Comments on: Social Networks and Game Consoles How They Should Integrate http://www.vgrevolution.com/2009/11/social-networks-and-game-consoles-how-they-should-integrate/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:03:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://www.vgrevolution.com/2009/11/social-networks-and-game-consoles-how-they-should-integrate/comment-page-1/#comment-2849 John Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:30:30 +0000 http://www.vgrevolution.com/?p=4841#comment-2849 Very good points, though I still think there is no reason for a GUI of facebook or twitter, we all have computers, and its much easier to just use a browser. However the automatic posting of proper information is key, and Microsoft fails drastically at that. There was so much potential for the xbox to stream vital up to date gaming details to both Facebook and Twitter, and they failed to harness it. If Sony can add twitter integration like Facebook quick that would be good for them, granted the SOny Facebook attempt is young and rather limited, but its still the right step. However in both cases its obvious the people coming up with the ideas aren't the ones using Facebook and Twitter actively, and are more then likely older gentleman who are well out of the current gaming/technology demographic. Very good points, though I still think there is no reason for a GUI of facebook or twitter, we all have computers, and its much easier to just use a browser. However the automatic posting of proper information is key, and Microsoft fails drastically at that. There was so much potential for the xbox to stream vital up to date gaming details to both Facebook and Twitter, and they failed to harness it. If Sony can add twitter integration like Facebook quick that would be good for them, granted the SOny Facebook attempt is young and rather limited, but its still the right step. However in both cases its obvious the people coming up with the ideas aren’t the ones using Facebook and Twitter actively, and are more then likely older gentleman who are well out of the current gaming/technology demographic.

]]> By: Eight Ball http://www.vgrevolution.com/2009/11/social-networks-and-game-consoles-how-they-should-integrate/comment-page-1/#comment-2848 Eight Ball Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:29:27 +0000 http://www.vgrevolution.com/?p=4841#comment-2848 Neither will do it right, I'm a PS3 user but Sony's firmware/design team have no vision anymore, they're just tacking stuff on to the XMB, the XMB is a great interface with so much potential but now it just has multiple personalities, the experience is broken up, they seem to be incapable of unification, integration and simplification. And they have too much pride as a company, they stick by their bad decisions and don't let them go. Microsoft have less potential in their interface but they do have one thing, a vision of unification and they're a lot faster at feature development, sadly for them they fail at the implication stage. Sadly, both these companies have lost vision of GUI design and neither possess all of its key aspects: unification, integration, simplification, minimal interaction, seamless transitioning and an aim at perfection. Neither will do it right, I’m a PS3 user but Sony’s firmware/design team have no vision anymore, they’re just tacking stuff on to the XMB, the XMB is a great interface with so much potential but now it just has multiple personalities, the experience is broken up, they seem to be incapable of unification, integration and simplification. And they have too much pride as a company, they stick by their bad decisions and don’t let them go.

Microsoft have less potential in their interface but they do have one thing, a vision of unification and they’re a lot faster at feature development, sadly for them they fail at the implication stage.

Sadly, both these companies have lost vision of GUI design and neither possess all of its key aspects: unification, integration, simplification, minimal interaction, seamless transitioning and an aim at perfection.

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