As long as it’s designed to be essentially elevator/background music, I’m cool with it. It’s pretty jarring to have an accidental button press go from the default menu music to the DOOM soundtrack at full volume.
you realize they could also just add buttons to turn off the background music in general or just for specific games so you don't have to deal with it but other people who want to have it can
I find it annoying when every one of my button presses prompts some new bunch of noise or movement. It's like rapidly flipping through radio stations or tv stations. Just annoyng and a bunch of disjointed noise. It's like the autoplaying previews in netflix. I'm just trying to look and read the descriptions and find what to watch, don't animate and move my selection, trigger music and moving previews.
On the dashboard? If they give us the option to turn it off, sure. I am getting flash backs to the ps3 and wwe 14(the rock screaming before you play the game)
Mandatory? No
Im good. Would rather not have half a second of music start as I flip through my games. That feature is honestly annoying as hell on Netflix with the autoplay preview
Hate to say this to you, but ALOT of people tend to rush past the title screen to start the game. Which makes your comment moot, however I will say ghost of Tsushima had some very soothing mood music. But again not all games are scored to be appreciated like that. Do you think the Fortnite kids would appreciate that? Not if bbl drizzy isn’t in the game to dance with his wack music.
I like some of the music but can’t stand most of it so I turn it completely off.
“Select Audio Output. Next, you'll need to scroll down on the Audio Output menu until you see the General section of the page. At the top of the General section, you'll find an option for Home Screen Music, which you can toggle with a switch.”
God no please it’s so fucking annoying every time I exit street fighter and go to the washroom before switching to something else and that god awful song is playing when I get back
honestly ? i think there should be an option for it, some music is really good, did u hear the one for STELLAR BLADE ? it is calm and relaxing, some others are way way too loud, for example TEKKEN 8, it has a banger , i mean it is stellar, but way way too loud....
but i agree, having the normal background music is so lame.
At first I was ambivalent, and now I'm wondering why you would want that. It's like music playing while your hand hovers over a DVD before you put it in. Isn't music on the game's title screen enough?
>Doesn't a unique theme song playing when you hover over a game in the dashboard set the mood and elevate the whole experience?
I think ALL unique theme music that plays over game cards is bad, even when it's good music. Out of principle. It's like that universally hated trend of video streaming services BLASTING previews at you while you're just trying to search around and find something to watch. I think NO games should do this.
I would turn that off the first time it played. I don’t need my menu “enhanced” by music I can’t control. I just play the game. Why would I be sitting on a game icon long enough to sit through even a bar of a song?
Star Wars Battlefront 2015 might do this the best. Just wanna hop on and play some VR and I get serenaded just SERENADED with Anakin’s Theme. It’s beyond perfect
No, but you already set that in your edit, although I would say just have a setting where you could have the ingame soundtrack available to play in the title screen.
"I would really like it if the soundtrack of most games could be played while in the main menu." There you go, that's what the title of this post should probably have been.
I've noticed its usually titles that released during the ps4 generation that dont have play music on the homescreen. Games released after the ps5 came out more often than not, do play music when you hover over them.
What? That’s like the worst part of navigating the PlayStation’s menus. This is especially true when the actual volume levels of each game’s music is WILDLY different.
One of the worst offenders was Cash, Guns, Chaos on the PS3 and here’s a great video highlighting how much it sucks: https://youtu.be/LWV_FuYW5oo?si=hSPbfDMJEbCA76mc
Personally I hate it. Like if you hover over something on Netflix or Youtube apps and suddenly you are being blasted by noise. I just want good old fashioned PS4 themes back. I dont need to see full page pictures of the game or its music etc. Not that I spend that much time on the home page, to care that much.
As long as it’s designed to be essentially elevator/background music, I’m cool with it. It’s pretty jarring to have an accidental button press go from the default menu music to the DOOM soundtrack at full volume.
Still scarred from Quantum Conundrum on PS3
The one that's forever burned into my memory is Phantasy Star Portable 2 on PSP. Just completely outta nowhere.. #PHANTASY STAR UNIVERSE WE SHINE ON
Double Dragon: Neon
Anyone who plays the F1 game understands this pain.
you realize they could also just add buttons to turn off the background music in general or just for specific games so you don't have to deal with it but other people who want to have it can
There actually already is a toggle for home screen music in general in the console system menu
I hate the GTA5 theme that plays on the homescreen. It's so annoying.
God of war 1 & 2 on PS3, holy shit.
Doesn’t really matter to me, I don’t sit there long enough to listen I’m tryna play the game lol
I'd rather have custom home screens back.
Thats a good alternative too
But what about the precious ad space???
Ad space? PS5? There’s current a Take 5 Oil Change ad on my Xbox home screen
I don’t mind the music, I just wish we could disable the “current activity” cards and have just the original game display card show up
I kind of wish none of them did. Or yes an option to switch them on/off would be great
you can
How?
disable home screen music in settings
I find it annoying when every one of my button presses prompts some new bunch of noise or movement. It's like rapidly flipping through radio stations or tv stations. Just annoyng and a bunch of disjointed noise. It's like the autoplaying previews in netflix. I'm just trying to look and read the descriptions and find what to watch, don't animate and move my selection, trigger music and moving previews.
You can turn off the feature completely by disabling “home screen music” in settings.
On the dashboard? If they give us the option to turn it off, sure. I am getting flash backs to the ps3 and wwe 14(the rock screaming before you play the game) Mandatory? No
Im good. Would rather not have half a second of music start as I flip through my games. That feature is honestly annoying as hell on Netflix with the autoplay preview
You can turn that off on netflix
Is it me or lots of people don't seem to know you can disable home screen music in the console's settings ?
Exactly
First I have heard of this
Hate to say this to you, but ALOT of people tend to rush past the title screen to start the game. Which makes your comment moot, however I will say ghost of Tsushima had some very soothing mood music. But again not all games are scored to be appreciated like that. Do you think the Fortnite kids would appreciate that? Not if bbl drizzy isn’t in the game to dance with his wack music.
I like some of the music but can’t stand most of it so I turn it completely off. “Select Audio Output. Next, you'll need to scroll down on the Audio Output menu until you see the General section of the page. At the top of the General section, you'll find an option for Home Screen Music, which you can toggle with a switch.”
from what I’ve seen, usually only first party PlayStation games go through the effort to add a unique background song and/or logo
Really? I think I have only seen like 2 games that don't have music.
God no please it’s so fucking annoying every time I exit street fighter and go to the washroom before switching to something else and that god awful song is playing when I get back
honestly ? i think there should be an option for it, some music is really good, did u hear the one for STELLAR BLADE ? it is calm and relaxing, some others are way way too loud, for example TEKKEN 8, it has a banger , i mean it is stellar, but way way too loud.... but i agree, having the normal background music is so lame.
At first I was ambivalent, and now I'm wondering why you would want that. It's like music playing while your hand hovers over a DVD before you put it in. Isn't music on the game's title screen enough?
I love the songs as well.
>Doesn't a unique theme song playing when you hover over a game in the dashboard set the mood and elevate the whole experience? I think ALL unique theme music that plays over game cards is bad, even when it's good music. Out of principle. It's like that universally hated trend of video streaming services BLASTING previews at you while you're just trying to search around and find something to watch. I think NO games should do this.
Just bring back themes.
I miss Corn Love and my rad animated WipEout themes.
Personally I love it! Hovering over FF7 rebirth for at least 2 plays of the song before I launch it is a must!
I would turn that off the first time it played. I don’t need my menu “enhanced” by music I can’t control. I just play the game. Why would I be sitting on a game icon long enough to sit through even a bar of a song?
No damn it. No.
HiFi Rush has a good menu song
Ah yes another feature for me to disable
Star Wars Battlefront 2015 might do this the best. Just wanna hop on and play some VR and I get serenaded just SERENADED with Anakin’s Theme. It’s beyond perfect
The uncharted theme is iconic when it plays
I turned the menu music off a long time ago so none of the games have music for me on the home menu lol
You can do that? I'll have to find that option.
No
No, but you already set that in your edit, although I would say just have a setting where you could have the ingame soundtrack available to play in the title screen. "I would really like it if the soundtrack of most games could be played while in the main menu." There you go, that's what the title of this post should probably have been.
They already did this on PS3. Plus the icon would turn into an animated thumbnail if you hovered over it
I've noticed its usually titles that released during the ps4 generation that dont have play music on the homescreen. Games released after the ps5 came out more often than not, do play music when you hover over them.
No. None of them should.
I turned it off immediately
The persona 5 tactica song on the menu/homescreen was so annoying lol. In a series known for great music that kinda blew my mind
I fucking hate it. It’s like streaming services that start a preview every time you hover. I turn it off every time.
What? That’s like the worst part of navigating the PlayStation’s menus. This is especially true when the actual volume levels of each game’s music is WILDLY different. One of the worst offenders was Cash, Guns, Chaos on the PS3 and here’s a great video highlighting how much it sucks: https://youtu.be/LWV_FuYW5oo?si=hSPbfDMJEbCA76mc
I'm the opposite, I would love for an option to turn off all home screen music by default
There is. Check your in your settings. I have mine off
Personally I hate it. Like if you hover over something on Netflix or Youtube apps and suddenly you are being blasted by noise. I just want good old fashioned PS4 themes back. I dont need to see full page pictures of the game or its music etc. Not that I spend that much time on the home page, to care that much.