(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});PSN Store Being Re-Designed Source: You must login or register to view this content. // By: The Open Minded // Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Many people prefer Xbox over PS3 simply because it is layed out better and is more pleasing to the eye. In an attempt to counteract this, Sony seems to be in the testing stages of a new layout for their PSN Store.
You must login or register to view this content. reports to have received information from several testers that Sony is quietly testing the layout. Why it is being kept so under wraps is yet to be known.
However, what is known, is that the PSN store will be moving further from its current, text based, visual interface and will be steering towards an image based one. This is said to be much like the current look and style of the Xbox interface. One of the testers commented:
Originally posted by another user
[The new layout is] "an aesthetic layout with logically marked sections and rolodex lists".
This is good news for us, because currently the layout and features seem clunky to say the least.
The movie section is said to be changing to a style and layout similar to the You must login or register to view this content., which will display movie info, actors, and other important information.
Other new features will include live search, which will give results as you type, and a new "Deals of the Week" section which will outline all the best steals and deals. It is also said that the current blue background is out the window, being replaced by a black background filled with many bright eye catching colors.
It is expected this layout will go live towards the end of this year, or possibly be featured with the release of the PS4.
So what do you think? Will you be happy to see the re-designed PlayStation Store? Is the visual interface important to you?
Credit to Reptiletric and his thread here: You must login or register to view this content.
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Sounds good. Maybe this will encourage more people to play on ps3 more. I always thought the current store layout was a little to cluttered for my taste and loaded too slow (for me at least).
Personally I think they should update the look of the XMB it's been the same for a long time now, it needs abit of the old reggae reggae spice added to it. They should also deal with the ps3's capability of loading things faster such as friends and their avatars/messages and other content on the ps3 (im not too technical so i don't know if this is hardware related). I for one couldn't give two shits about a new-look ps store.
Hopefully it is faster to navigate. That is all that i'm looking for, seems like the current one is weird to navigate and it pops up a lot of duplicates.