First look: PlayStation 5’s next-generation user experience

PS5 UX features revealed: Control Center, Activities, Game Help, and more.

[Doge]

This is so damn pretty, intuitive, and hella smart. This is truly next-gen stuff!

JUST A FEW MORE WEEKS!

[SullysCigar]

It is gorgeous - worth the wait lol

I love how the UI is integrated right into the games, offering loads of info and even shortcuts to parts of the game.

[morganfell]

From the beginning it’s simply next generation and completely amazing. Everything about this is player focused and putting you deeper into the game and multiplying the experience you get from the title.

Also love the fact there are several features that cut the worthless game press right out of the equation.

[SullysCigar]

I'm loving speech to text messaging to your friends!

And Watching your friends play a game via picture-in-picture as you carry on playing your game is awesome - you can talk them through certain parts in their game as you grind in your own game, for example.

[xHeavYx]

Now people can stop cancelling their pre-orders /s

[morganfell]

@Sully,

There so many uses for that PIP mode. It’s just simple genius.

And to expound upon what is making some people angry, it’s great to get news directly from the publisher with no unwanted opinion filter in between you and them and it’s right to you PS5. Goodbye wasted clicks.

[SpadeX]

So glad PS Store is integrated now! Literally love all the new stuff and the UI is pure eyecandy!

[SullysCigar]

^ @morganfell, Yes I'm thinking the PIP just kinda made ANY game have an online splitscreen mode!

Monster Hunter with your mates, for example, suddenly became WAY cooler...!

[Sunny12345]

No more browsing powerpyx for trophy guides. Damn, after so long on ps4 this seems freaking amazing.

[darthv72]

Looks pretty good. I like the activities part that tells you what you missed and how long to complete.

[bouzebbal]

Store being integrated in the console OS.. Not an app anymore.. Great news!!!
Looks sleek, hi tech and smells next gen.. The help video and activity cards are going to be a big thing!

[morganfell]

I also love the HDR in the UI

https://wccftech.com/xbox-s...

[LordoftheCritics]

Oof is this sexy or what

[UltraNova]

Pretty nice and intuitive. It also runs at 4K HDR which is great.

Is the Series X UI really running at 1080p? I seem to remember DF confirming that. I wonder why, considering the system is more than capable to run at 4K.

[NEXUS-6]

The PIP of you mates game is going to be a winner, and the genuine hints on how to complete a level - or the progress of tasks. Top shelf effort from all involved.

[UnSelf]

the only feature im ambivalent about. I hardly use guides as it is, games shouldnt hold your hand

[Ju]

Well, I wonder if that also will let you use other apps in pip mode. Funny enough, XBox One had a sidebar initially. Is this still a thing there? Looks nicely integrated into the game (UI). I have a you tube stream running next to a game, often (damn ADD), but that would be kinda cool to have that on the big screen. Maybe this time it'll work. Hints can be nice at time, I had used youtube once in a while for a (parallel) walk through. Its kinda cool that the game now directly offers it. I am done with hard mode, done it long enough. Now I just want to enjoy the scenery and don't need the frustration of getting stuck especially with games with ridiculous save points which just makes me to never touch that game for months.

[NEXUS-6]

UnSelf - Don't use it, how easy was that?

[Obscure_Observer]

Game help feature is behind a paywall. :(

Other than that, cool new stuff. :)

[Christopher]

Things that actually cost money to host and provide costs money. I'd get it if these were just website or youtube links, but they're obviously tailored content for specific content.

It's 100% not the best option, but it's understandable considering what they're doing, IMHO.

Edit: Thinking about it, would be neat for them to hyperlink out to similar sources for help if you aren't a PS+ member. Would make the function not feel like it's just paywall material, but something they can provide in a browser even if you don't pay for it. Simple as sending the google search query of the game, the trophy/objective, and showing search results.

[NeoGamer232]

It was very interesting.

I wasn't sure whether I really liked it a lot or will find it annoying. One of the things I like about PS5 is how quickly and with less movement and clicks you can start a game. This UI seems to focus on activities. One side of me is keen on activities because they will (probably) help me get trophy completion up. The other side of me is annoyed that trophies will probably become easier for everyone to get and not require as much exploration on your own.

And I love how fast games loaded. Not sure if that was straight from start or not for Destruction All-Stars but it was blazing fast!

All that news and community stuff is just annoying to me... I game, I don't sit there and make gaming into a social activity. For me, gaming is me only time. But, that is just me being old school on gaming. I can see how the modern generation likes it.

[Bathyj]

Nothing wrong with being an antisocial gamer. I'm the same. Good thing is you don't have to use all that stuff but I must say all this integration is interesting.

[dumahim]

Yes, DA was a fresh launch. There's no indication the PS5 will have multiple game suspends.

[UnSelf]

agree with you on the trophy part.

i hate hand-holding in gaming

[SyntheticForm]

This is next gen's main UI.

And, it looks great.

[Muzikguy]

Definitely looks like a step forward from PS4. I like it

[RaidenBlack]

😲

[RaidenBlack]

The switch from Sackboy @ 7:14 to Destruction All Stars's splashcreen @ 7:15 to its SIE logo @ 7:24.
Just sayin' 😏 ⚡

[solideagle]

did they show multiple games running like resume feature? I think its so fast PS5 doesn't need it :)

[Christopher]

Nothing like that was shown. And, personally, I'm okay with that. I'm not hopping between games and it's a very low priority item for me in my UI.

I am 100% excited about the PiP feature for watching someone's stream while gaming, though.

[solideagle]

@Chritstopher
Thanks for replying, I am ok with it as well because I am single player gamer. was just curious that if I missed it.

[NXFather]

No, and they did not confirm any quick resume to all save locations either. They specifically said "some points". Until they show otherwise that means basic loading. Twice as fast as series x basics loading and and twice as slow as series x quick resume depending on game.

[Prem8tuaProcrastin8a]

@Christopher quick resume isn't about "hopping between games", it makes games you regularly play have virtually no loading times, even after the console is unplugged from the power outlet. It means if you use your console for anything other than playing 1 game at a time, and nothing else, you are straight into the games you want to play near enough instantly. Imagine this; you are playing cod campaign, and decide you want to watch some Netflix or youtube before bed, so you go to netflix, watch a movie, then power down and go to sleep. You go to work the next day, come home and fancy playing cod again, so you power up the XSX and are instantly back exactly where you were in cod, like you paused the game. That is seriously convenient and is just 1 example of how it can be used.

[Christopher]

@Prem8tuaProcrastin8a:

What I replied to: "did they show multiple games running like resume feature?"

I think I answered their question.

[mrsolidsteel20]

Interesting. It's pretty damn fast and I love this percentage feature.

[PaleMoonDeath]

Crisp, clean and more than I expected honestly. Good solid UI, I already prefer it to the PS4's.

[Christopher]

Yeah. At this day and time of them saying nothing, I fully expected it to just be the same UI we have on PS4. About time we get to see this and I like more than a few things about it.

[Relientk77]

Damn this looks nice! Worth the wait. I love all the thought Sony put into the UX.

[Redemption-64]

Personally I like what I see. Wanted them to talk more about the create button.

[dumahim]

I hope you can change the function of the button so I can just hit it once to do a screenshot like before.

[morganfell]

No doubt this is going to be a weekly feed heading into the launch. Create likely gets its own video along with media, friends lists, navigation of console settings, etc.

[StoneyYoshi]

It probably is one press for the menu they show. hold for screenshot and double press for record. or you can change them up like on PS4.

[RazzerRedux]

Looks great

[Levii_92]

Sick !! Love it. :))

[Greg2801]

Watching your friends gameplay while still playing your own game looked sick!!

[purple101]

Killzone avatar spotted.

[Storm23]

That avatar has been around for years...but I hope it is a little hint to a new game in the series (Hopefully with the weight and tone of Killzone 2).

[ziggurcat]

That's a PS3 era avatar.

@storm:

I don't think it's hinting at a new Killzone.

[Storm23]

I don’t think it is either but man I hope it is a hint

[AspiringProGenji]

Fire 🔥 🔥🔥

[Mr_cheese]

Finally :0

[Snake-eater]

Thats is some slick interface ; )

[I_am_Batman]

I probably won't ever use half the features they've shown. I like the separation of the games and media apps on the homescreen though. The integration of the PS Store into the UI also seems like a good change to me. It's hard to judge just by looking at it. Gotta try it out and see how it feels.

[dumahim]

Yep, same. Still pretty though.

[Hakuoro]

It's so fast with the SSD I bet you end up using them more than you expect.

[I_am_Batman]

It's not about the speed. Those social features aren't really for me. I just don't see a reason to watch my friends play a game while I'm playing a different game myself. To be honest I don't see much of a reason to watch my friends play a game period. I'm mostly playing in incognito mode, because I don't want people to send me messages and invites all the time.

I might check the gamehelp feature out when I'm stuck on some challenge map for a long time, but usually I am to stubborn to search for tips and want to figure everything out myself.

[Hakuoro]

It's not limited to social stuff, it's being able to bring up hints to games with out having to use a second device and all the other features.

I also could care less about watching people on my friends list play games but being able to see tips with out having to use a second device I already know will be useful or going directly into other games or parts of games or features will definitely be used.

I stand by my statement I bet you use the features more than you expect once you see how useful they are and how fast and easy they work.

[Sniperwithacause]

Some would call that being anti-social. Lol

[I_am_Batman]

They'd be wrong.

[DarXyde]

Very sleek. A natural evolution of the PS4 UI. Really digging the PIP mode.

[BigBosss]

looks so smooth and slick! I love it :D

[mark3214uk]

Love it, cant wait till next month

[Father__Merrin]

This beats the UI on xbox and the UI on any PC game app.. Looks so slick and next gen crammed with community features

[Sitdown]

My gosh, why let Microsoft have so much mind space? Can you not just simply enjoy this UI that you have yet to experience/control for yourself.

[StoneyYoshi]

This is better than I had even imagined!

[nickanasty206]

"Today we are finally going to give you a preview of the playstation user experience". LOL.....About fing time! Happy they FINALLY showed this today. WOW finally the UI lets you see who is online much easier like the Xbox Dashboard, i love it! For some reason i have always been more partial to the XBOX Dashboard, but this UI i shaping up to be exactly what i wanted out of this next gen move on PS5! This is great! Also, finally get in progress status of Trophies which XBOX has had for quite some time, much needed facelift for the PS UI. The Trophy help side by side feature is incredible too! Really like where this is headed.

[SullysCigar]

^ Richard Leadbetter of Digital Foundry, is that you??

[solideagle]

hahaha that made me laugh...

[nickanasty206]

Its a great dashboard, what can i say?! And yes this is Richard.

[SullysCigar]

^ lmfao, I KNEW it!

Good sport, sir!

[The Wood]

Good sport for real.

Everyone likes a good sport

[SamTheGamer]

You speak like Digital Foundry. Are you one of them?

[nickanasty206]

Haha, no just an avid gamer my friend! Just love all games. Just like all of you, waiting for information to trickle in on the new consoles. Can't get enough of this stuff, super excited for next gen. Cheers! We are weeks away from some great new experiences! Enjoy. PS - Would gladly take Richards job though to have early access to those consoles and his paycheck.

[Hakuoro]

The xbox UI is a cluttered mess and they bombard it with ads.

If you look at the original tile design for the xbox and go through the revisions they CLEARLY put effort into making it look and function more like the PlayStation 4's UI over time.

[nickanasty206]

I guess its just more of what i am used to at this point if what you are saying is true, since i really only use my Playstation for exclusives, then play all my third party games on my Xbox and PC, mainly because that is where all my buddies play.

[RaiderNation]

I think my favorite new feature is cross-game chatting with someone and being able to watch their gameplay via picture-in-picture while you play your game.

[nickanasty206]

Super cool feature!

[StoneyYoshi]

Yeah those new party features are giving me a Discord vibe. People talk about how they will never use this stuff but I said the same thing about discord but now discord is one of the best social platforms around right now and love using it.

[Sitdown]

My gosh, can you please not feel the need to compare?

[nickanasty206]

I mean isn't that how any objective learning is done? From comparing what we currently had to what we are going to be getting? I suppose if it was up to you there would never be any new features on any product, because it sounds like you prefer not comparing old to the new. I mean doesn't that defeat the purpose of any new product? Seems like you may need to "Sitdown" on your comment.

[Sunny_D]

Lol considering the new Xbox UI is looking more like the PS4 UI, I don't think you have any room to talk lmao.

[nickanasty206]

Sounds like you don't have an xbox to compare to your ps4? Been on an Xbox Dashboard build that the new PS5 interface really looks to resemble is all i am saying. Its not a bad thing, i am just noting the similarities between Xbox and PS5 as far as their UI goes. The UI is nice is all i am saying. Not trying to be controversial here. Be happy to show you what i am talking about if i could just upload some damned screenshots here.

[CaptainHenry916]

Wow this is a true next-gen User Interface

[S2Killinit]

Holly crap! They thought of everything! Superb

[SullysCigar]

500 million views on YouTube in less than 30 minutes lol

[solideagle]

you meant 500 thousand not million lol

[SullysCigar]

OMFG lol

I typed half a million and changed it. Badly, as it turns out! lol

[dumahim]

eh? I only see 489 thousand.

[SullysCigar]

It's been frozen on the web page since it was at 85k likes.

[mania568]

what we find out from the video
-in-game activity progress percentages, trophies % without entering a different app, watch friends game or watch how to proceed in a game you are stuck without a PC, both can be viewed in pause mode or while you play seeing both screens for easier access (friends gameplay you can, not sure if walkthroughs work that way but you can resume where you paused with a button).
- you can touch a activity from a game and go there right away instead of you going there yourself, saving time.
-Games tell you how much time in average a person needs to do a activity which is very welcome to gamers with low free time.
-Send pictures to groups so you can share/get advice from people who played the game.
-You can send messages with voice instead of typing it as dualsense comes with microphone.
-up to 4k screenshots and video that you can edit (is this new?)
-jump to a games activities even from the menu (no need to boot the game first to see activities)
-PlayStation Store is now "fully integrated" into PS5, meaning no delay when you access it
and they said they had more to share.

[thornh]

Another 8+ million view Youtube video from Sony...

[StormSnooper]

Ok. That. Is. Awesome.

Love it. Integrated store, speech to text, screen share! all of it. Looks sleek af

[gold_drake]

that was amazing omg!!

the pic-in-pic thing? impressive as hell

the switch from sackboy to the other game? fast as fk

even the ingame pic in pic from another user omfg!!

im sure it will take a while to get used to it all but damn, they have outdone themselves this time around.

[boing1]

They nailed it. I love it. No bs, just direct and easy access to everything you need. Switch from PS4 will be painless and extremely pleasant. Only a month!!!

[sourOG]

Looks awesome I’m hyped. Kinda bummed they didn’t go into the store at all but just being integrated into the console instead of the app is a really good start.

[Hakuoro]

Well there are probably games and things they can't or don't want to show yet.

[sourOG]

Yeah maybe but that’s why you don’t wait so long to show UI. But like I said, the integrations means it will be quick and I’m happy about that. Let’s just hope it’s organized and you don’t have to scroll through 800 promotions and ads to find what you are looking for. I never understood why they make it harder for people to buy things lol. They definitely don’t care about impulse buys that’s for sure. We’ll see though, I’m optimistic.

[DragonWarrior19]

Yeah, I think I care more about how the storefront will look vs what we have than the UI itself. Home screen is clean though, it will give so much real estate to themes.

[sourOG]

UI looks amazing. I have no issue there. Bringing the bar to the bottom was a great idea because it won’t block the themes.

[Kahana]

Hopefully they've kept folders. With Sony you never know if you might have to wait a year or two for features to be re-added

[Christopher]

Uh... Sony went into PS4 with so many features and added so many more in the first two years, that they ended up having nothing else to add the last 3-4 years because there was no catching up to do. Your view of them feels way off. But, hey, you're allowed your opinion.

[Kahana]

Bit of a sony fan myself despite the disagrees but folders were 2016, console released 2013, would rather not wait 3 years this time! Playing games off usb hard drives in PS4 and not being able to use menu in-game on PS3 at the start come to mind. Never had an xbox but remember they had the blade thing at the time!

[Christopher]

Oh, I get that. But your statement of about features being re-added seemed below the belt considering how much they added from the get-go. It's like you're ignoring everything they had before they added in folders, which were automated and not user-controlled on the PS3 entirely so not the same thing either.

All those other things you listed? Those were new features. They weren't items previously had on older consoles and suddenly added back in. I hope you see the difference there compared to your original statement.

[DJStotty]

Very neat. I like the screen share feature where you can watch what your friends are playing whilst playing your game.

[CrimsonWing69]

Picture-in-Picture would be great for trophy hunters. Like bust that open to watch a collectibles guide or something instead of having to pause the game and watch a YouTube vid on a computer.

Very cool feature!

[System_Call]

Exactly!!!

Is avery nice feature. For example, I was trying to collect all barrels in The Last Guardian and everytine I had to stop and look on my celphone for the next barrel.

With PS5, no more of that. I can do it without ever leaving the game.

[StormSnooper]

So with the PIP we get online split-screen with every game. THAT JUST DAWNED ON ME

[Bronbron92]

This looks great can’t wait to explore all this and see what else comes within it go PlayStation!

[Christopher]

They didn't show it, but I hope they didn't get rid of the option to use the gyroscopes for typing by motion when sending messages. I'm not a fan of talking to things, but I am a huge fan of the gyroscope text entry option on PS4.

[StoneyYoshi]

The option is to the left of the dictation button. Also shows you can quickly switch to that gyroscope option by just pressing in L3+R3.

[Christopher]

I missed that. Thank you.

[SamTheGamer]

Ahh! Beautiful.. 😍🥳

[Aussiesummer]

The inbuilt spoiler alert for shared content is genius, well it is sony after all.

[thesoftware730]

Excellent UI, I never liked the X Media bar.

This look very clean and has great features. I really love the activities for Trophy hunting.

[Elda]

This came out of nowhere!! I love what I see so far!! I like that the resolution of everything displayed in & a part of the UI is bright,sharp & vivid. This really looks next-gen. God willing my pre-order will come through as plan & I'll be picking the PS5 up Nov 12th!!

[talocaca]

That was surprisingly impressive.

I was just expecting new colors and animations and we got a complete Net-Gen overhaul.

I love the info for completionists, the way you can chat with the dualsense's mic and how you can see your friends play using PIP.

Truly well thought out.

[System_Call]

What I loved

Clean
Fast
Next gen
Integrated tips and news
PIP
PSN store is OS integrated and not an app.
Able to talk to the integrated DS mic rather writing on searched.
Chat with DS mic.
Spoiler alerts 📢

[potatoseal]

I've never usede 'voice' commands or 'voice to text' in my entire ife on anything. But you bet your A I'm going to type messages with the speaker that's built in on the DualSense controller just using my voice. Gonna be so much easier and faster

[C-H-E-F]

Am I the only one that noticed we don't have to close the app when switching games now? This is all sleek, I love the trophy (help) system, this is a game changer. As a former trophy hunter, i'm def. coming out of retirement (Mile Morales) will be the first of many next generation, it's only fitting because Spider Man was my last plat.

[DivineHand125]

This is an interesting design for the interface that is a little more complex than the Xbox so newcomers may feel intimidated at first but once they get used to it, they may not want to go back to the one on PS4. This we have learned today are:

1) Each game will have tiles for each level that you start with completion progress.
2) Some level will show video hints that can be pinned on the screen or in a side by side view.
3) You can now join parties without leaving the game screen as it now appears as a small tile on the corner of the screen.
4) You can now share your screen with your party members and other players can pin the shared screen to a corner and watch while they do their own thing.
5) Joining your friend's games are now faster thanks to the SSD.
6) You can now capture screenshots without leaving the game and it seems you can also edit them.
7) The store is now integrated into the home screen to allow for faster access to the content.
8) You can now use voice to text for messages to spend less time typing with a controller.
9) The ps5 can protect you from spoilers that may be potentially shared by your first.

I would like to know if you can now transfer captured files to your other devices such as your phone.

[StoneyYoshi]

"I would like to know if you can now transfer captured files to your other devices such as your phone."

I would hope they do this since they are coming out with a whole redone PS app for the phones. Thats one thing i like about the Xbox companion app on phones. You can easily access any of your screenshots or recordings from your phone instead of having to start a remote session to show stuff to friends when you are away from home.

[Good-Smurf]

Looks so clean and colorful I loving the new UI already.
My jaw dropped at the resume speed,so damn fast but oh so smooth.

[Rimeskeem]

This is what a UI should be, sleek, intuitive, and fast. Well done sony

[Ghostbob]

This is what a next-gen UI should be it's quick Smoove and looks amazing with a future set of features.

[ironmonkey]

Man im loving this.

[Imortus_san]

Much better then the PS4 that's for sure.

[SpinalRemains138]

So different. Looks great.

[victorMaje]

Beautiful.
Simple, smart & practical. That feature that gives you an idea of time to complete is brilliant!

I love it.
Come on Amazon get more stock already!

[potatoseal]

Simply amazing in every way.

[StormSnooper]

They’ve really outdone themselves here.

[Mr_Luke]

No, really.. i couldn't wait to get my console and now it's going to be even harder :( This will be the longest month i've ever experienced :P (a bit joking, a bit no, i'm really looking forward to use it!).

And i want to try one of those DualSense, i still can't completely figure out how they will "feel" while playing. Good that Astro Playroom (whatever the name was) is there to show me :D

[jlove4life]

This is borderline criminal almost torture I watched ps5 event thinking preorders were next day they went live early and still don't have one preordered UI features look amazing I hope i can get my hand on this at launch

[Symtar]

I like it a lot NOICE!!!!

[Bleucrunch]

watched it in 4k...it looks GREAT.

[purple101]

There not messing around with features.

While remaining somewhat familiar to PS4 users with each game getting a "more indepth info" screen by pressing down on road whilst hovering over said game.

Overall. It's going to be fast.. REAL FAST.

As someone said. 7.14mins sacboy. Into destruction all-stars. 7.15mins

Yaal Better believe.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Sleeker than Grays ice magic and I'm proud of saying that.

[kayoss]

Laughing my butt off. Sack boy is sleeping while hes talking.
However, can we delete multiple friends?

[ziggurcat]

Very nice. Can't wait to get my hands on this console.

[chiefJohn117]

Looks like a fusion of PS4 theme and Xbox one theme.... Kinda like the controller was lol

[S2Killinit]

Why is this article behind the digital foundary version on N4G?

[S2Killinit]

On a day like this I miss Rainslacker ‘s input.

[SullysCigar]

Same.

[Mithan]

They did a great job.

[UnHoly_One]

I get that everyone here loves PlayStation and I’m admittedly an Xbox guy primarily, but this looks like a convoluted mess to me. Are you guy legitimately impressed by this or are you just displaying your fanboy?

Bringing up the in game guide is a series of giant icons that go off the side of the screen, with like 10 smaller icons below that to access other features. Meanwhile the actual Home Screen has a few icons on top and it’s 90 percent wasted space.

I’ve never been a fan of PS UI design, but my god it’s like they keep getting worse each gen.

[majiebeast]

Haha meanwhile microsoft copy pasted the PS4 UI.

[UnHoly_One]

lol what? The Xbox UI is nothing like the PS4 UI.

[StoneyYoshi]

"Are you guy legitimately impressed by this or are you just displaying your fanboy?"

We have our opinion just like yours. Just because it looks "convoluted" to you doesn't mean it looks convoluted to all of us. Remember the mess of a UI Xbox One had? Now THAT was a convoluted mess.

Im not here saying the UI is perfect. Theres definitely a few things I would like for them to change, and they plan to improve it based on our feedback just like MS spent all this gen to get their UI to its current state. But this is convoluted?? No.

Can you not just accept that a good majority of people on this thread like the UI and you just lost your way and ended up on this page? There is a Xbox UI post on N4G somewhere... you can go be proud about your preference over there.

[UnHoly_One]

Why are you taking such offense to a differing opinion? I buy Playstations, too. I came here to watch the video just like everyone else.

Of course everyone has their own opinion, and of course I don't expect everyone to agree.

I just watched the video and when I went down to the comments I was surprised to see universal praise. I was expecting a more middling reaction.

Sorry if my original comment seemed too aggressive, I was legitimately shocked and it probably came out sounding wrong.

Not everything has to be a fight.

[StoneyYoshi]

"Why are you taking such offense to a differing opinion? I buy Playstations, too. I came here to watch the video just like everyone else.
Of course everyone has their own opinion, and of course I don't expect everyone to agree.
I just watched the video and when I went down to the comments I was surprised to see universal praise. I was expecting a more middling reaction.
Sorry if my original comment seemed too aggressive, I was legitimately shocked and it probably came out sounding wrong.
Not everything has to be a fight."

Im not offended by your comment, nor am I trying to fight and argue. Your comment came off like you were trying to stir the pot and thats what I replied with. No hard feelings here bud and no need to apologize... we are all here for the love of gaming and the excitement for next gen! Honestly I was also quite shocked by the amount of positive comments in this thread.

Ive just been hearing so many people use the word convoluted to describe this UI and I don't think most people understand what convoluted means. Most people use it because thats what they hear someone else say when they describe the systems UI.

[rlow1]

Impressive, truly cool features.

[jznrpg]

It is improved by a large margin more than I could have imagined . Cool stuff

[Prem8tuaProcrastin8a]

Interesting to see sony implement the much mocked "snap" feature from the old xbox one ui. Admittedly, with those jaguar cores it didn't work quite as well as intended on xb1, and thanks to the new cpu it will no doubt work much better on ps5, but interesting to see them implement the feature nonetheless. The "command centre" also looks remarkably like the "guide menu" the nxoe brought to xb1 in 2016. I'm not saying it's 1 way btw, I mean XSX has a share button ffs, but it's interesting to see which features each platform decides to make their own version of and which they don't.

[RickRoland]

Microsoft advertised Snap with Internet Explorer. "Now I can race in Forza while browsing the web, or watch ESPN!". Disjointed non-gamer sludge. Sony is using it primarily as a way to connect with friends playing their own games....OR Hints/Trophy information for your current game you're playing. Entirely different than Snap and gamer focused.

[ocelot07]

Oh wow that's amazing. So simple so clean and that picture in picture mode is going to be used a hell of a lot by me.