Unless this is the first time you’ve ever visited this site* – you probably noticed that we’ve inverted the color palette on the Blog. The aim wasn’t to save your eyesight (though this configuration apparently is easier on your eyes), and we didn’t just make a change for change’s sake.
Rather, we “bleached” the Blog to match our big brother, us.PlayStation.com. In case you haven’t clicked over to the homepage (and you should right now), we’ve redesigned the site to make it easier for you to use.
There are lots of changes – this isn’t just a re-skinning:
- New navigation makes it easy to find games, TV series, movies, and original shows from any page and browse the entire site from one interface.
- New search is powered by Google and lets you find what you’re looking for, instantly.
- Interactive marquees give you video, screenshots and more info about our most exciting content.
- You can easily share anything from videos and screenshots to whole pages with your friends using the “Share” icons on each page.
- Our new Web platform is keeping everything running fast and smooth.
- Finally, and most importantly :-), the PlayStation.Blog is more prominent. You’ll spot new posts on the homepage and throughout the site.
This is our baby, so obviously we think it’s beautiful and perfect, but there might be some hiccups as we get everything up and running. Please be patient while we iron out the inevitable kinks.
Please note that this is just the first phase of improvements we’re planning to make the site easier to navigate, faster to use, and more interesting to visit. And right now we want your input – what do you love? What do you hate? What suggestions do you have?
As far as the Blog is concerned, we’re currently gathering ideas for a full-on redesign, but in the meantime we hope you enjoy the lighter, more readable PSB.
*If this is indeed the first time you’re visiting the PlayStation.Blog, welcome! We’re not always this self-referential.
I need to report a problem, I’m not able to reply to any posts on the forum, the reply button doesn’t work. Could you please tell me where i’m supposed to report this? Thanks =D
Please kill the white! It kill’s the eye’s to read.
OMG.. I can sign in.. with the PS3 browser!! Without freezing up!!!!! Awesome!
My suggestions match a few others.
Allow the white & black themes as a choice.
A bolder font for the super white hd user!
The banner needs some life to it.
The Red & Blue colors could be used for user names & post titles.
A suggestion box would eliminate half of the non contextual coments while allowing the blogger a place to vent / suggest their ideas.
Great support you guys! Keep it frosty
I like the changes but there’s ONE THING that’s really bugging me.
In your CSS file, you guys have this
#top { margin-top: 17px; }
Take the margin-top out of #top and instead add it to #page.
That way, that annoying white indent won’t be up top and instead the page will look like this:
http://i45.tinypic.com/2reskk7.jpg
Looks fine, but too much white now. You need to add some contrast with darker colors, like change the BG to a black/gray gradient. I love the look of the European playstaion.blog, it looks much sharper. It’s a good start but seems like it’s missing something, like this new theme was just put together with some tape. Anyway, the information is what interests me and this blog is awesome for that.
I have been a PlayStation Blog Reader Since Day 1 and I think PlayStation this isn’t the smartest Move you have Made by Changing the Site to White.
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I personaly Like Black better. Because it keeps the Theme look of the PS3. And the Black Feels to me feels More Powerful.
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I Feel that PlayStation Network On Our Websites such as the Blog and our PlayStation Websites needs to have it were our PSN Community Friends can Comunicate with Each other as a Family by having options to “Read/Reply/Send” our PSN Messages anywere we are on the PlayStation Community eaither on the Sites or on the PS3.
And to have our Gamercard as API like the Rest Mentioned.
If we Can’t Settle on the Color for our BLOG then we need as a PSN community need to VOTE on what we want as a whole.
► I REQUEST A VOTE POLE, or an Option to to Change the Theme.
this is cool but i liked it better the way it was. white looks plain and boring…..
I love it, a GREAT step forward!
My HD TV gets the white so bright it hurts my eyes.
i think the background should have a picture of some ps3 exclusive like gow 3 up. Sort of like the ps3 themes. Would help 4 marketing in a way and it would spark curiousity in sum games. Also, i think that the banner and borders around avatars should b black bcuz as has been said b4 the border is kinda brite
you want feedback jeff? you got it,
First, white is by far the worst color to choose i dont know why you guys like white, black was much cooler it had that darkside feel to it. with that said i rated the post as a 1
if you want me to come back and view the blog again, i better see it back to black or you just lost another blog viewier. im dead serious.
The Blog looks fine, I can deal with the white. How ever US.Playstaion is a really poor site now and is not user friendly to use, very hard to navigate now since it takes longer to load. It would be nice to have the site load faster like it used to before the change. Thats my input, I’m sure nothing will be done about it and I’m just wasting my time even posting this but that how I feel. I don’t even post on the PSU anymore since the change, but what ever.
Looks good. No issues that I can detect that hasn’t already been pointed out on the blog.
As for the main page, just throwing it out there but I would love for you guys to drop the flash.
Looks real nice, Jeff. Both the blog and the US Playstation.com are now a bit more inviting. The navigation changes on Playstation.com in particular are much appreciated.
nice . I use my ps3 to view the blog and forums . the blog works and views fine . (although the header image at the top can take some time to load . and the search bar on the side is a bit glitchy . wants to disappear before input is finished . playing around with settings yet to see if that helps . but the most severe is on the forums . Subject headings appear but the body of all the posts do not . heres a link to a screen shot of the forums from my ps3 using the screenshot function in the browser . http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4418796840_d47b7379f6_o.png
wait a minute . i just noticed that i didnt have to disable javascript to leave this comment . cool, thanx
Make the text darker and maybe the main background (the very white part) just a tad darker an I’ll love it.
This is awful. Please consider switching back to the black.
Thank you for doing this i really don’t like dark sites anymore and it’s just more pleasing this way
the blog really needs to be incorporated into the ps3, instead of the what’s new section.
When I start up my ps3, I wish it showed me news from the blog. Most of the time it’s more pertinent anyways.
Oh and I still prefer the black, why is my ps3 black and the website white.
black is what made the site cool! I’ll miss it..and what a coincidence it changed the day i finally bought an LCD flatscreen
nice new look. only one problem, the names of the people posting comments and the name of the replies are both red and very hard to find if u r just looking for replies. ( this is on the iphone version on the blog. i dont no if its this way on pc)
Jeff,
As an FYI the new PlayStation US website doesn’t work on Safari well. If you go into the PSP section and choose to browse all games it will only show you one game at a time with no way to see all of them.
This doesn’t happen on Firefox for Mac, just Safari.
THought someone would want to know :)
I dont like the white background
Black is so much better.
Why dont u have a button on top that changes the color so everyone can pick a color for their background.
if you are going to do this to the sites, then make the PS3 systems in white too
Way to bright, the black was much nicer.
Yeah same here i like it…but i would rather perfer purple n gold
why a White ps3? it would look plain. unless they pimped it out with something
At least give us the option to change it to black. That way, everyone is happy!
Need a little touching up.. But I do like it a lot.
Is the PS Blog ever going to be tied in more with us.playstation.com? or is it going to continue just to be a simple link from there?
Take care and keep up the good work!
I liked the darker color. My suggestion is to have the psn on and off light to show status of the network, like in europe blog. Being able to choose color would be better.
This is horrible and it looks cheap, also White backgrounds irritate my eyes, and its not the other way around – I know how my eyes feel! Whether or not some “study” says otherwise does not change this simple fact. I always visit the blog every day, but now I’m going to have to cut back unless you guys give us the option to change it back to Black.
“As a test, try looking at the white background of this web page. If it looks like a light source, it’s too bright. If it seems dull and gray, it may be too dark.”
http://www.allaboutvision.com/cvs/irritated.htm
Your background is WAY TOO BRIGHT and does look like a light and will cause considerable eye strain, and I am not adjusting the brightness of my netbook just to accomodate the PS BLOG…
THIS IS A HORRIBLE IDEA…
I am all for updates, and change, but this one is horrible!
PSN: frostquake
Hey Jeff Rubenstein, what studies show that white backgrounds lead to less eye strain? I’ve seen ones where people find it easier to read them because they’re used to printed materials where the text is necessarily darker than the page, but never any suggesting that dark-on-light computer displays do anything remotely like reducing eye strain.
For what it’s worth this new color scheme is blowing my eyes out. Going with a heavier weight font would help some but really I think you guys are just misguided in making a change like this.
lol, i thought my laptop graphics card was going bonkers for a second there :) Well it’s 2010 so a change is nice but, please tell me this is not the finished product? Something is wrong but i just can’t put my finger on it yet? You guys are holding out on us and have something up your sleeves (no april fools please)?
“like white on rice, in a glass of milk, on a paper plate, in a snow storm!”
umm i dont see how this is better the old site was just fine, i had no problems until you down graded the site and why do the same to the blog?, here are a few problems to name, harts my eyes to look at the white screen, i can no longer view the last posts ive made, and it loads slower again to name a few.
why is there not an option to change the theme of it, i like the killzone theme better then this white mess of a design you really should of made some kind of poll asking what we would’ve liked in the new site or maybe make one now what would make the site better then this downgraded version of the eu forum, is there any chance of a edit where we can really enjoy it like we did before
I hate it. I’m a big Sony fan but I can’t suport something I don’t like. This will probably be my last visit to this site. I come to this site and the forums at least 5 times a day (usally alot more) and now I can’t come to any.
Bleh, I feel like I’m on a Nintendo site.
when you switch back to black, and you inevitably title the post “Back in Black” I want you to give me credit.
White or doesn’t really matter. I would like to see PS2 come on the slim. I have games I want to play again. Thanks!
forgot black sorry
playstation.com, the ps forums and mag.com no longer work at all on the ps3. I have had my ps3 for 18 months and this is the first time I have been able to comment!!!!!
Not impressed at all. I have never been able to sign in to the mag forums either. Black was better and don’t forget skins.
I’m loyal but very frustrated. I miss the ps forums!!!!!
Where’s Canada’s Blog & Forums, Eh?
I like the new look.
but it would be nice if the text color is deeper(darker)
and the background color is a little bit darker.
Honestly don’t like but don’t hate. Black was very appropriate for the Playstation. But if this new look makes the website run more fast and smooth then I’m fine with new look…
it’s a step in the right direction except the color clashing from the category bar and the color from the banner/promo below the headline marquee.
why not just copy the layout from the europe blog? that one is great.
The old layout was much netter IMO. It’s too plain but is there anyway you could have selectable colors?
Thank you for making it white!
It makes more “inviting”
Will definitely check out the blog more
Also, really like how the Blog’s banner is now clickable and re-directs you back to the homepage (can’t believe this wasn’t added before…I think)
PS: An option for the Black version of the site would be great too (options are good)
Maybe this doesn’t belong here but I have two suggestions for the PlayStation page:
#1: Some trophies that have white letters and no background can’t be seen.
#2: I think there should be an option to see the Hidden Trophies already earned as they appear on the PS3, obviously only when the owner is viewing them. I think it doesn’t make sense to hide them if you’ve already acquire them.
Aside from that, I like the design of the new homepage and the blog.
Several games aren’t in the database like Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix among a number of others.
I gotta say I’m not liking the changes too much, the white is harder on my eyes (the old layout on the blog was very enjoyable) and the login is a bit more finicky (navigating away seems to make it forget, and the new login loads slower).
I’m overall fine though with the changes here on the blog, but those on the main us Playstation website have convinced me it isn’t worth visiting. Though I suppose I wouldn’t be so miffed about the horrid load times & terrible looking theme over there if the forums were easier to find.