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[Kokonoe]

Major improvement.

 

[Cartman86]

Looks like a modern visual interface...

Don't trust that it includes everything it needs based on those photos, but in the end I don't care. I find what I want perfectly fine. I'm beginning to think that there is no way for the average person to be happy with such a storefront.

 

[elektrixx]

I like it the best when they use white backgrounds for their white text interface.

Me too! http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=471772

 

[Metalmurphy]

Don't really dig the metro UI but the fact that they're finally grouping the game and dlc, and hopefully the demo too makes this store x1000 better.

And why were there invisible tiles?

Anyway let's hope this sorts out the category and tech issues.

No idea. They stated they were aware of the problem and it still took them a while to fix, and the fix was a work around so the problem was probably something big. Maybe a store bug or a memory problem.

 

[bloodforge]

Very metro-ish, I like.

 

[AkimbO_Arcana]

Me too! http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=471772

lol yeah this is ridiculous. But it's merely a US store thing.

 

[shink]

Looks okay to me.

Download list sorting and gifting is a must.

 

[waypoetic]

Love it!

 

[Fuzzy]

VG247 has some additional details.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/11/sony-unveils-redesigned-ps-store-live-from-october-17/

The redesigned PS Store will be rolled-out in all regions in which PS Store is currently available, starting next week on Wednesday October 17 in PAL regions, culminating in a US launch on Tuesday October 23.

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[maquiladora]

Looks nice. Better than the current design anyway.

 

[Universaldamps]

Looks pretty slick. Not really a fan of the current store interface, so the change is quite welcome for me.

 

[Drencrom]

Definitely an improvement.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

I like the way it is now. That kinda looks worse, I think.

 

[Loudninja]

The redesigned PS Store will be rolled-out in all regions in which PS Store is currently available, starting next week on Wednesday October 17 in PAL regions, culminating in a US launch on Tuesday October 23. VG247 will have an in-depth look at its features and a more extensive discussion with both Dumville and Gordon Thornton, VP of network operations, in the coming days.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/11/sony-unveils-redesigned-ps-store-live-from-october-17/

Editosted.

 

[nickcv]

Do you have a Wii and a 360?

yep, i always own every single hw, and while i agree wii and 360 are both bad i find the sony store to be the most confusing: the interface is way too convoluted.
even the search function was dumb: if i'm looking for MTG expansions why don't they list them in order of release? why there are several "products" for the complete version of a demo i'm trying? they should cleanup that mess, just have one product with the following links:
buy
demo
upgrade from demo.
there's no need for each option to be a different product, it just makes the search result full of useless crap.

nintendo and microsoft are both guilty for doing some of this crap as well, but i find their GUI less painful to use.

So you were not on PSN in the early days, eh?

no XD i bought the ps3 2.5 years ago

 

[Card Boy]

Redesigned so it's easier to see those £50 and $109AU digital download game bargains everyone wants.

 

[odhiex]

Definitely looks nice... I want to try it tho.

 

[kadotsu]

I just hopes it'll work for me to get Unfinished Swan and Okami HD. Please, just work!

 

[deim0s]

Spoiler

LOL, it's not called Metro anymore

Good, good, better than the current one. All user items/menu interactions on the left, info on the right and wider too - looking forward to these changes.

 

[Fuzzy]

yep, i always own every single hw, and while i agree wii and 360 are both bad i find the sony store to be the most confusing: the interface is way too convoluted.
even the search function was dumb: if i'm looking for MTG expansions why don't they list them in order of release? why there are several "products" for the complete version of a demo i'm trying? they should cleanup that mess, just have one product with the following links:
buy
demo
upgrade from demo.
there's no need for each option to be a different product, it just makes the search result full of useless crap.

nintendo and microsoft are both guilty for doing some of this crap as well, but i find their GUI less painful to use.



no XD i bought the ps3 2.5 years ago

I stopped using search a long time ago. I found it easier to just go All Titles>Letter>Game and look through there. A lot less frustrating that way.

 

[sajj316]

Will the Vita store get an update as well?

 

[Foshy]

I like it.

 

[BruiserBear]

It's close to what I suggested a while back, a page for each game, where it groups together everything related to that game.


Definitely gets a thumbs up from me.

That's existed for as long as I can remember.


This entire thing looks like mostly a reskin to me, but people like change, so it will be deemed "better".

 

[SSReborn]

Looks really slick hopefully it offers some things the previous store couldn't.

 

[Bollocks]

So are the screens official?
The font makes it look very metro-ish but I like it.

 

[YianGaruga]

Maybe SCEE has been keeping all these game from us to push them out for the store relaunch

 

[Typhoon_Ex]

Nice! I like the darker look, at least we will not have the color blending issues as with some pages on the current PSN.
Hope performance was substantially improved

 

[derExperte]

Search predicitions? I'm starting to faint here.

 

[Auto_aim1]

Beautiful, now that's more like it!

 

[V_Ben]

Sounds like there's a bunch of back end improvements to match, I'm loving it.

 

[Atruvius]

looks good! can't wait to try this out.

the current store is among the worst e-commerce i've ever used (user experience-wise)

It was worse. I remember when PSN store loaded a web page. It took forever to load all the items.

 

[Hanmik]

this is "big news".. so big that

 

[Loudninja]

The pages themselves scroll from left to right, on what Sony describes as a carousel set-up, which puts more of the store’s content within easy reach as the user moves through scrolling pages.

It’s from a functional perspective that the store will undergo its biggest changes. The search function is now smart, so provides a reductive list of options as each letter of the search phrase is typed. Abbreviations and mis-spellings will also be covered, allowing users to search for MW3 or Mas Efect.

Search performance will be further refined over the coming months, “What will be refreshing to customers is that this will represent a new agile programme that will enable us to add new content every month or so, rather than dumping the new content and saying we’re done,” explained PS Store product development manager, Elliot Dumville.

Filtering has also been improved, filtering is now possible by content type, but also by price and even by peripheral support.

In a guided tour of the store, Dumville showed-off grouped content, which brings together all content for any given title in one place, with links to demos, full games, DLC and themes. Searching for Black Ops, for example, shows related screen shots, links to a demo and provides recommendations for other Call of Duty content.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/11/sony-unveils-redesigned-ps-store-live-from-october-17/

 

[Foshy]

Maybe SCEE has been keeping all these game from us to push them out for the store relaunch

New store design, Dyad, CS:GO, RCR all on the same day?

Yes please.

It’s from a functional perspective that the store will undergo its biggest changes. The search function is now smart, so provides a reductive list of options as each letter of the search phrase is typed. Abbreviations and mis-spellings will also be covered, allowing users to search for MW3 or Mas Efect.

Filtering has also been improved, filtering is now possible by content type, but also by price and even by peripheral support.

Sounds good.

 

[tamaster92]

Looks pretty sexy but I hope it's not all just cosmetics

 

[Alej]

Sounds like there's a bunch of back end improvements to match, I'm loving it.

You mean... jeff_rigby style?
No, no, it can't be true.

 

[Noisepurge]

i truly hope this has a vastly improved "my downloads" section where i can search within my past downloads and sort them by category

 

[Nemo]

Hmm, not sure if it's an improvement over the Vita's store. I loved it's simplicity, it just needs screenshots

 

[glaurung]

I can't trust them to make it good. These are the same people that have had this for the past three weeks on multiple pages:

Yeah, I hate that shit with a passion.

How hard is it to add something like a week number or date to those identical categories.

FFS

 

[Flipyap]

Me too! http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=471772

Oh, that's good stuff.

lol yeah this is ridiculous. But it's merely a US store thing.

It's not. It might not happen as often, but the EU store definitely has its seasonal/promotional moments on complete unreadability.

 

[Tratorn]

Will the Vita store get an update as well?

I hope so.

Infos and screens look really cool.
If they also made the downloadlist better (filters + search-function), then i'm really happy with this.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Looks like the 360/Metro UI ,which I'm not a huge fan of TBH. Hopefully it'll at least be faster than the current PS Store.

 

[industrian]

The PS Store has certainly come a long way:

 

[Relix]

Nice

 

[waypoetic]

People (including myself) are so burnt and now sceptic about SCEE that we actually think that this new UI won't be for us in the EU.

Now that's a major fuck-up SCEE.

 

[SSReborn]

Hopefully when you go in the store now you can still access the XMB without having to exit it. Also I hope that they changed it so it doesn't stop the music I'm playing on my PS3 when I access it. To this day I don't understand why that happens.

 

[Ran rp]

It's waaay too Metro or "Modern UI" or whatever the hell Microsoft is calling it now. I'm all for change but the store should keep its own identity.

But this I like.

Edit:

The PS Store has certainly come a long way:

Holy shit.

 

[sublimit]

I never had a problem with how the previous version looked like.IMO it looked more organised than this.

The only thing that was needed were small video previews for every game and a better search system for my download history.

 

[Loudninja]

The PS Store has certainly come a long way:

Pic

I dont even remember that haha.

 

[YianGaruga]

People (including myself) are so burnt and now sceptic about SCEE that we actually think that this new UI won't be for us in the EU.

Now that's a major fuck-up SCEE.

What?

The redesigned PS Store will be rolled-out in all regions in which PS Store is currently available, starting next week on Wednesday October 17 in PAL regions, culminating in a US launch on Tuesday October 23.