PSN Profiles: Please display PS5 games as rectangles

[I-SilentEcho-I]

6 minutes ago, Lorajet said:

Just when I thought we had covered all of the inane possibilities for threads, this shows up 

Its not inane, clearly enough people are opposed to the change and prefer the way exophase are handling it.
 

@Beyondthegrave07 That would mean the lists of trophy sets would take up more space on our profiles and on the games list, not to mention it would make the PS4 trophy set images look stretched.

Edited November 8, 2020 by I-SilentEcho-I

[willmill97]

To the people that are FOR the idea of these new squares. I think you're missing the point of why everyone else wants the standard system back. Not because we think rectangles are pwetty shapes, but of consistency. (Obviously this wouldn't happen and I'm not banking on it) but for example if every trophy list from PS3-5 was changed to a square I don't think anyone would care. 

 

But it's the inconsistency of squares among rectangles in what our lists will become that doesn't sit well with people, including myself. 

[Beyondthegrave07]

1 minute ago, I-SilentEcho-I said:

 

@Beyondthegrave07 That would mean the lists of trophy sets would take up more space on our profiles and on the games list, not to mention it would make the PS4 trophy set images look stretched.

Not really. If he pulls it from the PSN store, everything is square.

[Tesla_Rules]

6 minutes ago, Lorajet said:

Just when I thought we had covered all of the inane possibilities for threads, this shows up 

Agree with you!  And, yes, probably 500 inane threads at last count. 

[I-SilentEcho-I]

5 minutes ago, Beyondthegrave07 said:

Not really. If he pulls it from the PSN store, everything is square.

Okay that could work but what about the lists taking up more space? That'd still be an issue.

EDIT: They take up double the space, and the text has a lot of empty space. I think it looks dreadful without having to rework the text to fit the bigger icons. wouldn't it just be easier to crop it to be rectangle? There's far fewer PS5 games atm to PS4, PS3 and VITA games so it would take a lot more effort to retroactively change all of them instead of just editing the PS5 games.

Edited November 8, 2020 by I-SilentEcho-I

[Beyondthegrave07]

3 minutes ago, I-SilentEcho-I said:

Okay that could work but what about the lists taking up more space? That'd still be an issue.

Is it really an issue though? I guess I'm just curious if everyone really wants to just stick with rectangles or if their issue revolves around the consistency of it.

[I-SilentEcho-I]

For me its consistency, uniformity and use of space. I hate empty space in UI, it just ends up being inefficient and the end-user gets an overall worse experience.

[GT__Jedi]

Personally, I think they should be circles.  But then, I never really stare at the trophy lists and measure the distance between the icons.

[I-SilentEcho-I]

2 minutes ago, PermaFox said:

Personally, I think they should be circles.  But then, I never really stare at the trophy lists and measure the distance between the icons.

You don't need to measure the distance, you can simply use your eyes and brain to be able to see that the square icons are twice the size of the rectangle ones.

[diskdocx]

58 minutes ago, Beyondthegrave07 said:

Is it really an issue though? I guess I'm just curious if everyone really wants to just stick with rectangles or if their issue revolves around the consistency of it.

Personally I like the old rectangles best, I think they are clean and sized effectively enough that it is a good visual that captures the game and isn't obtrusive as you scroll down. Games stack well and trophy lists are neat and properly spaced

 

I'm not entirely sure how you would convert the old one to squares - most of them are designed that the type takes up most, if not all of the image.

 

But, I would much rather have consistency, so if all the images can be changed to square, I can live with that. The awkward spacing now with PS5 games taking up roughly double the size is both an eyesore and is inefficient in larger trophy lists.

 

I would be in favor of the overall height going back to the PS3/4/vita image vertical, but switched to a square. Seems like a reasonable compromise.

 

Edit - I guess I didn't fully answer the question - for me, it is mainly consistency. If the site does decide to implement a change to maintain consistency, I would prefer converting PS5 images to rectangles, but could live with all being square - I would rather consistent squares than the inconsistency of the current mix between the 2.

Edited November 8, 2020 by diskdocx

[WhoElseBut-Matty]

2 hours ago, HcG Clawz said:

 

This does matter, it hurts my ocd lol

that's fair enough 

[fbdbh]

The site is about providing a quick, searchable overview of the user’s gaming history - this is undermined the moment when entries are displayed inconsistently, even if it’s just a slight aesthetical / psychological hitch. So yeah, I think it’s quite important to consider coming up with a solution, the shape doesn’t matter - consistency and UX do.

[TWOLF2016]

I like the squares so that I can easily identify which lists are PS5 lists.

[DrakeHellsing]

I'm okay with the squares myself, problem I have is that the layout looks off to me.  Maybe it's because the squares seem a bit big? Maybe reduce their size somewhat?

 

Hard to say what could fix the issue and keep them square at the same time though.

[Platosaurus]

Wouldn't someone have to modify each piece of artwork to make the squares into rectangles?

 

Seems like a megaton of work.

[DaivRules]

1 minute ago, Platosaurus said:

Wouldn't someone have to modify each piece of artwork to make the squares into rectangles?

 

Seems like a megaton of work.

Generate the overall shape in CSS, resize the existing image with the same width or height but a higher z-level in CSS. Done. 

[fbdbh]

So, actually there are square-shaped PS4 games, like The Evil Within, you click on the game icon and you see that it has a transparent background. This would be a fix.

Edited November 8, 2020 by fbdbh

[Xylobe]

The inconsistency doesn't really bother me, but the wasted space sure does. Using twice as much screen area for the same amount of information reminds me of a lazy mobile-focused social media redesign (e.g. reddit)

[mcnichoj]

2 hours ago, I-SilentEcho-I said:

Its not inane, clearly enough people are opposed to the change and prefer the way exophase are handling it.

Vocal minority. Most people probably couldn't give one crap, let alone two over the shape change.

[Cleggworth]

6 minutes ago, fbdbh said:

So, actually there are square-shaped PS4 games, like The Evil Within, you click on the game icon and you see that it has a transparent background. This would be a fix.

 

I agree, there's actually a lot of lists out there that aren't rectangular. Most if not all lego games are actually circular they just have the background you describe

[Saionji]

When I looked on the Games tab on this site today I thought this is some kind of glitch with new ps5 trophy list not properly showing yet but if this is how its going to look then I might as well track my trophy progress on exophase. I vote for the old rectangles or even better if theres an option to switch between rectangles and squares in settings.

[MidnightDragon]

@Sly Ripper Can anything be done to make this a bit better?

[woggly4]

The problem is that the official image will still be square. If you apply CSS rules to make the new images the same height as PS4's images but locking the aspect ratio it would look like this:

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Notice how the Borderlands 3 image looks like it could be bigger. The problem is that the actual image is rectangle but resized to square for PS5. If you would change the fit type to cover instead of contain the Borderlands 3 image looks ok but all other images are cropped:

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That means someone would need to decide on a per game basis which image should be aspect ratio locked and which shouldn't. Might not be the best solution.

Edited November 8, 2020 by woggly4

[BloodyRutz]

Could we make them circle?

[Potent_Delusions]

Just now, woggly4 said:

The problem is that the official image will still be square. If you apply CSS rules to make the new images the same height as PS4's images but locking the aspect ratio it would like this:

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Notice, how the Borderlands 3 image looks like it could be bigger. The problem is that the actual image is rectangle but resized to square for PS5. If you would change the fit type to cover instead of contain the Borderlands 3 image looks ok but all other images are cropped:

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That means someone would need to decide on a per game basis which image should be aspect ratio locked and which shouldn't. Might not be the best solution.

 

So how come Exophase is able to do it? Not meaning that passive aggressively but as a serious question. Their tiles are rectangular and normal.