There’s nothing like a good ol’ fashioned leak to shake you out of a groggy Sunday morning. In truth, this looks fake, so don’t expect it to be officially unveiled at Gamescom 2014 next week – but we kind of wished that it would be. The shots show an enhanced PlayStation 4 user interface, including folders, some minor design improvements, and a whole new Trophy and friend invite system.
The insinuation from the images is that you’d be able to ‘group’ games on the main horizontal menu bar, allowing you to reduce clutter. You’d also be able to push the PlayStation button when you earn a Trophy in order to bring up an overlay which provides a little more information about the trinket itself. Friend invites would work in a similar manner.
However, while the creator’s clearly worked very hard on these mock-ups, we’re still not convinced that they’re real. A video demonstrating the new friend invites looks a little too jerky to be genuine, and makes us question the whole thing. Nevertheless, there’s no doubt that Sony should be paying attention to this, as the ideas on display here are a vast improvement over what we have now.
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[source reddit.com, via youtube.com]
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Fake or not, this is exactly how I´d picture an improved interface for my PS4.
@Kidfried 100 per cent agreed. This is a massive improvement, and if Sony's not already doing it, then they need to copy it.
Why do I see an ESRB logo on Killzone Shadow Fall? And nowhere else?
Even if it is fake it still needs to happen.
@Punished_Boss That's a really good spot! I think that probably proves it's fake. Like you say, though, still very, very cool.
Yeah i want folders, i think it needs no rocket sience to do
These mock-ups and video demonstration looked great! Hopelly Sony is looking at a similar, if not better, UI for the Playstation 4. A update would be greatly appreciated.
Folders would be good on PS4 and Wii U I like things to be organised.
They really need 2 have the option of using your own backgrounds or themes , getting abit of the same boring blue
@Rapidaz Totally agree. Even give us the animated themes the PS3 has. I'd also like to be able to delete games with 0% trophy counts from my profile and the ability to sort my download list so I can actually find games I want to download again.
Just an option to have a notification when someone comes online would be a massive start. Is that really such a difficulty?
Wow...I like it. .. it even looks sexier!!! This is genius! let's hope this is part of the surprises that Sony said they have in store!I wouldn't mind this being in the next system update!
@rastamadeus They need to allow you to group your friends first I think. I have about 160 now, so I don't want alerts for everyone popping up. If I could say, "These 20 people are my closest friends, please prioritise them" that would be good I think. Then they could show login notifications for those people.
@get2sammyb this would also be cool on vita!!!
Obviously fake like Sony would give us what we want in a interface. Also it says Killzone is RP. Stability updates is the only thing we ever get.
Usually when leaks like this happen, the company is doing something with the UI, so this could be close to what they are doing, even if it is debunked it doesn't matter.
@get2sammyb They do allow you to group your friends in to two categories, those that have access to your real name, and those that don't. These can be seen as "friend" and "acquaintance", they just don't let you do anything with the two categories. Maybe a Google+ like Circles?
I hope
@Punished_Boss i can't see it?
I'd like them to add a Comment section on the Game tabs so we can write our opinions of games. People on our Friends List would be able to read and reply to our comments.
From what I've been reading this is apparently fake, but I would like to see something like this.
@viciousarcanum Zoom in the first image at the top of article.
Or
@get2sammyb That's a more detailed version of what I want. At the moment though I'd settle for notifications for anyone coming online. It's backwards that isn't already on the console. Being able to pick which people would be handy though.
God I hope these are real. I really do - It is such an improvement. There is a video up online too but people are calling fake again :/
Thanks for the mention @get2sammyb I feel like some one is messing with our Sunday with this one
A Sony representative has officially confirmed this as fake, but hopefully thay do do an update like this.
Hopefully they'll let u customize the interface like the ps3
The folders look cool. But the trophy and invite tickers are the best thing about this. Please be real.
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