I love the XMB but many are complaining that it boring and just bare. I always ask if they want the 360 OS with "flashcards system" you know how it looks. Anyway theses are some things I think should be added or changed.
1.Upgrade the XMB sound
I think each category (the horizontal menus ie. setting, video)should make a sound as you scroll offer them that is not the usually click. When you press left to exit an item there should also be a different sound than the click. Triangle to bring up a menu should make a sound as well.
2. Upgrade PSN visually
I think that when ever you select a category it should highlight so if you go over music the entire music section should be highlighted. When you press triangle the menu should come rise up or come out from the side not just appear. Make the category bigger so they stick out.
3.Update PSN features
I am not one that wants X-game chat or party system but Sony did use those features in PS Home so they have it working already. Group chat and Groups should be Sony's X-game chat and party system. There are more features.
4. revamp the PSN store
I hate the current PS store lay out. just change it
5.Changed the in-game XMB
If we can't use the setting, video, or Internet category's we don't need them taking up ram slowing down the in-game XMB. I think the PS button should go straight to you message list or Friends list.
6.Make PSN feel more like a social network.
Make profiles more like actually profiles with more information, dress the profiles up.
7.
Get rid of the current friends list and make the profiles the friends list. right now you get this little thing that shows name,trophies level, and game playing and it feels bare so get rid of them and use the actually profiles card.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Great points, agree with them all. Especially the in-game XMB. Really, I only need Quit game and Friends. Don't even need that huge list of games I've got from PSN because you have to quit to re-launch them anyway.
Good blog.
i just want it to be fast in game so i can send people annoying messages lol
I'd like to see a graphical overhaul. I like the way it works, but it's very bland.
I'd also like to have the option to hide/disable menu items during the game to speed up loading. I never start a game from within another game, and I'm sure loading up a 100 different game/demo icons doesn't help.
Something like this would be pretty sweet...
http://community.us.playsta...
I turned the sound off on the xmb, it was annoying me.
Steamworks on Portal 2 has chat. All you do is press select. It appears instantly (unlike the PS3 chat). I'd like to see Sony use this and have a news tab so we can see the Playstation Blog updates easily.