The PlayStation 5's PS Store has been an evolving beast over the last year. We remember the lack of an obvious place to find the latest deals being an issue, for example. Of course, Sony has been adapting the integrated storefront over time, and it's now in a better position. However, one remaining issue was trying to locate the newest games to hit the system. Thankfully, following another change, this won't be nearly as much of a faff anymore.
Shuhei Yoshida, previous president of PlayStation Studios and now heading up the indies team, shared news of two newly added sections on the top page of the PS Store:
Now, when you select PS Store, you can scroll down twice to find a 'New Games' strand, and below that, a 'New This Week' strand. If you scroll to the end of the former list, you'll have the option to View All, which will take you to a grid showing off all the new games released that week. This shows every title, including tiny indie games that aren't normally spotlighted.
Before this update, if you wanted to see the very latest releases, you'd have to tab over to 'Browse', then sort by release date, new to old, which was more of a hassle than it should've been. This small change makes discovering new games a lot easier.
Frankly, this should've been in place back at launch, but it's better late than never. Do you like to look at all the new games hitting PS Store each week on PS5? Will this update make a difference for you? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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Happy to see it's easier to find new indie games
No idea why this took 12 months to add, but better late than never!
We're a very impatient lot in general, and this issue did feel a little overblown, but this is one of those features that you'd expect to be there from the start.
I'm sure the store will keep evolving and improving over time.
Sony were accused by some of being arrogant over this issue, but they've listened to the feedback from the community again here, and from the devs. Fair play.
"Before this update, if you wanted to see the very latest releases, you'd have to tab over to 'Browse', then sort by release date, new to old, which was more of a hassle than it should've been"
What?! No way!! What a kerfuffle!! That's like 2 button presses. Sony you maniacs!
@Iver Yeah, it truly was. There wasn't even a Deals section in the beginning, which is actually funny in a sad way considering it's obvious Sony would prefer you buy everything digitally. There was no way to see the latest sales unless it happened to pop up as an advertisement on the store or in the Explore section of the home screen.
They have made strides obviously, but like others have said, why it's taken them so long to add certain basic things that should have been there from the beginning, I don't know.
@Integrity In a sense, true, it was only a handful of button presses, but this is still something on a long list of things that should have been there from the start, not 11 months down the road. No matter how simple, it has taken them a long time to get some things close to the way they should have been at launch.
@KilloWertz ...and another thing Sony!! I've got to do 3 whole button presses to turn off my PS5!! Why do you hate me?!!!
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@Integrity Ok, I'll give you that one. I've never had an issue with turning off my PS5. Yes, at first I held the button occasionally out of habit, but that's long gone.
@KilloWertz .....my mic is on?!! Plus I can hear others speaking??!!! So I have to turn it off myself once in the settings?!!! Sony have you got stark, raving mad??!!
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This wasnβt there before???
How could this take a year to add??
Never understood why the free demos section was never implemented on the ps5
Cool. Although with the extortionate price of digital games I canβt imagine a time Iβd buy one at release. Physical maybe.
Thank Sony for releasing the software update last week. The system performance is finally stable enough to handle more rows. (:
Hadn't even noticed the change!
I always just scroll down to the bottom and click PS5 or PS4, search Newest > Oldest and see what comes up!
I think I'll stick to psprices still as my PSN storefront.
@get2sammyb All hands were on deck to make exclusives π
The store front is still a mess but theyβre making progress.
Glad they added it. The store has definitely gotten better and easier to browse recently.
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