )

i like taking pictures of ingame gameplay and putting it up as my wall paper, like for instance i took a pic of a wolf in MGS4 and put it up as my wall paper and it was photo realistic too btw. right now i have an ingame shot of motorstormPR and im loving it. it would be cool if i could put the cover to my favorite album as the music icon and like a ps3 controller for the games icon etc...

joydestroy6429d ago

yup, great idea. would be nice if it got used.

Elimin86429d ago (Edited 6429d ago )

How's about adding some text colors... some of the text are quite hard to read based on the background image on display. It would be nice to have it kinda like the psp's. if it is on there can someone tell me how to do so....

Danja6429d ago

This is a pretty cool idea..and Sony should really take this into consideration....

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wwedx6429d ago

its really cool but knowing sonw i think they will never do that

Rob0g0rilla6429d ago (Edited 6429d ago )

Instead of being forced into a new interface but I doubt it'll happen.

Sony just needs to give us more in-game xmb features, let us use our custom xmb while in-game, and make our gamer cards load faster. They load way too slow. It would also be nice if they added something like this.

http://img144.imageshack.us...

Looks a lot cleaner.

This even looks better.
http://img91.imageshack.us/...

But I don't think people with SDTVs would be able to read that.

LinuxGuru6429d ago (Edited 6429d ago )

Yes. They really need to adjust the positions of the clock / battery level and the PSN notifications. I have no idea why they didn't notice that before.

Above - Second image link broken

micro_invader6429d ago

I like how the battery of the controller and time is displayed in th your first link. Pretty nifty.

But I don't see it happening. I mean, if you're going to change the whole interface, there's bound to see some sort of programming involved. There has to be limits.

mercenarie6429d ago

should let us do it, the first and second concept looks great.

chaosatom6429d ago (Edited 6429d ago )

And a pretty cool idea.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot65d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle65d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7765d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer74d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde72d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy72d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12572d ago (Edited 72d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7773d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga73d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit73d ago (Edited 73d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199273d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga73d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac72d ago (Edited 72d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman72d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger73d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box73d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion72d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7273d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7573d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit73d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14973d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7773d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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