The PlayStation 5 User Experience: Quick Look

[@eudymonia]

Doing a quick look of a UI and Brad still somehow manages to die.

[@bradleys8649]

This ui is super clean, Really loving the design of it

[@pauldawson5418]

I guess it's kinda randomly asking but do anyone know of a good website to watch new series online ?

[@karl8538]

The 'showing demos as if it's the full game' thing is also true for the PS4 UI and is super weird.

[@JeskidoYT]

Steam has this issue too

[@shawklan27]

I can't even purchase watch dogs 2 because of this!

[@face76]

Because they are mostly likely the whole game of the demo.

[@cartermahoney7349]

And PS now game. They just take over the whole thing

[@laconian502]

The "Copying" time isn't applying a patch, it's decompressing. It's unfortunate that you can't choose to send the uncompressed (or much more lightly compressed) files if you're on a fast enough internet connection. This is also why it's usually better not to preload a Steam game if you have good internet.

[@Peanut_Arbuckle]

I wonder if themes are gonna be a thing on the PS5. I have a Rez theme on my PS4 that I really like. It would be a shame if I couldn't get something similar on my PS5

[@JrR07]

They might add themes later on

[@insinergy_DDD]

For now probably not

[@Hamood113]

@Pablo Montes Gaspar why not? Themes are great

[@phydomir909]

Seems like a lot of minor "Why would they do it this way" things. Doesn't really take anything away from the game experience but is just annoying. As an inverted gamer i do like the console wide invert Y axes setting.

[@kylemartin8804]

With UI it’s something that you will have for the next 8 years or so. Small things add up. I definitely expect them to have to fix a lot of these issues. Friends and save data shouldn’t be so hard to access.

[@diondrathomas2058]

A bunch of ungrateful ass ppl nowdays...cherry picking any minor issue they can see...just be a freakin gamer for once in shut up.

[@bradleybindle6428]

Brad “Cold Boot” Shoemaker

[@AhkoRC]

It's really a UI of a thousand paper cuts. Everything is either smaller, takes up too much space, or requires an extra 2 or 3 button presses. Things you can get used to, but you shouldn't have to.

[@eggzaki]

that Miles Morales music sounds like a trap version of the Age of Empires theme

[@Slasha00]

this is a great comment

[@TSTypeR]

As someone in product design, I really appreciate some good ass UI/UX talk here

[@shawklan27]

Same lol I'm writing about product design for my research report so this video is some interesting insight

[@coke1011]

i’m getting the ps5 over xbox strictly for this reason. the xbox UI is atrocious absolutely disgusting. you’d think with their huge pockets they could hire decent UI/UX designers for a next gen console

[@TSTypeR]

Honestly, these are the type of feedback that I want as a designer from a user testing session. A few reviewers out there saying it’s good because of the microinteraction is honestly doing the designer a disservice. It’s a minimum viable product, let us know where we messed up so that we can fix it. The improvements in UI/UX across the PS4 life span was night and day, so I’m sure they are going to fix the faults eventually.

[@BackwardsCombatable]

UX designer here. Overall, I agree with most of what they said. Lots of strange choices for actions that shouldn't be buried that deep, and the trend chasing is rough. I totally lost it when I saw the trophies in card format. Looked like they had a style they wanted and didn't consider the usability at all.

[@michelottens6083]

@@BackwardsCombatable Storefronts don't need usability that much. Addiction and skinnerbox mechanics are leading here.

[@CaleTheNail]

was that an "arrow pointing down" reference!!!???

[@kyiixvii]

Confusion

[@immyski]

I love how they raised some issues regarding the UI design and quality of life experience of the PS5. They brought up some really good points and I can see how there a many issues with it. One of them is the lousy trophy layout design and cloud storage. This seems kind of sad as I'm a trophy hunter and seeing how the design is a step back, its kind of disheartening. I was hoping Sony would fix those flaws from the PS4 designs but they didn't.

[@geminijinxies7258]

All the extra button presses needed to do something reminds me of Windows 10 compared to Windows XP - Here's this menu before you can go the actual menu. It's layers of unneeded stuff added, and sometimes split up into different categories for no reason adding even more steps.

[@michelottens6083]

More room to include ads and hope the user mistakenly clicks on them, while also preventing a user from finding the mandatory options that can turn all of that off. User centered design hasn't been a thing since addiction centered design took off around the early 2010's.

[@MrRobotboy123]

@@michelottens6083 LMFAOOO PS4 ui is all misclicks and it's never a ad the don't give a fuck at all

[@HeartlessInTheLight]

I want to eat the bug snax. Take me to that world.

[@chrisPbit]

vorin' about bug snax

[@ryanlahlou.3679]

I like it when there's two people in this channel , you don't get bored by their voices.

[@Music2Anime]

I wish the icons where just a bit bigger and that we could have themes instead of changing backgrounds. Are game folders also a thing? Can trophies be viewed vertically while when comparing trophies? And please tell me that the voice can be disabled...

[@ChoongieStudioONE]

You can adjust the fonts size in settings.

[@VmsRms]

Wait for future updates lol

[@Innessification]

The gang at Kinda Funny revealed folders are not a thing. But knowing PlayStation, they will probably be in a patch update in 18 months time.

[@kristof910k]

finally someone who is not praising everything just shows what isn’t all that good with the new UI, great stuff guys

[@tharris8575]

Your life is now complete. You've been hunting for a PS5 UI nitpick video for days. It changes nothing. Were you told that PS5 wouldn't have firmware updates ever?

[@ahmadmohamad4061]

@@tharris8575 I mean, I can kinda see it. I want to know the good AND the bad, even the annoying. This video did an amazing job with that.

[@MrBongJovi]

@@tharris8575 People are allowed to feel negatively about the launch day UI.. I mean it is the central hub and it's ideally supposed to make the end user experience better. So if people aren't liking what they see right now, that seems completely reasonable. Yes, I'm sure it will get better over time, but we aren't talking about that. We are talking whats here now.

[@PreludeOW]

You mean nitpicking cuz you can't find anything truly wrong? Yeah they got it outta the park

[@comp2kplayer845]

Xbox fan Lmao

[@Joolz1982]

Bottom menu reminds me of PSP and PS Vita sub menus. The patch note, trophy menu things are bonkers why remove stuff!

[@Ivan4Flores]

I... I didn't even know you can reveal hidden trophy info before this.

[@kingstonlor9969]

haha yeah its been a feature for a while lol

[@Script13]

Same here lol. He was like press square to reveal on ps4 and I'm like WHAT?? Would've saved me a lot of time from Google lol.

[@Harrysound]

The thing that jeff is talking about with destiny happens when they have free weekends of full games. I’ve apparently got rainbow six siege but when I boot it...I don’t

[@jimistixxdrums]

I'm with Jeff. I hate that beep.

[@dangermouse1282]

Sort by PS3? I assume that's for ps now?

[@Gilbeezyskit]

Yeah, just saw that.... interesting

[@thomaswilson529]

Yeah, considering thats pretty much the only use for PSNow these days.

[@Rashimotosan]

Can you download games tho. Why would there be a category for an app's cloud games?

[@dangermouse1282]

@@Rashimotosan when I used it on ps4 you could save an icon for a ps now game as quick access from the home screen. Im thinking that's that it could be but only assuming

[@thomaswilson529]

@@Rashimotosan some titles you can download data, but Im almost 100% certain this is just for PSNow, unless Sony suddenly decides PS1-3 titles are worth giving a damn about.

[@AwesomeNick94]

I was really hoping cloud saves wouldn't be gated behind PS+ anymore. Bummer.

[@VmsRms]

Just get PS Plus

[@JBlizzyFan]

it's for hackers

[@AwesomeNick94]

@@JBlizzyFan As in to defend against them?

[@sottrose5252]

I'll be honest I'm getting the ps5, I've seen the hate people are talking. Even though this video showed faults I think it was great. Both ps5 and xbox can never be perfect, there will always be faults but better to know about them than hide them or nothing will never be updated. The ps5 is one great machine and thats my choice this gen but that doesn't take anything away from the xbox. Whoever gets an xbox i really hope you enjoy your new beast as much as I will enjoy the ps5.

[@MrRobotboy123]

Lmfaoo talm bout they can never be perfect , it's 2022 they've had more than enough time to be perfect if not better

[@KaneRobot]

Console generally looks impressive but this interface definitely needs some work.

[@Rashimotosan]

Well they gotta week. They better get to it.

[@KaneRobot]

@@Rashimotosan INTERFACE COMIN' IN HOT!!

[@drdevman]

I don't understand everyone's problem with it. I think it's fantastic.

[@Rashimotosan]

@@yuiyuiuibiguoh7531 it's way better than xbox but I do agree it could be refined a bit. It's a bit clustered in some aspects but honestly I'm sure once I learn where everything is it won't be a big deal. And I'm sure there'll be updates to fix and improve things.

[@sheikhheisen]

@@yuiyuiuibiguoh7531 I mean the entire video is them pointing out the stuff that should be worked on

[@Lonewolf1987]

I fuckin love the background music...this is why PlayStation gives you that beautiful fuckin nostalgia feel

[@ItzDenzKing]

Ok someone correct me if Im wrong but If I buy spiderman Mile morles for Ps5 will I be able to play it on ps4 as well?

[@JacobStrife]

Not if you buy the PS5 version no

[@ItzDenzKing]

Oof too bad

[@WiredPinkChicken]

@@ItzDenzKing if you buy it on ps4 you get a free upgrade to ps5 I'm pretty sure, might want to double check

[@JeskidoYT]

Love how this UI borrows elements from Steam Library, just hidden in menus

[@thegamedoctor200]

I'm enjoying the viewing and testing with a critical eye. Exactly what I'd expect from these guys.

[@kaynygame2287]

If you play a ps4 game on your ps5, how does the trophy list work? Does the trophies still count as an ps4 game or do they have shared trophy lists? Or does it count as an ps5 game?

[@wTurbo]

I just want bigger game icons with being able to use themes as well as friends list being easier to get to

[@ani-game9087]

Ps4

[@shalindelta7]

@@ani-game9087 lmao good one, but true

[@ani-game9087]

Yeah that what he describes is the ps4 😂😂

[@ghst223]

2:37 where can I find this music

[@gingerjesus7012]

Looks really good the UI, But they need to bring back Parties instead of groups cause it’s terrible and make it a bit easier to access the friends list but that’s about it and I don’t mind waiting months for it as long as it is changed but it won’t probably

[@hakeembray]

Can I switch between games broadcasting through the PS5 share button without ending the stream. currently on PS4 the stream ends when you try to switch to a another game I’m hoping it’s different on the PS5

[@joshdinger9867]

Why is nobody showing the “media” part of the UI?

[@BackwardsCombatable]

That's the store, so they can't show it.

[@insinergy_DDD]

They can’t show that they even said it in the video Sony would fuck em if they do show it so does the ps store.

[@Name-fd2co]

@@BackwardsCombatable It’s not the store, they just can’t show the store as well as the media tab

[@FRETW1ZARD]

Thanks for doing this, GB. Great video.

[@shayz8703]

I wanna see an example of the new screen share feature where I can be playing ghost and watch someone play Spider-Man on the side of my screen

[@hard-maan2795]

how can i see friends activity because no what's new like ps4

[@FranzBorg]

I would appreciate if you analyse the Xbox UI too.

[@JDN.JDN_JDN]

The patch notes arent shown for PS5 because its not out yet

[@xcookies4932]

Does anyone knows the resolution of the video capture when u get a trophy? Does it 4k or 1080p or it is the internal resolution of the game?

[@iNz4N3N3rVeZ]

7 years in the making and they forget to put in tons of shit ffs Sony

[@face76]

The ps5 games don’t have patch notes because they are not released yet for ps5. The trophies are amazing. It’s nice they there own little box of info.

[@marquellmoniz3211]

@Giant Bomb i bought spider man miles morales on the ps4 but i plan to be getting the ps5 a couple days after release do i have to buy miles morales again on the ps5 to get the best graphic capabilities?

[@snapsfromjass]

No you can get a free update. Did you bought it on CD? Than you can upgrade it to a disk drive PS5, but not to a digital edition PS5

[@achiraashan9988]

It's bizarre that Jeff and Brad are confused by the UI - this is what happens EVERY TIME a UI is redesigned from scratch. The first version is always missing features that the older UI had, this is to ease the work on the developers i.e. they focus on what is essential initially and then over time they will work on adding older features back in and improving the way everything works. The good thing about what they have done here is that it is a clean and simple UI, for most people that did not spend the past 7 years playing every damn game that came out on every console, this experience will be a pleasant one. Jeff and Brad often forget that they are in a unique position in terms of the way they access and play games, I don't think they realize that the issues they have are generally not issues that most people buying a PS5 will have (not saying that the issues are not worth pointing out but they make a bigger deal out of those issues than they ought to here).

[@Mkhwlani]

this is like the XMB menu but... more complicated.

[@Mkhwlani]

@Splash • 20 years ago yes

[@Osamah001]

What's the actual size of the storage in the settings?

[@Rockyroad321]

What about custom backgrounds ? How does that work

[@Maya_k]

That's not available yet

[@Rockyroad321]

@@Maya_k that sucks, it seemed like a fundamental feature to have at launch.

[@Rashimotosan]

There's a way to extend the amount of games on the homepage. It's a setting. It was on the ps4 pro too I just don't remember where.

[@DauntlessDamian]

PS5 is different, may not be implemented yet.

[@Rashimotosan]

@@DauntlessDamian I'm thinking they just don't know where the setting is. It wasn't exactly an easy find on the Pro either. And pretty sure I saw other UI vids where ppl were scrolling longer. I think it's there. Would be odd to remove.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

PS4 User Interface was *horrible* and clunky / slow , It literally stressed me out everytime I had to navigate It. I like PS5's UI , I mean I'll take anything over the old PS4 UI and this Is very fast .

[@oisinreilly4625]

I like the ps4 Uí alot the games are to small tbh rather ps4

[@DeesBees85]

Watching this video made me angry. Changing things just to change things is dumb. This is an objectively worse UI than the PS4 has right now.

[@zoleux3710]

They can work on it....

[@DeesBees85]

@@zoleux3710 sure, and we can deal with an annoying UI while we wait months for things to be fixed.

[@anthonyparker9781]

Ur just mad kid that you can't get a ps5 ners

[@ea0731]

And if it stayed the same people would complain that there’s no difference. If you want the PS4 UI then stick with the PS4.

[@MujiShah]

People cry about everything, this ui looks fine its not killing into your time, maybe a few things will take a second or two. It isnt even bad

[@Brandonv1103]

So about the "show hidden info" extra button press ordeal for the trophies. Its literally just one button press more than on the ps4. Like I get it it seems like too much for the same thing but its really not that big of a deal. It is gonna take a bit to get used to the changes made but I don't think they're terrible but it is personal preference after all

[@Fuzunga]

Today I learned the PS4 displays patch notes.

[@myralchista]

Can you connect Bluetooth headsets without adapters?

[@BeLikeNiv]

U can still gameshare right?

[@lynnlynnson4921]

The PS5's UI is insane! I love it!

[@MrBongJovi]

I'm really not digging this UI. I thought it was boring that the Xbox Series UI was just essentially the Xbox One UI... However, after seeing how weird the activity bar is, the trophies, and the fact that Sony has bafflingly changed the way the party system works... I'm starting to think I agree with Microsoft on the "don't fix what isn't broken" mentality 😕.

[@jackreeves7]

Looks amazing to me and way better than ps4, so glad they didn't go with the same ui for another 7 years

[@ZhongWickuYT]

@@jackreeves7 yes it’s amazing and it’s still the first version also

[@neonswift]

The thing stopping me buying a PS5 (other than it being sold out) is the fact I can't switch my PSN accounts country. Sony have irritated me no end not providing standard country switching option. Its crazyt, I don't have access to GBP anymore as I moved to Canada. Microsoft, Nintendo, Steam, Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon have all let me switch to CAD. I don't want to pay for 2 PS+ accounts, and having to let go of PS+ titles and have to switch to a new PSN account just makes me want to not spend any money on Sony now. /rant over! Its a pity, as the PS4 UI was miles better than the XBOX one was.

[@sandwedge]

two times the bugsnax can't be wrong.

[@DarkKnight-ev5fr]

How long did the game download for

[@MTD9]

I was excited for the PS5 (i have it pre-ordered) but this video made me feel disappointed by the UI :/ It's those "little things" that feel wrong, but they pile up. That side scrolling trophy list is horrible, a simple list on PS4 was more readable. There are no folders or themes, i wish the UI was more customizable. Of course with time the updates will improve the UI, so we will see.

[@mutedfuture]

How the PS4 handled your digital library was complete trash. Sad to see they didn't fix it.

[@aphilly2158]

Bout time downloads and installs are fast the damn dial up modem in ps4 was crazy

[@joestaples8834]

What Jeff is complaining about, already happens on PS4. Beta's, Alphas or Demos, show up in your Library as if you own the game. On PS4 though you can Hide them so they don't show up in your Purchased game library.

[@hendenissocan798]

Its that the feature of free upgrade? So in disk ps4 we can download the ps5 stuff right?

[@cartermahoney7349]

Why did they make turning it off harder!?

[@iijumperi8711]

Finally a honest look and not this fanboy shit. Looks like the UI needs updates...

[@makedonii]

It seems like Sony is taking two steps forward and one step back with the new UI/overhaul but also in Web PSN. On the video topic, the only thing that bugged me to see is the Trophy being Tiles instead of List....just WHY!? Didn’t react to this since in the new Phone App they are listed. People REALLY need to make a buzz about this stuff just so Sony would act on this as soon as posible. We all know how slow they are on fixing/rolling in new features

[@MisterNorthernCanuck]

A note on storage, and I'm geniunely curious what "most" people think... You guys work in games. You do this for a living, and probably get sent codes several times a month, if not weeks. Of course, you're gonna run out of storage real quick. Realisticly, though, what percentage of people have more than 10 games installed on their console? I know I never did. I might be in the minority here, but I don't think I am. Granted, something like COD will probably require 350 Gb by next year, but the rest... My 2 cents.

[@johnnygaming9119]

Good point. For me a regular old chap who isnt gonna have every game at launch. I'll initially just have miles Morales, watch dogs and mk 11 as my ps5 games on the internal. Ps4 games on my 5tb external 👍🏾

[@konga382]

All games are gonna get bigger this generation, not just COD. Us normal folk will probably be able to hold off on buying more HD space for a while but eventually we'll have to. No way is that 667GB gonna stay adequate the whole generation. The upside is that at least the cost of storage expansion will drop over time since they support third party drives.

[@Thorpe]

There are families with multiple users on the same console. When you've got PlayStation Now or Game Pass, all these hundreds of games to try soon eats into your limited storage. The limited storage will eventually affect many users.

[@MisterNorthernCanuck]

@@Thorpe That's a fair point. My kids are not into games, so yeah. You're right on that.

[@bravedwarf]

Man..... what a oversight for ps5 games not being cold storage Jesus Sony

[@dynamike549]

Yeah it's ridiculous!

[@bravedwarf]

@@dynamike549 tbh agree with giant bomb a lot of nice features for ps5 owners and some i wish was coming to xbox dashboard but it does feel like a quick put together (a lot of silly minor mistakes that will be fixed with patches) but if the ps4 os had them why was it stripped out?? is it to say hey we got this again in 2 weeks time etc and everyone goes YAY THEY LISTENING?

[@dynamike549]

@@bravedwarf yeah it's very weird.. I really don't know what's going on. Maybe PS5 games need a different type of formatting and partitioning to be able to coldstore PS5 games?

[@senorfroggsv9665]

mans just said fuck it and bought a gamestop

[@aphilly2158]

Hey guys do it got folders

[@unknown........]

astros playroom platinum confirmed thanks

[@TheNFSJacob]

I hope we have an option to get rid of the wallpapers filling up your screen everytime you scroll through your games. Looks super tacky and over the top.

[@Redonepunch]

The downside of a UI overhaul for a new generation is losing features you’re used to that may or may not ever be added back with updates.

[@davidarneson9781]

No patch notes on ps5 games ?

[@MisterNorthernCanuck]

WHY would they not make the Library card the FIRST one in the list. Scrolling is annoying AF.

[@Kinja_]

Pressing R1 takes you all the way to the right on the game library card.

[@Thorpe]

It makes sense to put recent games at the start.

[@dudd9649]

Or like ps4, there should be a dedicated library button

[@vincentandrews6230]

Sigh! What happened to the good ol days of Playstation home, Pulse, the tester and all of the other game shows! Can we at least get a music Visualizer

[@joseolvera9287]

Such a beautiful console.

[@MegaRayan2011]

The apps are so small its annoying me

[@jackreeves7]

Anonymous means the person is appearing offline I believe

[@Tardsmat]

downloads might be slower once more people have these consoles and there's more load on the servers

[@Kinja_]

Um the ps5 uses the same servers as the PS4.

[@insinergy_DDD]

Literally the same servers as the ps4

[@DjDarkD]

I look at this video and I'm thinking I hope Sony execs are watching your video with all these tips being discovered for them to improve upon.

[@JuicyPlayer]

When you sort out games in your library there’s a PS3 option! What does this mean?!

[@RogerBaconGaming]

Most likely quick access to the game through PSNow.

[@JuicyPlayer]

@@RogerBaconGaming I completely forgot PS3 games were on PSNow , the dream is dead.

[@Hamood113]

@@JuicyPlayer damn I had my hopes up too lmao

[@kaitokid9861]

Can we play together,i mean not a PVP or play together using wifi, playing together using two controller

[@Harveevideos]

Wait wait wait. You can't store PS5 games in an external Storage? WTF

[@Rashimotosan]

That's old news. You need to research the difference between ssd and hdd. It needs the SSD to utilize speeds to handle large amounts of data. It's the same thing with xbox. It would drastically effect play and completely negate the benefits of the powerful cpu to play games from an HDD. Might as well play it on ps4 at that point. That's why there's an expansion slot with plans for third party supported ssd in the future. You CAN play your ps4 games of an external HDD.

[@Harveevideos]

@@Rashimotosan I know that. What Jeff is saying is that you cannot "Store" or "Transfer" the PS5 games to an external SSD. I am not talking about playing them off the external Storage here.

[@Rashimotosan]

@@Harveevideos it's not that you can't. It's that there's literally no external ssd that's supports the required speeds to match the console's. Externals are always slower than internal SSDs/HDDs. Plus there's barely any external SSDs on the market.

[@Harveevideos]

@@Rashimotosan at 13:54 in the video. At the moment, there is no way to "Store" and "Transfer" games to any External Hardrive ( SSD or HD ). Again, not talking about "Playing" off the External Drive. Talking about "Storing"... which is crazy.

[@Rashimotosan]

@@Harveevideos not really if you know how SSDs work and I just explained why it wouldn't be supported and the whole thing about speeds. But go off..

[@ryanharvey4303]

At 02:25 it shows an option for organizing ps3 games too? Will we eventually get ps3 compatibility or what is the point of that if not?

[@user-kk4es3li1p]

Its for ps3 titles in available on psnow

[@ryanharvey4303]

@@user-kk4es3li1p That makes sense. Hope they can get that feature working better this next generation.

[@tomjerry3548]

@@ryanharvey4303 but you can't download games from ps now in your library

[@ryanharvey4303]

​@@tomjerry3548 I know that, but I think you can launch them from the home screen if you have Ps Now on ps4.

[@TheIzzyNetworkChnl]

@@ryanharvey4303 correct

[@Zeouterlimits]

Huh, some of the horizontal scrolling tiles remind me of the Metro UI / late Xbox 360 UI. Not a good thing.

[@michelottens6083]

Addiction centered design; made to be frustrating and random and slow, and then rewarding at just the right intervals to keep people trying to use it.

[@grubbyhubster]

Honestly a lot of the complaints they have for the UI and system are problems most users are not going to experience. Because of their jobs and everything they need to do will cause some annoyance, but yeah most average consumers will not have any issues

[@davidarneson9781]

Whats the add on for Astros playroom is it free

[@davidarneson9781]

@Enid Mendoza I know the game is free I'm talking about the add-ons when he went to trophies for Astros playroom it also showed Astros playroom add-ons do you have to purchase the add-ons or are they free

[@PikaGasMask]

PHIL FISH??? IS PLAYING TONY HAWK??

[@MaadLuck]

This ui blowss, u should also check out how they literally came out and they said theyre anti japanese. It's also stupid as shit how they dont give you a free upgrade to the ps4 version of spiderman so youd have to buy it twice if you wanted to play the ps5 version

[@iAkis4]

Quick Look = 32 minutes lol wtf

[@Solidcancer07]

New to Giant Bomb?

[@cytromancer1692]

I really wish the games applications are at the very bottom than on the top so we can clearly see the great artwork without them being covered

[@marcusivo]

Some disappointing backward steps here compared to the PS4 UI design. Poor uses of space all round.

[@brodysdaddy]

these problems didn't exist in the older consoles because we didn't care about playing old games on new consoles...we wanted new experiences on new consoles. But now, instead of selling us new awesome experiences, some companies are choosing to sell us the same old games to play on yet another console...and the competition is following that lead now that the public has bought into it. My Sega Saturn could only play Sega Saturn games....not Sega CD games. If I wanted to keep playing Sega CD games, I would not need to buy a Saturn. If I wanted to play newer games that were not possible on the previous platform, I would get a Saturn.

[@donnyestee]

I don't see the problem since we are still getting new games. You would have a good point if they sold a new console that plays only the old games. Now you're just complaining about a free extra, which is people don't need to keep previous consoles.

[@brodysdaddy]

@@donnyestee What new games are on the Xbox? You missed point of comment...they aren't selling backwards compatibility as a bonus, they are selling it INSTEAD of new games....once they have another Halo or whatever, that will be all they talk about...but until then....break out them old games!!!!

[@donnyestee]

@@brodysdaddy that's because xbox is shit, not a real console

[@Remliv]

I didn't think the UI would be this snappy. Also where's Demon's Souls...

[@jamesmiley6146]

Good question. No one has it yet

[@JeskidoYT]

Demon soul is coming out the 12th, no demo or anything yet

[@lucaban]

How big is 40 minutes recorded but in 4K format? I noticed the 6GB screencast you had is 1080p. ;)

[@thymeathome15]

THAT NOISE....

[@travisscott9057]

I mean you can't expect peaches and cream right out of the gate. Look how vanilla and bland the PS4 dashboard was at launch compared to now. I am sure there will be huge changes coming within the first year or two.

[@SkitsofRandom]

Can't you though? Why isn't it just the ps4 dashboard but better? Why do we start from square one every generation? Having problems the PS4 already solved is just baffling. While most of these problems don't affect me, I also just wonder... why?

[@travisscott9057]

@@SkitsofRandom It is because with each Sony console the dashboard changes drastically. If it was the same dashboard with minor improvements then I am sure it probably would obtain a lot of the old improvements. That is the cost when it comes to Sony wanting to change things up every generation.

[@SkitsofRandom]

@@travisscott9057 The features they're currently missing, such as folders for your games, are frankly embarrassing. This is a product which had 7 years to be conceived and created, and features like folders being missing are just silly to me. I prefer to expect more, not regression.

[@travisscott9057]

@@SkitsofRandom Well to each their own. I remember when the PS4 came out and we didn't get themes for the first 6 months when the PS3 had them at the end of it's life cycle. Sony has been doing this for years so it isn't anything new that there are features missing that was present on the previous console. I am sure if you let Sony know how upset you are about not having folders they will add them back in the first major update. Other than that there is really nothing we can do unless you want to make the jump over to Xbox..

[@SkitsofRandom]

@@travisscott9057 Such a dumb way to think about it. Of course this doesn't hurt the console at all, but isn't it a little pathetic I'm even able to level these criticisms at Sony? Like Jesus, sorry doing more than bare minimum on each iteration is too much to ask. Next time I won't ask for revolutionary features like themes, hiding games, and making folders. Those are clearly too hard to fit in.