User interfaces are pretty much one of the most overlooked parts of game design. Ever since this particular generation of gaming began, from the Xbox through to the Wii U, it’s been a core part of the gaming experience. We’ve already seen Sony’s Shuehei Yoshida looking cool as ice as he demonstrated some of that PS4 UI at Gamescom. Well here’s what the Xbox One UI looks like.
In case you can’t watch the video above because of legalese and other such copyright-protecting nonsense, then here’s a bunch of screenshots for you of the dashboard. It’s pretty much exactly the same as what we saw behind closed doors at E3 and Gamescom, with the UI going for that Windows 8 look.
Personally, I think it suits the Xbox One console just fine. And it’s a smooth-lookin’ interface, where less is more. I’ll get some fanboy flak for this, but I think the Xbox One UI is far more fluid than the PS4 interface which is going to look clunky and overcrowded in comparison.
It’s still a beta dashboard in the video and pics above, but that will most likely be the final look of it when the console launches here some time next year.
Last Updated: September 9, 2013
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FoxHoundR - Xbox One has won
September 9, 2013 at 09:32
i like it because windows 8 is awesome and i like the big buttons.
Hammersteyn
September 9, 2013 at 09:37
I bet you do…
http://media.tumblr.com/04d329529468cd875def045bbbdfb463/tumblr_inline_mk6xomQvzf1qz4rgp.gif
RinceThisandFINALLYlvUP!
September 9, 2013 at 09:43
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!
Admiral Chief of Rivia
September 9, 2013 at 09:51
XDXDXDXDXD
Umar Final Fantasy 15 Hopeful
September 9, 2013 at 09:58
Win!!!lol
Admiral Chief of Rivia
September 9, 2013 at 10:05
Digging through your childhood video footage there Deon?
Hammersteyn
September 9, 2013 at 10:20
We didn’t own a camera back then. Mind you we hardly owned anything.
Admiral Chief of Rivia
September 9, 2013 at 10:37
’twas me travelling back in time, I’m in yer house, videotaping yer childhoodz
Hammersteyn
September 9, 2013 at 10:58
Know I now why I have issues…
Tarisma
September 9, 2013 at 09:37
Very Windows 8 of them, which isn’t a bad thing
Hammersteyn
September 9, 2013 at 09:39
PC,Nokia and Xbox needs to have the same UI layout. Look at the backlash when FNB changed theirs overnight
Skyblue
September 9, 2013 at 09:41
Yeah and that was a huge improvement actually.
Tarisma
September 9, 2013 at 09:43
Ya, people are just resistant to change, look at the way android phones are going. Mine is covered in Widgets, which are pretty much tiles.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 9, 2013 at 09:43
The FNB change took a little while to get used to, but it’s not bad now that I am.
Gavin Mannion
September 9, 2013 at 09:44
Ah but with FNB it wasn’t just the look and feel.. they lost a lot of functionality and basic things simply didn’t work..
They’ve fixed most of those now and while I don’t like the look I have to admit it is blazingly fast
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
September 9, 2013 at 10:39
The nice thing is the continuity of the interfaces across all the platforms.
Troll Slayer
September 9, 2013 at 10:40
The trolling is strong with this one.
Matthew Holliday
September 9, 2013 at 09:39
Xbox one uses Bing.
gg.
Hammersteyn
September 9, 2013 at 09:39
And IE
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
September 9, 2013 at 10:01
Ugh! I really hate it, and to put the cherry on top, it comes with bing.. ugh!
Admiral Chief of Rivia
September 9, 2013 at 10:01
I see what you are doing there Jimmy….
MacDoodle
September 9, 2013 at 10:23
Looks like tetris
ElimiNathan
September 9, 2013 at 10:52
Disgusting
Ryanza
September 9, 2013 at 13:40
Is it so hard to make the home pages of these UI’s to display your whole background picture? The only thing i can see from these leaked pictures is that the background picture is hidden the fuck away with shit on top of it.
buying background themes for Xbox One is the same as putting your money into the toilet, shit on it and then flash it away.
Ryanza
September 9, 2013 at 14:03
If anyone wants to know, i typed flush but there’s shit all over it and that’s why you see flash.