Online PSN Store Revamp Underway
[Update: Tosh sent me these rumoured screenshots of new store.]
SCEE says that the PLAYSTATION®Store is going to go through a revamp very soon, and that there will be no new content for two weeks! Yay and boo at the same time I guess.
Salient part of the press release:
Customer feedback drives new design, interface and navigation
Updates on hold for two weeks; new-look Store launches mid-April
This April, PLAYSTATION®Store, the online content store on PLAYSTATION®Network, is getting a whole new look and feel – and it’s in response to feedback from the millions of PSN registrants in the PAL region.
The revamp comes in response to a survey last year which showed that many PLAYSTATION Store users wanted a better interface and easier navigation. The new design will deliver a hugely improved navigation system, much greater scope for categorisation and a dynamic new user interface.
Content will be suspended for two weeks while the improvements are carried out but users can look forward to a special update in mid-April.
There will be no weekly content updates between now and the re-launch, although users can still download content from the back catalogue, such as Warhawk™ and Gran Turismo™ 5 Prologue.
The PLAYSTATION Store revamp will not affect PLAYSTATION Network accounts or the virtual wallet system.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:25 am
Good to hear, I never really liked the look of the PS Store. Content is good off and on. But the interface is awful.
I really hope the new PS Store is software based
[Edit] - Looked at the screenshot, I noticed there is a “Select” button at the button. Maybe it is software based
March 31st, 2008 at 10:23 am
Yep looks much better, i like been able to see a lot more info on the screen with the tabs down the side, i want all the new stuff displayed rather then having to click through 3/4 pages to see it all.
Pics are all over the web so i think they are right this time and not some photo shop effort! April/May are looking pretty good for Sony, they seem to be keeping the momentum going…..
March 31st, 2008 at 10:38 am
Rumored screenshots?
If you look at the press release link the same screenshots is there.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:13 am
Ooops. Didn’t see them. Thanks!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:46 am
I was expecting to be underwhelmed, but wow!
Those screenshots really do look like a big improvement.
April will be quite the month for PS3: Store Redesign + MGS4 Preview + GT5:P US Launch + Official DualShock3 + GTA4!
March 31st, 2008 at 1:42 pm
It IS!! software based and we will get FW2.30 beforehand… Dunno where I read that, though
March 31st, 2008 at 2:00 pm
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=129471
March 31st, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Exactly^^
March 31st, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Why is the SCEA so quiet all the time?? Seems that SCEE has been leaking more and more info than SCEA lately. Odd.
Here is an example:
SCEE: “Hey Customers, we are going to do this and this and that and this in the next few weeks.”
SCEA: ***Crickets***
March 31st, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Special update…
“but users can look forward to a special update in mid-April”
Could this be Home?
March 31st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
@Andy. Home is possible, but From what I read it’s MGS:O Beta, Warhawk Broken Mirror. But it’s about the right time for Home.
Same info is up on the Official PS Blog now also.