Few of us could have predicted how crazy successful Xbox LIVE content -- downloadable games, movies, crap for your Avatar, etc. -- would become. I mean, Microsoft had to completely revamp the Xbox 360 dashboard interface to make browsing the storefront not so overwhelming.
It's still an issue, but the "New Xbox Experience" was a step in the right direction. They're taking it one step further, Major Nelson tells us, with an alternative way to dig through the ever-expanding Xbox LIVE Arcade catalog: Destination Arcade.
Going live next Wednesday, this new browser will feature better sorting options, a recommendation system, and perhaps most importantly, a feed displaying what's on sale and what games were released recently. That remains one of the biggest issues right now, so it's nice to see Microsoft address it.
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2:20 PM on 07.06.2010 | 
We know Microsoft. We all do.
If a game is 3 stars, I want to know why it's 3 stars. iTunes user reviews will tell me exactly what's wrong with a game, and if it doesn't bother me, I buy it.
The PSN just needs to get off its ass and have any of these features! A 100% game to demo ratio is the first step.
Also, it's US-only for now, however, I'm sure that has more to do with localization(changing ESRB to PEGI, etc.) Hold tight rest-of-the-world.
PS3 has been doing this since last year.
The PS Store you see and the PS Store I see must be very, very different.
No.
I wish that were true.
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It looks good. The Sales Fees sounds cool.
Until Crazy Taxi...
I'd really like being able to pick out the good games from amongst the shitty ones. I hope this will work with the indie games too.
" XBLA just needs to copy iTunes' rating system. "
iTunes is the biggest cluster fuck ever created, it's impossible to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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