[gofreak]

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-34439_1-575...station-store/

At CES 2013, Sony Network Entertainment COO Shawn Layden talks Music Unlimited and the PlayStation Store with CNET contributor Christopher MacManus.

Following a similar move in Europe, Sony plans this month to launch a Web browser version of its PlayStation Store so U.S. gamers can remotely browse titles and make purchases. Eventually, the Web store will allow users to buy a game on the browser and have that content automatically downloaded on the PlayStation 3.

I wonder if automatic downloads would make sense for Vita. Maybe as a case-by-case option so you have full control...you might not want to use that if your battery is low for example.

[Thoraxes]

The less I have to use the new shitty PSN on PS3 the better.

This is a welcome change.

[teraMEL0S]

About time. Sounds awesome!

[Aeana]

The less I have to use the new shitty PSN on PS3 the better. This is a welcome change.

Bing. I don't have the kind of time needed to buy something from the new store.

[saunderez]

Finally Sony catches up with one of my most used features on the 360. Great stuff, very useful feature, particularly if you don't like navigating the store on the console.

[Gunloc]

Cool. Bye horrifyingly awful PSN store layout. (Unless the web store will look the same... :/)

[dallow_bg]

I'm very pleased.

[Stuart444]

Hopefully we all get the auto download thing at the same time, that would be a god send for buying from the new store

(too bad they won't go back to the old one and just fix the problems with it instead of using this new store but I suppose they need it for the web store to work or something... meh)

[Noisepurge]

finally :D but it is strange that they are still making new features to the old warhorse. Will the PS4 use the exact same store?

[Takao]

thank you european beta testers

[Inorigo]

Bing. I don't have the kind of time needed to buy something from the new store.

Thirded. New store s terribad. They better not wall off the auto downloads to PS+ users either. It's a godsend on 360. It probably gets me to spend more money.

[saunderez]

finally :D but it is strange that they are still making new features to the old warhorse. Will the PS4 use the exact same store?

Probably just preparing features for next gen. They don't have to use the same store but they've already got an implementation they can use.

[Razgreez]

finally :D but it is strange that they are still making new features to the old warhorse. Will the PS4 use the exact same store?

Why wouldn't it use the same store? The store already caters for PSP, PS3 and Vita

[GeoramA]

Perfect timing. The new store is bumming me out.

[graywolf323]

awesome, this means I won't ever miss a sale due to traveling as long as I have internet access

[Inorigo]

Probably just preparing features for next gen. They don't have to use the same store but they've already got an implementation they can use.

They theoretically could though, since PS3/PSV/PSP all use it.

Cool. Bye horrifyingly awful PSN store layout. (Unless the web store will look the same... :/)

The web store will have a search bar you can use a keyboard on though. They could copy/paste the the console UI and it'd still be a win for me.

[TheMink]

Excellent!

[Killthee]

Cool. Bye horrifyingly awful PSN store layout. (Unless the web store will look the same... :/)

The EU webstore has been up for about a month now. It has an initial load like the PS3 store, but after that it's smooth sailing and pretty speedy.

[zerokoolpsx]

Any chance to not use the new PSN store on PS3, the better. Unless it looks exactly the same on the web store. =/
Please be better!

[Daigoro]

Perfect timing. The new store is bumming me out.

yup. being new to PS3, im finding the PSN store a real chore to buy shit on. the amount of button presses required to make a purchase alone is really annoying.

good timing Sony.

[Shadow780]

about damn time

[Saroyan]

Yay it's about time! I'd much rather use a web store than the crappy new store on PS3

[Valnen]

This was the only thing I missed about my Xbox. Glad to see it happening.

[PSY・S]

Yes! Now I won't miss out on the PS3 plus content!

[StevePharma]

As a Euro I browse the online PSNS exclusively. Que all the stuff up + PSPlus items from my phone --> turn on PS3 when home --> Download List -> GO.

Vita store is not bad to browse but could use some improvements.

[pharmboy044]

Hopefully the site will be compatible with mobile browsers.

[TheSeks]

PRAISE HIRAI.

SCE heard our cries and is delivering. Maybe now I'll check the store more frequently than I do with this shitty update.

[Diablo Rosso]

They need to get the web store working on mobile devices too.

[GraveRobberX]

Maybe I can get my content back ; ;

=3

Who the Fuck am I kidding, this is SCEA =/

[somesayyea]

Any word on timing?

[jett]

Great. The current PSN store blows chunks of ass. I don't foresee ever using it again once this is available.

[Killthee]

Hopefully the site will be compatible with mobile browsers.

The EU store announcement said that would be added in the future.

The launch of the online store follows the recent redesign of PlayStation® Store (PS Store) for PS3 and is part of an on-going process of PS Store development. Both the PS Store and the online store will continue to be updated with new features that improve usability and convenience for finding, purchasing and accessing content. For example, users of the new online store can look forward to the addition of advanced recommendation functionality and automatic remote download of purchased content, as well as mobile phone and tablet browsing in the future.

[SniperHunter]

awesome! Will it be a downloadable software or a webstore?

[WeaponKnight]

About time. One of the things I like the most about Google Play is that when someone talks about a new app they liked I can buy it from the site and my cellphone will install it automagically.

[Killthee]

awesome! Will it be a downloadable software or a webstore?

It's a webstore. You can browse the EU one right now.

[pharmboy044]

The EU store announcement said that would be added in the future.

With everything going mobile, you'd think this would be their top priority.

[-NeoTB1-]

Great news.

[SniperHunter]

It's a webstore. You can browse the EU one right now.

nice thnx

wow it looks great! I like it

[darkwing]

awesome! Will it be a downloadable software or a webstore?

it's a web store

[Quixzlizx]

I don't hate the UI of the new store, but I can't believe how terribly it runs.

This will probably cause me to buy more stuff.

[iapetus]

With everything going mobile, you'd think this would be their top priority.

No, their top priority was explicitly making sure it wouldn't work on Linux.

Fuck you again, Sony.

[toleoring]

Hey this is the former SCEJ guy...He's done a shittiest job during his time in Japan. No wonder the new PSN store sucked hard...

[TheSeks]

wow it looks great! I like it

Now you know why the US was mad jelly about EU getting it. The new store software on PS3 is terrible.

This news is just so:

[PaulLFC]

Enjoy it, it's great. Only problem I've found so far is the lack of support for some browsers, notably mobile ones. The actual browsing experience is great - downloading things or adding the latest Plus content to my download queue is so much more convenient than the PS3.

[SniperHunter]

Now you know why the US was mad jelly about EU getting it. The new store software on PS3 is terrible. This news is just so: [img]https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.tumblr.com/cccqsm9/coFmg34y7/04.gif

Sony UK should develop the GUI for PS4 IMO. The devs from UK are the best at designing menus etc.

[Carl]

Good. I use it pretty much exclusively for PS3 buys now. So much better than that shitty Store app on console. Urgh.

Be good to see automatic downloads come, too.

[RavenholmDX]

I use the new web store almost exclusively now for "purchasing" all the new PS+ content every month. So much quicker for adding everything to the card, and two clicks to buy.

I definitely can't wait for the auto downloads.

[Jotamide]

awesome, this means I won't ever miss a sale due to traveling as long as I have internet access

Ditto. I really wanted to get Skullgirls for $7.50 :(

[Noi]

The web store also inadvertently solves the download list not having a sorting option since I can just ctrl+F whatever. Need those automatic downloads stat!

[anddo0]

Nice!

The new store is way too sluggish for my taste. I'll probably use this more.