Board 8 > Which console had your favorite UI ever?

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KazGT6
04/22/21 3:11:02 PM
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the ps4s?
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Menji
04/22/21 3:13:27 PM
#2:


Yes, the PS4 is nice. I'm still confused with the PS5's. Too many advertisements.

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Underleveled
04/22/21 3:17:53 PM
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Wii or PS3.

Actually 360 was pretty decent too. Good generation overall.

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paperwarior
04/22/21 3:20:33 PM
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I really do like the XMB, but PS3 has too many issues holding it back. I have no particular complaints with the PS4 or 3DS. Guess the Vita's is fine aside from moving bubbles being somewhat imprecise. Wii U's is more or less fine too.

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Whiskey_Nick
04/22/21 3:36:07 PM
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Super Nintendo

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HeroDelTiempo17
04/22/21 3:49:03 PM
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Menji posted...
Yes, the PS4 is nice. I'm still confused with the PS5's. Too many advertisements.

Wait what did you do to your PS4 to not get the ton of ads? That and the slowness is my main issue with the otherwise very sleek UI and the PS5 feels less intrusive so far.

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Mac Arrowny
04/22/21 3:49:50 PM
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PS3's slowdown makes it pretty unbearable.
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red13n
04/22/21 3:53:51 PM
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The UI that launched with the 360 was really good, very efficient. The subsequent iterations to that became more and more bloated and didn't perform very well, especially on older consoles.

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KCF0107
04/22/21 5:00:00 PM
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Xbox 360

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FL81
04/22/21 5:07:57 PM
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Honestly, the Xbox 360

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Uglyface2
04/22/21 5:10:36 PM
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Whiskey_Nick posted...
Super Nintendo

Undoubtedly this. Nice top-loading machine, quick load time (usually), and right into the game. We didnt have the niceties of the Internet (mostly), but that meant less bloat.
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GuessMyUserName
04/22/21 5:18:43 PM
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3ds

ya go my random spelling of folders

also when it got those badges from the badge arcade i am guilty of loving

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Peace___Frog
04/22/21 5:32:42 PM
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Ps4 is good, but for the time the wii felt really great to use

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Snake5555555555
04/22/21 5:52:02 PM
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Original Xbox One

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Menji
04/22/21 5:54:00 PM
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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
Wait what did you do to your PS4 to not get the ton of ads? That and the slowness is my main issue with the otherwise very sleek UI and the PS5 feels less intrusive so far.

I haven't turned my PS4 on in months, but don't you only see the ads if you're hovered over the Store icon? There might be one other random box that they add too.

But I feel on the the PS5, half of the stuff I see is for games I don't even have.


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HeroDelTiempo17
04/22/21 6:32:12 PM
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Menji posted...
I haven't turned my PS4 on in months, but don't you only see the ads if you're hovered over the Store icon? There might be one other random box that they add too.

But I feel on the the PS5, half of the stuff I see is for games I don't even have.

My issue was with the media tab since the PS4 was also our streaming box, and it was absolutely choked with ads. It got to one point where there were so many paid ad streaming icons that it would push ones you actually use off the quick select, and the whole thing lagged pretty badly.

The PS5 has that explore icon but I honestly find it less intrusive (and I think the PS4 had it too?)

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ChaosTonyV4
04/22/21 6:41:35 PM
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UnleashX on the original Xbox

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StifledSilence
04/22/21 7:00:36 PM
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Gamecube
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SwiftyDC
04/22/21 9:51:39 PM
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Recency bias, but PS5 for me. Menus are fast, music changes over the games is a nice touch, I dont really get any ads or dont notice them?

Only thing I miss is customizing my background with Persona 5 waifus.

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Peace___Frog
04/22/21 9:59:54 PM
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SwiftyDC posted...
Only thing I miss is customizing my background with Persona 5 waifus.
Why is Sony turning down free money? That seems like an obvious mistake

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TomNook
04/22/21 10:17:25 PM
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Xbox 360 for sure.

Nice look and sound. Effective and to the point. No clutter (originally...that changed later).

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Mac Arrowny
04/22/21 10:20:29 PM
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Peace___Frog posted...

Why is Sony turning down free money? That seems like an obvious mistake

a lot of features were delayed because of COVID

The PS5 launch would've gone way better if that hadn't happened.
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MrSmartGuy
04/22/21 11:01:38 PM
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KCF0107 posted...
Xbox 360


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Xtlm
04/22/21 11:07:21 PM
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I liked them when they had no UI.
Just pure game machine.

But if I had to pick, the Wii U I guess.

Or maybe the 360. Both were good for different reasons.

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banananor
04/22/21 11:10:30 PM
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Basically any console prior to internet connectivity

Sned, ps1, ny64, ps2, and so on

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Mac Arrowny
04/23/21 12:12:48 AM
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banananor posted...
Basically any console prior to internet connectivity

Sned, ps1, ny64, ps2, and so on

big fan of memory card management?
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paperwarior
04/23/21 12:19:32 AM
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The Switch has pretty well ditched non-game functionality aside from like, settings and buying games.

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KamikazePotato
04/23/21 12:21:25 AM
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360 or Wii for aesthetics and ease of use.

Gamecube for most memorable.

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paperwarior
04/23/21 12:24:23 AM
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The Wii was fine if you had a Classic Controller or something, but I always hated having to use the pointer for anything.

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TomNook
04/23/21 1:13:26 AM
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paperwarior posted...
The Wii was fine if you had a Classic Controller or something, but I always hated having to use the pointer for anything.
The "but" in this statement is so huge that it makes it the worst interface of any console in history.

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ninkendo
04/23/21 1:17:43 AM
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paperwarior
04/23/21 1:30:25 AM
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TomNook posted...
The "but" in this statement is so huge that it makes it the worst interface of any console in history.
I'd say Kinect but it was never the only way to use the system interface and even if it had been it didn't require you to lay hands on a controller you won't use once the game starts.

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foolm0r0n
04/23/21 2:00:54 AM
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Vita

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cyko
04/23/21 6:49:14 AM
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Super Nintendo

My video game consoles are for playing video games. The SNES immediately launched into games like no other console.

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Xtlm
04/24/21 3:04:42 AM
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People keep saying the SNES.
Was there a UI that I never knew about?

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KCF0107
04/24/21 3:19:21 AM
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I think they are just being stubborn or don't realize what UI means
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Lightning Strikes
04/24/21 6:28:10 AM
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Its the boomer response.

The amusing thing is that A) obviously having an additional UI enables all sorts of enhancements to just your gaming experience, eg downloadable games, DLC, online features, quick resume, etc. and B) didnt the 360 later introduce a quick start option? So you get the best of both worlds. And to that note with quick resume on the current consoles you can get back into where you were in a game much faster than on old consoles like the SNES anyway. It just strikes me as a stance that ignores a lot of positive improvements that have been made for games.

Edit: Also if you are really a just give me the games! person your answer should be the Switch. You can boot into a suspended game straight from sleep mode without navigating the home screen, its fast and simplified, and it has all of the advantages for games of later UIs with almost no non-game related content. Its a straight upgrade over the old way.

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cyko
04/24/21 9:42:11 AM
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KCF0107 posted...
I think they are just being stubborn or don't realize what UI means

Xtlm posted...
People keep saying the SNES.
Was there a UI that I never knew about?

It's the answer of those of us who don't care at all about all of the other stuff that has been crammed into consoles over the years. We just want to put the game in the console, turn it on, and immediately start playing. Simple.

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foolm0r0n
04/24/21 9:54:03 AM
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cyko posted...
and immediately start playing
After various splash screens and menus.

The fact is modern consoles get you in the game 10x faster with sleep mode. The only explanation is you love seeing the sega logo or whatever over and over. Which is fine but it's also fair to make fun of it.

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Lightning Strikes
04/24/21 10:26:15 AM
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Yeah a Switch, Xbox Series X, and PS5 will all get you into a game significantly faster, and with digital libraries you can do this with multiple games without having to put a game in at all. This is also what makes quick resume on Xbox so cool because you can have at least three games ready to go from where you left off instantly. Its much more convenient. For turn it on and immediately start playing, things have literally never been better. There is no need to romanticise the days of the SNES and so on.

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Mac Arrowny
04/24/21 10:29:17 AM
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I believe the original DS had both suspending games and no extraneous UI, so that would be the best of both worlds.

Lightning Strikes posted...
This is also what makes quick resume on Xbox so cool because you can have at least three games ready to go from where you left off instantly.


Did they fix that? Last I heard it was still broken.
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TomNook
04/24/21 10:56:07 AM
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Lightning Strikes posted...
Its the boomer response.
SNES is actually the zoomer response. They are going out of their way to NOT say NES, which would be the boomer response.

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paperwarior
04/24/21 11:02:01 AM
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Mac Arrowny posted...
I believe the original DS had both suspending games and no extraneous UI, so that would be the best of both worlds.

While it's an improvement over no suspend feature, the power efficiency is really not great compared to the PSP line. You can't suspend a game and ignore it or it'll run out of batteries.


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ChaosTonyV4
04/24/21 11:12:05 AM
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The DS did have a dashboard/UI

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paperwarior
04/24/21 11:19:47 AM
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Yep. It may have been auto-skippable, but I'm not sure what the big deal is with that anyway. Most systems are a few button presses away at most from resuming your last game played.

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GuessMyUserName
04/24/21 11:21:20 AM
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that pictochat

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snake_5036
04/24/21 11:35:41 AM
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The Xbox 360 blades dashboard is still the best imo.

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HeroDelTiempo17
04/24/21 11:41:25 AM
#48:


foolm0r0n posted...
After various splash screens and menus.

The fact is modern consoles get you in the game 10x faster with sleep mode. The only explanation is you love seeing the sega logo or whatever over and over. Which is fine but it's also fair to make fun of it.

Well to be fair the SEGA logo/startup sound is iconic. The GameCube and PS1/2 startup screen also slap. It's not like I don't think the console UIs are just better and more efficient but I've got some respect for those specific logo enjoyers out there.

Edit: not a console but respect to the GBC and especially the GBA, another absolute banger startup

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Geosanta
04/24/21 3:14:25 PM
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Wii U might be my favorite. Everything felt fun.

PS4 is NOT it though for sure. The fact I have to scroll past a bunch of video services no human uses to get to things like youtube make it suck butts

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lordjers
04/24/21 3:30:48 PM
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No UI is best UI.

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