I would not call myself a "power user" of the UI systems. In my 5 years of owning a PS4, I've never joined a party, have sent less than 10 messages overall, and have about 4 friends on it.
I'm skeptical of the whole UI, I think the cards are neat, but a) how long until 3rd parties give up on them, at which point they will be half-assed or straight up useless. And b) the percentage and length work great for a level based 3d platformer like Sackboy, but how would that stuff look like for other games like Demons Souls, Atelier Ryza or even a Persona game.
Cards for things like Screenshots and videos are cool but I would rather just have a section for them all at once (and rhey probably do).
The home screen of the system is also really concerning, for me the tiles are too small, and there's just a ton of wasted space, and not enough information (unless it just wasn't populated in the video). When I go down on a ps4 to a games live area, I get a description, a breakdown of all my trophiea for the game, my most recent trophies, any dlc, and my friends activity with the game. Very little of that is shown here, instead the trophy count is just a 0% 0/27 count, there is a giant ad for the game with a price point for something I presumably already own, and thats it.
At the top there are a few icons but they really are missing a bunch, how do I check all my trophies, how do I see my friends list, how do I start parties, etc.
Overall I feel like they had an idea on what to do with this UI and focused entirely on that, and really missed the mark on everything else, but ultimately I launch games from it and thats really it, so as long as that works i personally don't care
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