TGS: PS3 dashboard

Screen captures are verboten, but according to 1UP, Sony's Phil Harrison has done a demonstration of the new PS3 menu system. Perhaps "new" should be put in quotations; accounts say it's strongly reminiscent of the PSP's interface, only with a bit more polish and a set of expanded features. Case in point is the PS3's photo system, which allows you to display images in slideshows and manipulate them with options like filters. That's similar to the Photo Channel on the Wii. More impressive is the Web browser - unlike the Wii, the PS3's browser will be included out of the box, and will even support tabbed browsing a la Firefox. Harrison adds that the PS3 dashboard will never be finalized, since Sony plans a series of upgrades throughout the console's lifespan.

by MacNN Staff