ValeGame console interfaces used to be detailed and assembled with care. Now they’re nothing more than a collection of rounded squares.
I wrote about the death of distinct game console interfaces and how they all feel so empty and clinical now:
Christopher Kirk-Nielsen@vale Lovely, lovely post. The PS2's ethereal beach noises are a core memory haha. I miss the XMB, despite its straightforward UI, it worked well and as you point out, the background gives it something (plus the orchestra!). That's luckily still present on the PS5 boot-up, but you're right in that it's all converging, visually. We're a console generation away from losing any personality whatsoever.