The Wii is able to get away with the channel interface because it doesn't have the same amount of functionality as the PS3 and 360.
The PS3 and 360 interfaces are really quite similar. It's interesting that when the blades were used for the 360, you always heard how much better the blades were compared to XMB. Then, when NXE came along, and basically replaced the blades with an XMB-like interface, you hear how awful the blades were.
XMB works perfectly. I can easily find everything, which is all I really need. I don't know why he expects a new UI simply because the PS3 is a powerful system. Since when are UI's expected to max out a system? Add in too much and it would just be frivolous garbage that makes getting to where I want to go more difficult. Also, it's good that Sony has the XMB across multiple devices. One of Sony's problems is that their separate division don't communicate well (music, movies, Playstation, cameras, etc.). I think it would be rather stupid to further differentiate the PS3 from the other divisions.
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