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Staude said:
Vetteman94 said:
IllegalPaladin said:
Vetteman94 said:
The XMB with a dynamic theme is the greatest setup on any console ever.

Now if only they weren't charging $3 for good ones. I don't want to pay money to see Sackboy running.

I think the XMB is fine and some of the 3.0 changes were nice. Seeing the new sparkle background with a dark blue background is just great on our HDTV. I didn't like the larger font change since I never had a problem with it on my TV and my other annoyance is that now if you stop moving, all the other icons will fade out until you start moving again.

Well there were a few free ones available depending on the region

I agree with your first statement. Heck it's better than windows desktop interface with the video stuff :p

 

I have the free wipeout one. What others are free ? and whur ?

 

The free wipeout one is awesome btw. I want a uncharted 2 one though :P

There was a free one in EU,  dont remember which one it was,  there was an Afrika dynamic theme that was free in Japan.  An Uncharted one would be cool.   So would a Ratchet & Clank, Killzone, Resistance and Heavy Rain one



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Vetteman94 said:
Staude said:
Vetteman94 said:
IllegalPaladin said:
Vetteman94 said:
The XMB with a dynamic theme is the greatest setup on any console ever.

Now if only they weren't charging $3 for good ones. I don't want to pay money to see Sackboy running.

I think the XMB is fine and some of the 3.0 changes were nice. Seeing the new sparkle background with a dark blue background is just great on our HDTV. I didn't like the larger font change since I never had a problem with it on my TV and my other annoyance is that now if you stop moving, all the other icons will fade out until you start moving again.

Well there were a few free ones available depending on the region

I agree with your first statement. Heck it's better than windows desktop interface with the video stuff :p

 

I have the free wipeout one. What others are free ? and whur ?

 

The free wipeout one is awesome btw. I want a uncharted 2 one though :P

There was a free one in EU,  dont remember which one it was,  there was an Afrika dynamic theme that was free in Japan.  An Uncharted one would be cool.   So would a Ratchet & Clank, Killzone, Resistance and Heavy Rain one

Going from memory, the US had the Little Big Planet one, PAL had Wipeout, and Japan had Afrika.

There may be more, but those are the only ones I remember.



I like the XMB a little more as you can see your background, whereas the NXE takes up over 1/2 the screen, plus there's only the gray floor, and green tabs.
However really sony should be using that bottom right corner more.



To be honest the XMB should be PSP exclusive, while PS3 should have something more... badass yet still somewhat related to the PSP's XMB yet enough innovation to claim its own.

In conclusion, Yes it is abit boring but its still very much a good and detailed enough menu system.



from the Interface point of view.
XMB IS faster and well organized.

from the theme point of view ps3 have support themes for a long time like sony ericsson phones.

i would like i could be able change the axis of the XMB. the some reflections, but a good theme will fix that.
though i still want to be able to make animated themes myself. (they should let us video as wallpaper). and make a theme creator like their phones
and now they added blur to menus, in a GUI u can have transparency without blur. it makes all messy without it, with blur its easy to focus on what isnt.



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the wipeout dynamic theme is good, and its free



IllegalPaladin said:
Vetteman94 said:
Staude said:
Vetteman94 said:
IllegalPaladin said:
Vetteman94 said:
The XMB with a dynamic theme is the greatest setup on any console ever.

Now if only they weren't charging $3 for good ones. I don't want to pay money to see Sackboy running.

I think the XMB is fine and some of the 3.0 changes were nice. Seeing the new sparkle background with a dark blue background is just great on our HDTV. I didn't like the larger font change since I never had a problem with it on my TV and my other annoyance is that now if you stop moving, all the other icons will fade out until you start moving again.

Well there were a few free ones available depending on the region

I agree with your first statement. Heck it's better than windows desktop interface with the video stuff :p

 

I have the free wipeout one. What others are free ? and whur ?

 

The free wipeout one is awesome btw. I want a uncharted 2 one though :P

There was a free one in EU,  dont remember which one it was,  there was an Afrika dynamic theme that was free in Japan.  An Uncharted one would be cool.   So would a Ratchet & Clank, Killzone, Resistance and Heavy Rain one

Going from memory, the US had the Little Big Planet one, PAL had Wipeout, and Japan had Afrika.

There may be more, but those are the only ones I remember.

well the lbp one isn't free though right ?

 

Anyways I want a killzone and a uncharted one to be longer :p the wipeout one is pretty short.



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I like the sparkles, they are pretty and make me happy.



'xmb' 'sparkles' 'night time'. What are you all talking about lol?

Pics plz.



 

Slimebeast said:

'xmb' 'sparkles' 'night time'. What are you all talking about lol?

Pics plz.



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