Just when you thought it was safe, Sony drops a hammer. Starting tomorrow on the PlayStation Store, you’ll be able to get some “Premium Themes” that you get to spend money on. Haven’t we established that paying for themes and avatars is a just plain dumb?
The new Premium Themes will have previews so you know what you’re getting. But, seriously, who’s paying for this stuff? I’ll stick to the free themes or just roll my own wallpaper, thank you very much. See that premium theme pic up there? That’s what paying for this type of shit makes me want to do.
Are you going to buy any of these? Please tell me no. Please.
In this video Major Nelson shows off the new Xbox Experience and Dashboard, warning that the camera man must have been drinking a bit because he can’t stay focused on the screen for more than 30 seconds at a time. I like Major Nelson touting the 12 million Xbox Live users as compared to Nintendo as he talks about MS not stealing from Nintendo. You can now have Avatars and preview themes, which have been confirmed can still be used. Party functionality is a nice feature, no more having to send multiple messages to get friends into a game and you can check out each others Mii’s, oops Avatars. (I kid I kid)
Here are some shots of what the new Xbox 360 update and what it will do to your dashboard. Looks pretty cool and the folks over at Gamerscore Blog addressed our concerns in regards to losing already purchased themes.
Looks like the themes will be thrown into the background although you may lose some of the bottom portion of them.
Still no word on Gamerpics, but something tells me that those will die with the launch of the Avatars.
Here are some shots of what the Game Detail Pages may look like. Read More »
It’s been brought to my attention that the site that was hosting our PS3 theme went under. Pity. So now, I’m hosting it here for you. We’ve got a PS3 theme, two PS3 wallpapers two PSP wallpapers. There’s also two wallpapers for your computer (1680 x 1050). Hit the links to grab them and feel free to spread them around
Big thanks to Shawn over at PS3 Theme Designs for hooking us up with a killer PS Theme. You can see the preview above. The theme features some exclusive icons and two wallpapers which will be randomly selected whenever you load the XMB.
Both the Xbox 360 and PS3 now offer users the ability to buy, download, or customize their Dashboard/XMB themes in some way. But whose implementation is better? We decided to analyze the ins and outs of customizing your theme on both systems and see who comes out on top.
Most themes on the Xbox 360 have to be purchased from the Xbox Live Marketplace for 150 Microsoft Points (almost $2). You can, however, use your own picture for the theme background. The caveat here is that only one picture can be used for every Blade in the Dashboard. Past that, you can customize the Blade Trim with 3 settings and also use the Xbox Live Vision Camera for a watermarked background of you playing your Xbox 360.
The PS3 introduced it’s themes system in firmware update v2.00. Before the themes, you had the ability to set a custom wallpaper. Theming takes this to the next level. You can now create your own custom icons, fonts and colors for pop-up indicators. Sony has provided tools and documentation for any user to create their own themes.
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