Improvement ideas for the PS3 XMB

Since the recent firmware 3.0 update the PS3 XMB is taking a turn for the worse.

Here are some ideas on how Sony could improve the XMB.

Friends List: Gamer ID card

The current grey gamer cards are pretty horrendous, they take up far to much screen space, especially if you have lots of friends.

A better solution would be to use the card on the chosen friend in the list. The card also contains current trophy information.  

This gives instant information on your friends trophy status without having to delve deeper through the navigation.

Friends List: Gamer ID profile

Rather than a small gamer card which shows little information that needs to be scrolled through (L1-R1),

have one page containing all the information including, a full trophy list, messaging and chat buttons etc.

Which makes it so much easier to view a friends details.

With a press of a button (e.g. square) a mini version of your profile will show for easy comparison of trophies.

PlayStation Store: Smarter use of space

One of the biggest problems with firmware 3.0 is the new inclusion of the ‘What’s New’ (marketing machine gone mad) section and the extra ‘shortcut’ store buttons.

Now, ok they want more traffic and sales going through, but putting buttons everywhere is not the answer.

So, make the store more of a destination, the marketing people still want the ads, fine, but they do not have to be so large.

Loose the ‘What’s New’ section altogether and integrate it into the store, move the scrolling ads here. This makes it simpler to navigate and means less clutter in every menu.

Photos:

A simple one, stop using panels around images and text, especially when they are inconsistent styles (e.g. current Photos and Store)

A movie version (link below) helps to get a better idea of it in action

**UPDATED**

 PS3 XMB (Improvement Ideas) 

Cheers

WOW Thanks to everyone for all the positive feedback.

A few replies:

I Created it with Photoshop CS4 using found images and photos.

I am a Graphic Designer in the UK, so yeah Sony, job offers are welcome

Copyright issue: I dont care, they can use the idea, I did this for the users not for cash.

Getting Sony to see this: Im a noob at forums etc, so if anybody knows of the correct contact details for the top men, please let me know, or forward it yourself I'm not precious.

The finer details: I timed how long the current information takes to load the basic card details, and granted there would be a slight delay to load the new gamer card,

and the trophy/id page would take the same amount of time it currently takes.

Once again, thanks for all the support 

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