"We definitely want to make sure that [the PlayStation Store] offers quality titles and games that our consumers are going to enjoy" Lempel told GamesIndustry.biz, saying that "depending on what type of UI you have you can accommodate a lot of titles." Then, Lempel throws in a verbal left hook, saying that "over at the competitors' UI they may have some issues just displaying content, and scrolling up and down lists isn't the easiest way to find things." Ouch. We'll be the first to acknowledge the 360's XBLM may not incorporate the best way to navigate content, but the PSN isn't all peaches and creme either. Maybe Sony is just feeling the need to blow off some steam because, as we all know, releasing a 2.4 update can cause a lot of unwanted stress.
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7-03-2008 @ 3:50PM
Loban said...
I have one thing to say to Sony. Hindsight is 20/20. It's easy to bash on a competitor's work when they were first to the market and you've had years to analyze it. It's much harder to pioneer something, and then work to improve it when it turns out to be EXTREMELY popular.
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7-03-2008 @ 4:50PM
Arnon said...
You know what would probably solve the scrolling issues on XBLM.. Is the function of using a mouse.. That's really all it needs.. and the fact that they need to take away the majority of ads.. but yeah.. mouse functions ftw. And give us a browser.
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7-03-2008 @ 5:01PM
duzzyman said...
Inferior UI? Haha has that guy ever used a ps3?
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7-03-2008 @ 8:51PM
abbazabba said...
Who gives a shit about what Sony has to say?
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7-03-2008 @ 11:30PM
Haohmaru said...
..All three consoles could have done better on their respective UI's, but I guess most commenters (and bloggers!) on this site are too dead set on being corporate lapdogs for their respective consoles to realize that.
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7-03-2008 @ 11:53PM
h0mi said...
Like I asked on joystiq...
"and scrolling up and down lists isn't the easiest way to find things."
Isn't this a description of the XMB?
I don't get the complaint. I find PSN harder to navigate than MS's store... but then I've not found anything on PSN I wanted to buy. I haven't bought anything on XBLM recently either.
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7-04-2008 @ 6:03AM
TekTro said...
Microsoft have never talked about the competition is that way have they. But Microsoft have gone quiet lately. :S
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7-04-2008 @ 7:12AM
Wallombo said...
My opinion is both company's stores utter CRAP!
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7-10-2008 @ 8:58AM
Alex Atkin UK said...
All these people who say the PSN store is better, what planet are you on?
Is it easy to find a list of PS3 demos only, NOPE.
Is it easy to identify a title at a glance, only if you recognise the thumbnail. So to me that's a big NO again. Why would I recognise the art of a game I haven't played yet?
Is it quick to download, HELL NO. I was flabbergasted at how many menus it takes to just download something from PSN store and after all that, you STILL have to install it once its done. It takes a LOT longer than on Live.
Just downloading Lemmings was a trauma. I bought it, downloaded and was puzzled that it wasn't in the list. I then saw the filesize and thought "hand on, the trial is much bigger, maybe I need that first" so I download that and behold that did the trick. But it STILL displays Trial Version even thought its the full version. How is that clearer than how the 360 works? Its not.
Also, the PS3 menu system is great initially but once you have a few files on your PS3 its unmanageable. Why cant I put my videos in directories? They have some cheek slagging off Live when their UI and marketplace has even LESS categories so its harder to find stuff. With my 1080p TV in for repair its even worse, the icons are too small on a 32" at 720p.
So to all of you saying Microsoft could learn from Sony, what drugs are you on? At first I agreed but having USED the PS3 for a few weeks I have already found it cumbersome whereas the 360 is so much easier to use.
At least on 360 I can list ONLY Arcade games, or ONLY demos whereas on PS3 its just one looooooong list so finding anything takes careful browsing. If I ever have as much stuff on PS3 as I have on my 360 it will be painful.
For a start, by comparison the Playstation Store has very little on it.
Sony, you can laugh at de-listing once you have even close to as much content as Microsoft. You are only making yourselves look foolish right now. I don't see you with 100+ downloadable full-games, I was really disappointed when I signed up for PSN and found how little was on offer as I truely thought your store WAS better than Live, until I experienced it for myself.
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