giancarlo123x
Banned
My favorite storefront for any system, best of all time. May not be a looker but it was perfectly organized and ran smooth as butter. Shame we've gone backwards since.Remember old Bluey?
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Rumor: we might be getting a new PS Store layout
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GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
Imo looks like the MS store but as long as they dont fuck up and is fast all is good
double jump
you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
As long as it's fast and easy to navigate I don't care what they do to it.
jediyoshi
Member
I mean, it's like the actual least efficient method of text-entry ever devised. Maybe that's hyperbole, I haven't done the research, but shit's ridiculous. If I know I want it to search for 'Uncharted', I don't want to scroll through a vertical list of every letter in the alphabet to 'U', wait while it searches for everything in the store that starts with 'U', move on to 'N', wait for it to find everything starting with 'Un', move on to 'C', etc etc.
Insert plea for the Beyond Good & Evil text entry system here:
Do you see the irony of picking what is literally a less efficient method of text entry? The baseline for both of these is that you're moving through a linear list of characters, the actual benefit from the current search is that it only populates in characters where their entry would bring valid results. Less user inputs = more efficient.
Insane Metal
Gold Member
Looks as bad as the current one.
Malcolm9
Member
Yeah, clicking on "Games" then "Demos" is really difficult to do.
The only thing I'd like improved is the search option, you have to wheel through each letter and I'd rather use the virtual keyboard input like you do when you send messages (this is via the console version of the store).
thiscoldblack
Unconfirmed Member
Just what I thought when I read the title.
Remember old Bluey?
I will never understand why they got rid of this, was so fast, responsive and worked fine. The new store on PS3 is shocking, how did they release it and not know it runs like shit and crashes every 5 minutes?
DannyDanger
Member
It's not the greatest search function in the world but ppl seem to ignore the fact that once you select two or three letters, the exact thing your looking for will most likely show up on the suggested list.
Also it removes letters that would lead to an empty search. Works well imo
Let us use a keyboard to search like on the JP store.
Also the web store login window barely functions on mobile. If you have multiple accounts it will hang when you try and switch.
What the hell is up with multiple store layouts? UK/US/JP all have very different layouts even though they share the majority of the games.
Also the web store login window barely functions on mobile. If you have multiple accounts it will hang when you try and switch.
What the hell is up with multiple store layouts? UK/US/JP all have very different layouts even though they share the majority of the games.
SprachBrooks
Member
Lol, this is contradictory as layouts are fundamental to it being snappy and user-friendly.
I'm indifferent to this, I barely use the PS Store as is.
This is the only gripe I have aswell.
DeviantBoi
Member
Don't care much for the store on the PS4.
Most of the time I can't access it if I've been playing a game for a while. I have to do a Connection Test to have the connection reset before I can access the store.
I buy everything from the web store, so no big deal.
Most of the time I can't access it if I've been playing a game for a while. I have to do a Connection Test to have the connection reset before I can access the store.
I buy everything from the web store, so no big deal.
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
I dont mind a redesign but if it becomes what the xbox store is like then that would be a travesty. The Xbox one game store with multiple entries of the same game is shockingly bad!
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Now how about a new playstation OS layout.
Please please give us a better OS layout. The current one is not cutting it. Just let me pin the games and apps I want on that main screen and I'll be happy.
FlashFlooder
Member
What a waste of resources.
Barrel Cannon
Member
All consoles have crap store fronts now. 360 circa 2007-2009 is still the best imo. It's not just layout that matters, but content and marketing. Microsoft had an amazing marketing and storefront combination back then. The xbox website displayed information well too. It was easy to find something you wanted through the website or console.
Zombegoast
Member
Yeah except you then see a list of trailers, games and DLC that you aren't looking so you have to go through finding the letter(Hoping it doesn't crash on the Ps3) until you find what your looking for. Almost every time I see LBP3 clogging up the search results.
Pankratous
Member
Minimalism is the hot new thing nowadays.
And thank fuck for that. It's significantly more professional.
Jonneh3003
Banned
The UK store is so slow and clunky so I hope so.
Scorpion Soldier
Member
The 1980 logo looks like the Rock Band logo...Minimalism is the hot new thing nowadays.
Minimalism is the hot new thing nowadays.
I think there was a study done that looked at how over time logos would get more and more minimalist. It was pretty interesting. Not too long after I read a little of it I saw a commercial on Adult Swim showing how the Cartoon Network logo got more and more simple.
I like the minimalist style
matrix-cat
Member
It isn't though, not by a long shot, because the BG&E spiral is uniquely suited to the use of an analogue stick. You can blast through that thing and stop on exactly the letter you want every single time in a way that you just can't with the vertical list. Even with no changes, I guarantee you could type out a whole word and search for it with the BG&E method faster than you can with the current PSN Store search function.
Now, if they took the BG&E spiral and applied the current predictive text program and the way it cuts down on letters as you go, you'd be on easy street.
InsaneTiger
Member
Shirley you can't be serious? They would have announced the change on the blog.
Melchiah
Member
Same here, and speaking of videos, I wish Sony would use HD game trailers in the store. When you're selling something, it would be better to present the product in the best possible way.
Why would you ever look at the Xbox One store and think "Hmm yeah that's a great idea"?
Reminds me of when they moved the PS Store from the top menu to the bottom list, among the games and apps, so you have to scroll all the way to the beginning to reach it. Just made it less ergonomic.
Reminds me of when they moved the PS Store from the top menu to the bottom list, among the games and apps, so you have to scroll all the way to the beginning to reach it. Just made it less ergonomic.
Quadraphonic
Member
They could sell more ads.
Garrett Hawke
Member
AngelOFDeath
Member
As long as it's fast and it works I don't care what it looks like. I do like the current one as far as functionality goes, sometimes.
SolidusDave
Member
Going by those screenshots it looks even with the new layout they won't add the wishlist feature from the web store?!
That's super lame..
also the design itself is neat but it doesn't look like the PS Store anymore, not sure they would want that effect.
That's super lame..
also the design itself is neat but it doesn't look like the PS Store anymore, not sure they would want that effect.
Grylvak
Member
The hell if I know why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. I don't even know why I love Cinnamon Toast Crunch as much as I do.
aygomyownroad
Member
No no no don't copy the Xbox Store as its awful. I hate it.
However PS store needs a redesign it's even worse than the Xbox Store.
I want something simple, with easy to see genres, and above all else no PS3 games lurking about
However PS store needs a redesign it's even worse than the Xbox Store.
I want something simple, with easy to see genres, and above all else no PS3 games lurking about
This^ and folders!
brickwalker0
Member
the new formats (on both systems) allow for a lot more advertisements and "special treatment" to certain games. thats also why it runs slow as shit.
money > all
So this is now in effect.
Opening the store will look the same, but when you look at a game's store page, it takes you to the OP's ipictured design of having a large, game-specific background, lots of wasted screen space, and you press up/down to scroll through the media, game description, add ons, bundles, etc.
It's very jarring going from the store home page to the new game pages.
Opening the store will look the same, but when you look at a game's store page, it takes you to the OP's ipictured design of having a large, game-specific background, lots of wasted screen space, and you press up/down to scroll through the media, game description, add ons, bundles, etc.
It's very jarring going from the store home page to the new game pages.
QuantumZebra
Member
^
I'm over all these shiny layouts that companies keep rolling out at the expense of performance.
I work in IT and the changes Microsoft has made to the Office 365 portal / exchange interface slowed it down so much.
Give me functionality and efficiency pls.
So it looks like everybody has this now? Was looking at the store and noticed all game pages got updated.
I don't think i like it. It feels very crowded and not seamless to browse through. It also doesn't match the rest of the store. Everything else is the same except game pages.
I don't think i like it. It feels very crowded and not seamless to browse through. It also doesn't match the rest of the store. Everything else is the same except game pages.
Has been for a few days.
Man I thought I had connection issues with how blocky the videos were coming out. How crappy that you can get a much better version when you check official YouTube channels fr the HD versions.
I don't think it was in Aus, i could be mistaken but pretty sure i went on the store yesterday and still had the old layout. Ah well