GAMES UX
Designing Next-Gen Console UIs
We’ve seen the outside — let’s have a think about the inside
Yesterday’s Sony presentation showed us the final look of the PlayStation 5, as well as an impressive of next-gen games that will be released with it. What we didn’t get to see, however, is the new operating system and it’s user interface.
As UX designer, I’m incredibly curious about the look, feel, and features of the new operating system. After all, this generation brought us built-in streaming platforms like Netflix and Spotify, built-in sharing and streaming, and even the advent of cross-play thanks to Fortnite turning it on “by accident”.
A good UX designer always starts with a user problem, and takes that problem, alongside any relevant information gleaned through discovery, to design a solution that both solves the problem and enhances the user experience.
I’m sure someone far more serious than me will do exactly that. Instead, I’d like to wildly speculate on a few features that I’d like to see, and take a shot at how those features might look on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. I’ve divided these…
