Impressive Xbox Game Pass UI Concept Brings Back Xbox 360 Blades Design
New console generations bring more powerful hardware and many new games. However, one of the less discussed but still very noticeable changes is those that happen to a console’s UI design. Consoles today tend to have relatively similar home screens, all featuring some variation of flat squares representing games and apps. However, there was a time when different platforms featured much more distinct user interface designs.
The Xbox News Twitter account recently posted a throwback to the Xbox 360. The account tweeted a collection of images showing how Xbox Game Pass might have looked in 2005, complete with the Xbox 360’s original “Blades” UI.
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The four pieces of fan-made concept art show a variety of games sorted by the publisher, featuring tabs for Bethesda, Xbox Game Studios, Activision, and Blizzard. Each is color-coded, with Blizzard in blue, Activision in yellow, Bethesda in red, and Xbox in its iconic green. There is also a separate tab for titles released on Game Pass from day one, though the mockup doesn’t include an image of the Day One page. The pictures even feature an era-appropriate button prompt in the bottom right corner.
For anyone who might not remember, the Blades UI was the Xbox 360’s original home screen when Microsoft released it in 2005. The console’s UI featured tabs for things like games, Xbox Live, and system settings displayed as different Blades, which users could quickly scroll between. While less customizable than Xbox’s later dashboards, it at least had the benefit of being simple to look at and easy to navigate. The Blades wouldn’t last long, however, with Microsoft introducing a new tile-based UI system
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