Microsoft Store’s Radical Redesign Will Be Faster and Easier To Use
Xbox’s console storefront is getting a facelift just in time for Xbox Series X, with features including inline trailers and improved search filters.
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Microsoft has confirmed that the recently leaked UI upgrade to the Microsoft Store on Xbox will be coming to Xbox Insiders soon, promising that it will be much faster and easier to use. Throughout the entire lifespan of the Xbox One, Microsoft has made tweaks to the console’s UI to push it in the right direction. When it launched back in 2014, there was an emphasis on big tiles because of the machine’s intended Kinect requirement. When that went away, the team shifted midstream, making several iterations that made things easier to find for players with a gamepad. In more recent times, the entire menu of the console got one final overhaul, and many suspect that the Xbox Series X’s dashboard has already been revealed in this upgrade.
Of all the things remaining from the old days of Xbox One, the Store interface is one of the biggest that has stayed pretty static. There have been minor upgrades here and there, but the experience is lacking compared to other aspects of the console. Games that support backward compatibility don’t show their pricing without entering second menu. Subsections like the Xbox Creators Collection are basically hidden unless a user really knows where to look. Worst of all, loading into the store and game pages often takes a few seconds, which makes browsing around quite the hassle.
Thankfully, the Xbox team is aware of all those issues, and the newly announced store upgrade tries to address as many as possible. As seen in a full video tour given by Larry Hryb and Cody Bird on the official Xbox Video Podcast, the store now has a slick design that loads almost instantly. Search filters can easily dial down to the content a player is looking for, whether its a particular indie game or a blockbuster film. Browsing is now a breeze, with trailers loading as players go through selections.
Players also get an updated wishlist feature that keeps track of sale pricing. This includes Xbox 360 and original Xbox titles, which now have full integration into al the store’s features. That means no more loading into a decade-old window in order to check on the current sale price of Crimson Skies High Road to Revenge. In the podcast preview, Cody Bird confirms that the new store is for Xbox One and Xbox Series X owners. It will first roll out to Xbox Insiders later this week, with a planned wide rollout by the end of the year.
As the Xbox Series X draws ever closer, Microsoft’s next-gen strategy becomes ever clearer. Xbox One is not an obsolete box on some arbitrary date this holiday, it is a part of the ecosystem that will continue to get UI updates and run as many games as is feasible. Even when true Xbox Series X exclusives start to come out, there’s a good chance that Xbox One owners can partake via some sort of cloud streaming solution. It’s the solution parents have wanted since the release of the Super Nintendo, and it only took three decades to achieve.
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