Today, Sony has revealed what we can expect to see when booting up the PlayStation 5 user interface, and it's a very different experience to what's gone before on the PS3 and PS4. The reveal was done via an 11-minute video, which you can watch in full below.
Sony says that the PS5 user interface has been given a look and feel designed for 4K TVs, which will be the most popular choice for anyone wishing to enjoy PS5 games to their fullest. The interface has been designed around the concept of cards, which have different functions depending on where you are in the interface.
Cards give you access to news on the games you follow, recent video captures, and another new idea: activities. Activities allow developers to break a game down into manageable chunks and add additional information and help to each chunk. For example, an activity could be one level within a game, with the card for that activity listing the objectives, the percentage completed, and the estimated time until you've done all the listed objectives. However, an activity can go further than that. For example, help can be offered, and PS Plus members can also access hints including videos showing you what to do to complete an objective, you can even watch it picture-in-picture and play along with the video as your guide.
Voice chat has been made a first-class feature and is available quickly with a button tap. The DualSense controller includes a built-in microphone so you can just start chatting with friends. If a friend is online playing another game, you can bring up a card and watch them play while chatting with them. It's like Sony created its own version of Twitch, but just for PS5. Of course, you can also choose to join their game, if it's multiplayer, directly from the card.
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The PS5 Home Screen has also been redesigned and continues to use the card and activities breakdown. Each game has its own hub, which is used to access the available activities allowing you to either start a game fresh or jump to an activity somewhere further along in the experience (assuming you've unlocked it). The hub also means you'll easily be able to find any DLC content that's been added for a game, as well as the video and screenshots you've captured. Some of these features will also be offered for PS4 titles.
The Explore section is focused on news from the world of PlayStation, and remember how accessing the PlayStation Store used to involve loading an app? That's no longer the case on PS5 as the store is built in as a standard feature of the interface so it loads just like any other section (very quickly).
Overall, it's a very different experience to the PS4, and from what we've seen so far, that's a good thing. Also keep in mind that the video was recorded using a pre-release version of the user interface, meaning it's going to appear in a more polished form when you turn on your PS5 for the first time next month.
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