Sony Launching New PS Store on Web and Mobile This Month

[visighost]

The store is now live here...

 

I wasn't impressed by the decisions overall, but I'm even more annoyed now that I noticed they capped the number of purchases available in the Download List / Game Library. I mean, it's good I get to see 1000 items on one page but... where's the rest.

 

(Yes, I'm aware this is very much a first-world problem. But I'm thinking many trophy hunters will have extensive game libraries?)

 

Also:

-The PS+ tab includes many games that have no links to PS+ whatsoever.

-The Download tab includes a few games, two thirds of which are not even on my system anymore. No option to cancel or remove.

Edited October 22, 2020 by visighost

[EIdain]

I feel like they just updated it for the sake of updating it, making it look prettier without any care toward functionality.

Removing the wish list is still a head scratcher for me. There's less information on the home page now, less games featured on each page. You have to scroll past huge graphics to get to the stuff you want. Such a downgrade.

Hope the console store is better and / or the web store gets updated to improve it. Not gonna hold my breathe though.

Edited October 22, 2020 by EIdain

[Caesar Clown]

They don't even give you screenshots of the games, you just get the "cover" of the game.

[Lance_87]

43 minutes ago, visighost said:

The store is now live here...

 

I wasn't impressed by the decisions overall, but I'm even more annoyed now that I noticed they capped the number of purchases available in the Download List / Game Library. I mean, it's good I get to see 1000 items on one page but... where's the rest.

 

(Yes, I'm aware this is very much a first-world problem. But I'm thinking many trophy hunters will have extensive game libraries?)

 

Also:

-The PS+ tab includes many games that have no links to PS+ whatsoever.

-The Download tab includes a few games, two thirds of which are not even on my system anymore. No option to cancel or remove.

 

It's not "capped", there are only base games and demos, no DLCs.

 

Also the PS+ tab shows games that i already removed from PS+ ages ago, by rebuying complete editions, i.e. Lara Croft Temple of Osiris.

[visighost]

6 minutes ago, Lance_87 said:

 

It's not "capped", there are only base games and demos, no DLCs.

 

Also the PS+ tab shows games that i already removed from PS+ ages ago, by rebuying complete editions, i.e. Lara Croft Temple of Osiris.

 

Well, I had 3267 items in my download list, and a round 1000 on the new one, so I stand by my initial assessment: I don't have thousands of DLCs and maybe one or two demos...

 

That PS+ tab seems really random. There's some brand new games I just bought a few weeks back...

 

Clicking on the top left "Games" icon gives you an option to reach the Vita page... I had some hope, but clicking on the (very dated) games on that page leads to a Buy Download option... that leads nowhere or to the PS4 version if cross-buy.

Edited October 22, 2020 by visighost

[djb5f]

The changes just took effect for me today (on Chrome) and I already miss my wishlist.

 

absolutely no reason to remove that feature.

[Dangisuckatgamin]

The store looks horrific. Whoever thought this was user friendly needs to think again. Awful.

Edited October 22, 2020 by Dangisuckatgamin

[baboon_overlord]

On 10/18/2020 at 4:50 AM, yndajas said:

I'm not sure if Sony provides an API - it might just be a custom built scraper of the store webpages? In which case if PS3 content is ripped from the store webpages, PSPrices' database wouldn't be updatable.

 

Not sure whether the method for updating profiles on this site (by which I mean PSNProfiles) is public knowledge, but @jonny2608 and I have assumed it's a (custom built) scraper of the official PlayStation profile pages rather than an API (Google doesn't seem to return any reference to an official API), and I'd guess the same is true of anything unofficial providing store data.

Pretty certain it's an API. I'm up to my eyeballs in APis right now with my business so did a DuckDuckGo search before posting that, for example there's a GitHub here - https://github.com/mgp25/psn-api 

 

For this website in particular, I doubt it could process your trophy profile updates that quickly if it was a scraper, typically takes a few seconds for me normally (extremely impressive tech btw).

[MidnightDragon]

Looks like it was designed by the 8th graders making the EA Sports covers art this year.

[ID_FRANCE]

Iam looking at the new european web store and it seams very limited now

 

2 features have disappeared :

- no trailer or screenshot in a specific game page

- no more filter option (price ??)

 

And I still can't get used to the disappearance of the wishlist....

 

i feel so disapointed :/

[baboon_overlord]

On 10/18/2020 at 4:25 AM, Darling Baphomet said:

 

Not... really, they're just trying to keep the platform safe from harassment. It's a private company, and that means they're legally allowed to moderate it as they see fit. Besides that, they're not monitoring voice themselves, simply allowing people to do their own recording. Now, you could make a case for it being dystopic that profit driven corporations are able to tightly control public platforms (and by extension, public discourse), but that's a systemic issue, not something exclusive to Sony.

I agree with your second point, but I don't think that this is being done with good intentions. Also,just because other tech companies are acting in an authoritarian manner doesn't mean it's OK (it also doesn't mean Sony should join in either).

 

Even if we assume that the intentions are good, they have specifically referenced that any exploitation of glitches or bugs could be a breach of the terms of service/code of conduct.

 

Therefore, even doing something that is not cheating could result in a ban - I'm thinking the sky walking glitch in Uncharted 3 multiplayer in a private session for lolz as an example of something completely harmless that they might punish anyway. I know "slippery slope" is a logical fallacy, but I'd bet my bottom dollar it applies here. 

[kidson2004]

This whole new store update is straight ass. Can’t even find out what’s on sale like I could on my phone. Gotta search for PS3 games on my laptop and add them to my wishlist to buy soon. It doesn’t make sense to me that Microsoft buys Bethesda, and Sony switches up trophy point totals and do away with the option to see/buy older PS3/Vita games. They clearly don’t give a flying fuck about their consumers. 

Edited October 22, 2020 by kidson2004

[yndajas]

48 minutes ago, baboon_overlord said:

Pretty certain it's an API. I'm up to my eyeballs in APis right now with my business so did a DuckDuckGo search before posting that, for example there's a GitHub here - https://github.com/mgp25/psn-api 

 

For this website in particular, I doubt it could process your trophy profile updates that quickly if it was a scraper, typically takes a few seconds for me normally (extremely impressive tech btw).

? interesting. Last time I searched for APIs it just seemed like unofficial stuff, but this and another 'wrapper' do talk as though there's an official one.

[darkrequiem7]

The store is straight up garbage now. It's like Sony wants me to NOT get a PS5, or any more PS4 games, ever.

 

The store is now super slow and focuses on giant pictures of a small selection of items. Games aren't even named anymore except in the dumb picture, so heaven help you if they use some unintelligible font or have the little "PS4" box over some of the title.

 

"New Games" is just new games. I can't tell if any of it is new DLC or a monthly PS+ bonus pack for something like Tera or World of Tanks. Where did that stuff go? Anywhere?

 

I always prefer things that have a simple look and a design that make things easy to find and use rather than flashy crap like they have now. Hopefully they make it better soon. 

[sk_lp_him]

Even the Epic Games Store is more functional and organized than this new atrocious sony bull crap.

[Yuna4353]

Store still has not updated for me yet so i am doing a bullet it seems 

 

[MissDreamer]

It hasn't updated for me either, and I'm in the UK.

[baboon_overlord]

On 10/20/2020 at 6:47 AM, Kcrack_Km said:

I don’t give a shit about anything except the Wishlist. They only time I use the store is to check if any games I want are on sale, now I have to do this manually for each game for every new sale. Would love to know wtf was going through Sony’s head when they decided to get rid of this simple feature.

You probably missed this earlier in this thread: https://psprices.com/

 

Several posters alerted me to this site, so I manually recreated my wishlist on it myself as it's probably better anyway. You can also get notifications when games are discounted as well.

 

I'm very certain the wishlist will come back, I think they did this to cover themselves legally/reputationally as they can now remove all PSP, Vita and PS3 games from everyone's wishlist with no comeback.

 

===

 

Web version of the Store still hasn't been updated for me (UK version).

 

I haven't been able to access the PS3 Store for two weeks plus now either ("under maintenance").

 

 

Edited October 22, 2020 by baboon_overlord

[SnowxSakura]

12 minutes ago, baboon_overlord said:

You probably missed this earlier in this thread: https://psprices.com/

 

Several posters alerted me to this site, so I manually recreated my wishlist on it myself as it's probably better anyway. You can also get notifications when games are discounted as well.

 

I'm very certain the wishlist will come back, I think they did this to cover themselves legally/reputationally as they can now remove all PSP, Vita and PS3 games from everyone's wishlist with no comeback.

 

===

 

Web version of the Store still hasn't been updated for me (UK version).

 

I haven't been able to access the PS3 Store for two weeks plus now either ("under maintenance").

 

 

Press triangle to delete the store off your ps3 and enter it and it will re-download it. That will usually fix it

[baboon_overlord]

2 minutes ago, SnowxSakura said:

Press triangle to delete the store off your ps3 and enter it and it will re-download it. That will usually fix it

Thank you very much, I will try that.

 

As usual with Sony, a multi-billion dollar multinational corporation, I love the way I have to rely on third-party add-ons and friendly advice from Internet forums to get their products to work properly  

[DragonCrossGamer]

These changes make no sense. Why are they making it harder for people to give them money? So stupid.

[Nightstream88]

Looks like the store updated for me, think I still see Vita and PS3 games, so not sure on that one don't see any PS2 or PS1 classic games though.
So not sure if the remaining PS3 games or Vita are being removed or not anyone else?
Or is it not fully updated yet?

[Kcrack_Km]

1 hour ago, baboon_overlord said:

You probably missed this earlier in this thread: https://psprices.com/

 

Several posters alerted me to this site, so I manually recreated my wishlist on it myself as it's probably better anyway. You can also get notifications when games are discounted as well.

 

I'm very certain the wishlist will come back, I think they did this to cover themselves legally/reputationally as they can now remove all PSP, Vita and PS3 games from everyone's wishlist with no comeback.

 

===

 

Web version of the Store still hasn't been updated for me (UK version).

 

I haven't been able to access the PS3 Store for two weeks plus now either ("under maintenance").

 

 

Ah thank you, that site is fine. 

[TimeLordCrow13y]

1 hour ago, sk_lp_him said:

Even the Epic Games Store is more functional and organized than this new atrocious sony bull crap.

 

If it’s THAT BAD, I’m legitimately worried. ? Epic’s Store is absolute trash. 

Edited October 22, 2020 by TimeLordCrow13y

[Draps-1337]

We got the new version of the webstore a couple of days ago in Australia and it SUCKS.
The search is still just as janky.
There is No filtering anymore,
There is no OrderBy,
There is no Wishlist (though we knew we were losing that)
It's not faster, things still take a fair chunk of time to load.
All the Icons/GameArt banners Flash white for a second the first time you see them as some sort of intentional VFX but it just looks crap.

It still just beats the Nintendo Eshop in terms of useability but the missing advanced features hurt.
I'm still devastated they removed the wishlist, if your wishlist was public/friends of friends, you could look at what your friends wished for. I was hoping they would add the feature to allow you to gift someone a game on their wishlist and it would auto-remove it for them. so when Birthday's roll around you can give them a gift remotely. But alas, wishlists are too hard to maintain apparently...