SmokedMeat
Gamer™
The 360 store makes the One store look like an amateur effort. It boggles my mind how they have the perfect template, and still release a mess.
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The Xbox One store has become so unorganised
- Thread starter Majine
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The 360 store makes the One store look like an amateur effort. It boggles my mind how they have the perfect template, and still release a mess.
Yeah it honestly is a pretty bad mess. There are two versions of Halo MCC on there too. Halo: The Master Chief Collection & Halo: The Master Chief Collection Digital even though both are digital. I own the digital version but for some reason I can also purchase the "digital" version again.
I don't really like the PS Stores layout either honestly, it shoves a bunch of advertisements in your face upon opening it and is also pretty disorganized. 360 store is still the best IMO.
I don't really like the PS Stores layout either honestly, it shoves a bunch of advertisements in your face upon opening it and is also pretty disorganized. 360 store is still the best IMO.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Metro as a UI paradigm is generally garbage in terms of usability. MS is for some reason in love with its aesthetics though and spams it all over everything.
HocusPocus
Member
I prefer it to psn, but neither one are that great.
Diablohead
Member
The xbox one store is a mess I agree, they have a listing for preorders, released and SE's as seperate games meaning you can search for a page, enter it and then find out you can't buy it because you are on the now old pre-order page.
Nothing was wrong with the 360 store layout, why the fuck did they go and mess it up?
Nothing was wrong with the 360 store layout, why the fuck did they go and mess it up?
DarthWalden
Banned
Wow, I've never actually noticed how terrible this is. I wish they would list them better and also group like games together...
There is a ton of room to easily improve the storefront here.
There is a ton of room to easily improve the storefront here.
Lloyd Christmas
Banned
Agree with OP. The store is an abomination. Thank goodness I rarely have to access it.
The Inventor
Member
Nice one, OP, good to point it out.
If they want feedback, we give them feedback, GAF!
If they want feedback, we give them feedback, GAF!
paragonpro
Banned
Saw forza horizon 2 in the new section and wondered if it was some kind of sale, nope just forza horizon 2...
lol that's ridiculous.
wumster3000
Member
I don't prefer either honestly. Both are horrible. Xbox One has so much going on that it confuses me and PS has so many dumb tabs that I feel like I am in a web browser. They both need a lot of work. I prefer the Wii U store front actually. Well laid out and it's easy to find what I am looking for.
link1201
Member
Yeah, that's my biggest gripe.
GreatMightySymp
Member
I have issues with the PSN store, but at least it's easy to find DLC and other add-ons for a game.
It takes so many steps to get into a game's add-on section. Granted for season pass content IIRC it shows up under the Manage section for the game (KI did it for me), but it's still a kludge.
It takes so many steps to get into a game's add-on section. Granted for season pass content IIRC it shows up under the Manage section for the game (KI did it for me), but it's still a kludge.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Yeah it's pretty crazy right now. Still have yet to see an ad for Ori..
Had to dig through shit to find it when it just released.
Had to dig through shit to find it when it just released.
The last time I remember using the Xbox store on an actual Xbox (as opposed to queueing up downloads through a PC browser) was somewhere back around the time that Rock Band and Guitar Hero were still new and popular. The store had room to display a grand total of four "things" on one screen, and if you went to 'New Releases' in the store, every single song download of that week, for both games, was listed as its own "thing". Meaning that you would have to scroll left to right through 30-50 "things", only able to view four at a time, with everything (whether it was interesting or shit) nestled in between the song downloads.
This looks, at the very least, a lot better than it was back then.
This looks, at the very least, a lot better than it was back then.
SkinnerSw33t
Member
The store is terrible for perusing. Hopefully a revamp is coming with the Win 10 changes.
I normally just use SmartGlass to make purchases. It usually updates quicker than the console store too.
I haven't found this to be the case. The add-ons are listed in the right-hand column on any game's main store page. This was actually one of the useful changes they added in the one update the store did get.
I normally just use SmartGlass to make purchases. It usually updates quicker than the console store too.
I haven't found this to be the case. The add-ons are listed in the right-hand column on any game's main store page. This was actually one of the useful changes they added in the one update the store did get.
YES. The marketplace on the Xbox 360 back during the blade days was terrible. It was just one huge list for the most part.
GreatMightySymp
Member
I was meaning that I have to go to the Games & Apps section, go to the game and then pick the submenu option to get to the game's page (and you can't easily see if you have something bought like you can on PSN, so it's going in and out of each one if you can't remember).
Whereas the PS4 it's a lot easier to tell what's installed and what isn't.
a Master Ninja
Member
I actually liked browsing the store on the Xbox 360 because it defaulted to showing the content in order of release, with the newest stuff at the front. Even the section in the OP isn't that bad, because those Forza bundles are "new".
The Add-On section in particular is messed up.
You have to scroll through ~50 random old items just to get to the latest content. The reason? Laziness.
The list defaults to showing "Coming Soon" content at the front, which by itself is kind of dumb. Then when this content is actually released, they never change it to a real date and it stays at the front of the list forever.
The Add-On section in particular is messed up.
You have to scroll through ~50 random old items just to get to the latest content. The reason? Laziness.
The list defaults to showing "Coming Soon" content at the front, which by itself is kind of dumb. Then when this content is actually released, they never change it to a real date and it stays at the front of the list forever.
Yeah, it's a mess. The entire UI is a mess. I hate having to do anything on my Xbox One if it's not playing a game or just clicking the YT box I have pinned to the left. Complete fuck up of a layout.
LOL, yeah. When I saw the FFXV box in the demo section I thought "Whoa, WTH?"
That quickly turned into "Ahhh, fuck off."
LOL, yeah. When I saw the FFXV box in the demo section I thought "Whoa, WTH?"
That quickly turned into "Ahhh, fuck off."
DannyDanger
Member
You know wat i like about this thread so far?
No hyperbole
No hyperbole
Regret Upon Approval
Member
Yeah, the store could do with an overhaul.
Hell, it doesn't even need drastic work. Collapsing things into a single game page would do wonders. Say you wanted to look up Hardline. You'd go to latest games, click on Hardline. At which point there'd be sections like a buy thing under which the versions are listed. Along with DLC and other media links such as streams and demos.
They've already got most of that with the current pages.
Hell, it doesn't even need drastic work. Collapsing things into a single game page would do wonders. Say you wanted to look up Hardline. You'd go to latest games, click on Hardline. At which point there'd be sections like a buy thing under which the versions are listed. Along with DLC and other media links such as streams and demos.
They've already got most of that with the current pages.
Interesting, the cynical side of me assumes that publishers/devs may be exploiting this for their content to be first...
I've always been able to find things with Bing search.
It could use an over haul though.
The first things I'd do is consolidate titles.
Having a title then show base, goty, premium etc.
Micro transactions. These need to be dealt with some way. Use the hub for these. Just like on 360, the marketplace gets flooded with them. Seeing 800 songs and outfits in a row makes it hard to find what you want.
It could use an over haul though.
The first things I'd do is consolidate titles.
Having a title then show base, goty, premium etc.
Micro transactions. These need to be dealt with some way. Use the hub for these. Just like on 360, the marketplace gets flooded with them. Seeing 800 songs and outfits in a row makes it hard to find what you want.
Nah they added a standard edition to forza without the day one DLC
DownWithTheShip
Member
Both xbox and psn stores are a mess. If it isn't new you need to know exactly what you're looking for, because it's going to be buried and hard to find.
This is one of my main gripes of the Xbone. It's gotten to the point I don't bother if it isn't one of the "Deals with Gold" thing on the dashboard.
The 360 store was substantially better than the PS3 store, but the PS4 store (while it has issues) is so much better than the Xbone store it isn't even funny.
The 360 store was substantially better than the PS3 store, but the PS4 store (while it has issues) is so much better than the Xbone store it isn't even funny.
Xbox Live and the OS in general are garbage on the Xbox One this time. They updated a bit to make it more streamlined but I hate it. Now that Kinect 2.0 was a flop, maybe with the release of Windows 10, they can start making it more intuitive for controller only schemes. So much lag on the OS, party chat, joining games issues.
AdmiralSnackbar
Member
At least they have a three by five(ish) grid that tries to make use of screen space, on the 360 you just scrolled through listings one at a time in a straight line. It still isn't the kind of store you can "browse" though. You either know exactly what you want going in or you have to spend time figuring out the difference between digital, digital deluxe, standard, and ultimate.
Yes it has. Finding things is just way too difficult.
The one thing that upset me was when I found the Indie games. I hadn't heard most had been released, or any news. XBOX used to have news or at least a button with Indie content, now it seems lost deep in the store. I would be sad if I was dev trying to get a game sold there.
The one thing that upset me was when I found the Indie games. I hadn't heard most had been released, or any news. XBOX used to have news or at least a button with Indie content, now it seems lost deep in the store. I would be sad if I was dev trying to get a game sold there.
schaft0620
Member
I just bought an x1, good god the UI sucks.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
It's not great. The 360 had this nailed yet people stil complained there too.
I think people just like to complain.
I think people just like to complain.
This is exactly the case. Spot on.
No doubt I've missed some things on there due to the whole mess, which is a problem for Microsoft and any company attempting to sell on the XB1 store.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
The real crime is that Indie games become lost in this mess. With no filter option and indie games being released in the same category as retail games theres just no easy way to find indie games you want without looking up the name. The way the store is set up only the "Top" games get the most attention and most of those games are the big retail releases.
Man Called Aerodynamics
Member
I agree, the store seems like it was built for a console with a dozen games, each with 2 or 3 pieces of DLC. Try browsing the DLC for a game like Dead or Alive 5, it's a nightmare.
It works well enough on touchscreens. But M/K and controller? Not so good.
Apoleptica
Banned
Yeah agreed it's a mess, better to just either use the search function or purchase games on the xbox website and let them download to your console automatically.
Pretty much.