Why is PS3’s XMB, Soo Slow?

The in-game XMB has been a jumbled, slow-loading mess since it’s launch. It needs to load faster (no more spinning circles), and have fewer useless icons (photos, videos, etc) for more efficiency. There was a voting-poll post made in the Playstation Blog a little over a year ago about this but has yet to be fixed.

Article and images by: CritiKiL

One poster even offered:

“Anything that can’t be executed or viewed while playing a game should simply not be displayed on the in-game XMB. For example, if a game does not support custom soundtrack (playing your own music), don’t even show the music icon. Since you can’t play movies and games at the same time, hide that too, and so on.”

I recently posted my frustrations with this system in the Urgent Fury Forum and was pleased and shocked at the same time. Pleased, that others were experiencing the same problems, and Shocked because, ‘if all of us have been having the same problem for more than a year now…Why Hasn’t it been fixed?’ And this is not just a Regional issue, it’s happening to my friends and associates in Europe as well as other parts of the world. Just google ‘XMB Slow’ and you’ll see how many people have been complaining, with NO update to fix it. Leave your comments…

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I'm an Entrepreneur, who created [SÇK] Clan Killas®: Future Soldiers! We're a Seasoned Online Gaming Community on PSN / XBL. We believe that 'Gaming Is a Culture', and We Wear it Proudly! Follow me on Twitter, and even the Clan Killas®: @CritiKiL / @ClanKillas.

Author: CritiKiL

I'm an Entrepreneur, who created [SÇK] Clan Killas®: Future Soldiers! We're a Seasoned Online Gaming Community on PSN / XBL. We believe that 'Gaming Is a Culture', and We Wear it Proudly! Follow me on Twitter, and even the Clan Killas®: @CritiKiL / @ClanKillas.