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PS3 GUI Takes Page From PSP Book

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-you'll-be-using-for-the-next-ten-years dept.

sdmonroe writes "As the PS3 launch approaches, the first glimpses of the console's new interface have started to hit the web. The interface borrows many features from the PSP GUI which got such broad acclaim, and includes simple drop down menus for accessing important settings like video resolution, audio output, and management of your virtual friends. Customizability and configurability are also some of the features gamers can expect."

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  1. Very...PSP... by the-stringbean · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Well it's certainly like the PSP interface. Which is good and bad. It means that it's going to be pretty easy to use but it seems a bit underwelming considering the power of the PS3, especially if it's true that one of the Cell SPUs are dedicated to running the GUI...

    The pop up menu during games seems a poor to me - white icons on a screen without a frame or background? I can see that being an issue with some games.

  2. Videogames as Multimedia device by madleo · · Score: 1, Interesting

    More and more we'll see new videogames converging into multimedia devices or even computers. Probably in one or two years Sony and Nintendo will be doing more media devices with more processing power and storage devices such as a hard disk inside a video game. I wonder when am I going to see a computer that can be fully integrated into the whole media system of a house. This shouldn't be far away for companies like Sony and Apple.

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  3. Re:Underwhelming. by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "It's not what they say, it's what they don't say."

    It's "good news" that, of ALL the gui layouts out there, Sony picked a good one? Wow, tough task there. That kinda reminds me of people who say "He speaks so well" to refer to someone for whom they can't think of a substantive praise, forgetting that the same comment is used frequently to describe the progress of a mentally retarded individual in therapy.

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  4. Seems to confirm 1080p over component by SuperKendall · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Note that near the end of the video they scroll to select video output, and choose component - from there they are given a list of choices that looks like:

    480p
    1080i
    720p
    1080p

    It's rather hard to read as the resolution of the video is low.

    Now this is a dev but it shows that the PS3 at least can support this, some people seem confused and think you need HDMI for 1080p support.

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  5. Hibernate by fistfullast33l · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What I'd really like to see is the PSP's "game-state-save" functionality translate to the PS3. The ability to turn off the console and let it go into a type of hibernate mode without using any battery is arguably the best feature of the handheld. You can just keep switching it on and off and lose very little time waiting for it to come back up. I don't know if the DS does it, but I guarantee you if it doesn't it will soon. Very handy when you're on the go and can only play a few minutes at a time.

    The one downside to the universal GUI of the PSP is the save functionality. Many of the games would design their own save game functionality only to have the PSP save game come up after confirming the save in the game. So you'd effectively be saving the game twice in one shot. It's quite annoying if you ask me. More of a developer problem than Sony's, but something that needs to be worked on.