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Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) released the new and improved PlayStation Store today. The redesigned portal not only looks cooler, but it is also faster and allows for “more fluid navigation to PlayStation Store for PlayStation 3 (PS3).” According to Sony, the PlayStation Store now “lives natively as an application on the PS3 system.” This leads to the greater performance. The new store is available to consumers via the latest Firmware upgrade (Ver. 2.30), which also released today. Here are highlights from the press release:
(The store) features twice as many primary shopping categories, making browsing through content quick and simple. These categories include “New Releases”, “Downloadable Games”, “View All By Title”, “Add-Ons”, “Demos”, “Videos”, “Themes & Wallpapers”, and “Featured Items”. Other improvements include a new “Preview” feature that enables customers to stream trailers and view screenshots of PlayStation Network games before they buy, and the addition of a “shopping bag” icon next to purchased items to assist customers in tracking their purchases. Through PlayStation Store, accessible via the XMB (XrossMediaBar), PS3 owners can choose from nearly 900 pieces of content, including more than 70 unique downloadable games for PS3 and classic PS one titles, as well as game demos and videos, BD movie trailers, game themes, wallpapers, and more. In North America, there are more than 3.6 million registered PlayStation Network accounts, and more than 66 million pieces of content have been downloaded from PlayStation Store. |
