alt Hacker NewsAds in a console which you paid for should be a big no regardless of not being an error.
I can't be the only person who thinks Sony's interface design is just plain hostile. I've used a PS4 as a media machine of sorts for a long time, mostly for Youtube. I recall being able to pin used applications in the past but you can't do that anymore. You need to go to the media folder where you are presented with their current streaming offers and need to scroll down to YouTube or Plex.
It's a far cry from the awesome, snappy and easy to use Vita bubbles interface. Combined with forcing PC users to log in with their PSN account to play offline games and I'm simply not buying anything from this company anymore.
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I had the same exact problem with my PS4. Having ads in the console is not a problem per se, the problem is that Sony can unilaterally decide to Alter The Deal without me having any recourse. It should not be acceptable business practice to do this.
>>It's a far cry from the awesome, snappy and easy to use Vita bubbles interface.
Oh god, I didn't even think anyone could ever say such a sentence. After years with XMB on PS3 and PSP, the Vita's interface felt like a bit of a joke imho - I remember opening my Vita on launch day and literally thinking this is just wrong, I even googled if there's any way to change it to XMB interface.
It was easy to use, sure, but it was just....too much. And once you had several games it just became a complete mess. The menus themselves were ok though.
Not buying Sony products for having ads seems a little excessive. That being said, I don't spend much time in the menus, really, but from my experience they aren't very intrusive.
Playstation has some of the most immersive single player experiences available today, on any platform. For the older gamers, who can't stand playing multiplayer games, the PS5 has been incredible.
PS3 was peak modern console UI. No-nonsense, easy, clear, fast. Was so happy when I first tried RetroArch to find that their default simply copied the PS3.
The store was terrible, though. Their Cell “supercomputer” could play advanced 3D games, but couldn’t handle rendering a web store. Chalk it up to the amazing ability of web UI and JavaScript to make everything feel slow. They should have stuck with a native UI for that generation, I’d bet it lost them lots of sales. Practically unusable.