Still that seems like an eternity ha ha. Now the only thing I require from Sony is information on the VR adapter for my PS4 camera.

I could have posted that the UI was okay but that would have been neither correct nor honest. I am actually the one that agreed with your remark, particularly the latter portions. I have read paragraphs where people were gushing over a title or device in a particular game, hitting 4K but such an achievement is at the end of the day not only a distraction but also quite worthless. I do not care for Digital Foundry for a host of reasons but I will give credit where it is due. The importance of 4K is not what it once was as developers begin to implement a host of techniques that not only provide a greater visual impact than higher resolution but also function at a much greater bang for the buck ratio. 4K as some sort of make or break goal needs to die. It is one thing to investigate the specifications of a title and then applaud the developers for a technical achievement. But employing it as some sort of make or break goal or attack where, once aware, it actually affects how you consider the enjoyment from a title is absurd to say the least. This is particularly applicable since most often the human eye is clueless as to the resolution of a game unless you are looking at comparisons with vastly different settings. In addition have never read or heard an excited gamer recalling a memorable session and they stating, "Remember that time we were running in 4k..." It isn't a takeaway or something that stays with us as a game memory weeks or years after we finish a title.

The reason I am bringing up 4K in this discussion is it has taken an undeserved front seat in defining next generation when in fact it should be sitting near the back or better still left standing at the bus stop. By comparison this UI that Sony has demonstrated is far more innovative and possesses the ability to impact gaming at its core to a vastly greater degree than a resolution bump. Several people in an attempt to downplay it have stated over the past few days they never bother with the UI once they are in the game. And that is true for a conventional UI but this engineering by Sony is anything but the norm. From the hints, to the completion cards, to the Friend's PIP it has to potential to alter how we game and the manner in which we spend our time in an ecosystem and do so at a far greater degree than mere resolution increases.

Sony has only scratched the surface but the framework is there for something that is going to define this generation long after resolution battles fade. As titles become ever more complicated this coming generation, the ability to hit 4K at an acceptable framerate will fade. Every time people have chosen to crow over resolution it has fallen short and this generation will be no different. Sony, while discussing it, is placing far less importance on 4K than MS and rightly so.

This UI however is not only sustainable but it will grow and expand in scope over the course of the generation and demonstrate itself to be truly forward thinking in the innovation department affecting gamers to a degree that it becomes a must have standard.

I was just pointing out how your post came across to me, I found it amusing but, completely on point. on to 4K, I agree as well. Frankly I am more impressed with Sony or a Developer optimizing and/or using a cleverly innovative or unique way of (optimizing resources) making games look and play amazing. and not something that is one off, something that is so innovative that it becomes a new standard of doing things across the industry. (and possibly bleeding into other industries) Sony really shines in this department.

@Yppupdam,

No issues :) I took it as simple observance and am well aware that sometimes when you are simply being honest it reads like PR.

You are spot on with regards with this bleeding into other industries. And it does demonstrate quite clearly that Sony was looking for a transmutation, a radical departure from a menu system that merely puts you into a game and you do not employ it again until you quit or answer a PM. This entire time no one was realizing how this was a wasted resource, an entire facet of the console was being wasted when it could be enhancing your game experience in such a positive manner.

ur definitely right, i think change is not always good or necessary but damn, if u get it right, it feels like heaven haha, especially in the gaming community

I am absolute agreement Sully and swoosh shouldn't ferl the least bit odd for his honest analysis. I appreciate that years ago Sony looked at the entire ecosystem that was to become the PS5 and said we have two choices. We can do what we were doing and go twice as hard, or we can go back to the drawing board, rip the drawing board off of the wall and rethink things from the creation and design stage. This UI is a sleeping monster. Once gamers get their hands on it I think the cry will become to add to it and for all titles to support it as fully as possible.

Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-

Timezone thing maybe.... RIP