The Switch eShop catalogue is getting better with each passing week, but even with the rapidly increasing number of titles available the simplistic store design has stayed largely the same. A couple of complaints have been around visibility, particularly in easily finding demos and games that are on discount; one of those issues has now been resolved.
Called 'Current Offers' on the UK store and 'Games on Sale' on the US equivalent, a new section on the store does exactly as you'd expect in listing titles currently available at a discount. Numbers are small at the time of writing (2 in the NA store, 3 in the EU) but that will no doubt grow as the library expands and matures.
Another welcome addition to the Switch eShop, in any case. What change would you like to see next with the system's download store?
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That should help a little.
Progress!
A demo section and preloading next please.
Now just add some funky music like we had in the Wii and Wii U eShop!
@TDS_Computer Yeah I like the music they do. Themed music is nice too for a upcoming game. Like Mario is coming, so some Mario music in there. I think 3DS does that if I remember right.
I would love sections for demos and for all those Neo Geo releases. Glad to know Nintendo is paying attention to the eShop (if only they would add more apps, customization options on the home screen, and freaking Switch My Nintendo rewards!)
Like others have said, a demo section. And just other small things that separate the content, DLC and all that. I know PS4 definitely needs to do that with heavy DLC content games they sell, costumes and all that. In the new release section anyway.
@ZeldaToThePast I don't think the 3DS changes the music, but I know the Wii U does when there is a new release.
One off the list of the things the Switch needs. Too bad there's still a lot still to go...
Ooo, weekly new sales maybe? The eShop has certainly had a lot of games already (17 in 1 week if I recall!), so perhaps those older games can get some more attention with the odd sale every now and then?
Christmas is certainly going to be interesting once the first big Xmas Switch Sale hits......
How hard is it to make a few categories and features? Honestly, it's like one guy works on this in his spare time at the end of each fiscal quarter.
Nice! There is still a megaton of room for improvement but this is a nice step in the right direction. The E-Shop is far too simple at the moment, especially with the huge influx of quality games coming in on a weekly basis.
Music, a demo section, and various genre sections like RPGs, racing, fighters etc etc.
@JaxonH It seems like they've been purposely rolling features out once a month the past couple months. August was PayPal integration on the eShop and Nintendo's website. September was two-factor authentication for Nintendo Accounts. October is a Games on Sale section for the eShop.
Not sure why they're rolling things out so slow like that, but they are. Especially the eShop... that doesn't even require a Switch software update.
@TDS_Computer That Wii Shop Channel music brings back such great memories. Browsing the Wii Shop with points just loaded into my account made me feel like a kid in a candy store.
Well, it's something. I honestly assumed they were planning a big overhaul of the eshop and home menu, and I still think they are planning that, but this should help in the meantime.
@IceClimbers
Ya, and I'm grateful they are at least making progress but it just seems like there's so many things they can improve with such little effort and yet they're not doing it. Why not toss in 100 new profile pictures to choose from, why not add categories of genre on eShop with a demo category and add to cart, why not allow you to change how many icons show on your Home menu or rearrange the order (even SNES Classic let you rearrange the order to some extent), why not allow data to be transferred between Switch and SD, where's our video capture as promised, etc.
And that's without even looking at the larger issues like cloud saves or virtual console, system transfers, etc.
They need to get on it already.
@JaxonH I'm pretty sure that only a few people at most work on the Switch eShop.
Small blessings I guess
Well, it's a start. Demo section next, please.
It's progress. Don't know why it's taking so long to improve the Eshop.
Now add a spicy Wii Shop remix for some nice background music in the Switch eShop
Now it's time to offer decent discounts, not those commonly known as a "nothing for me this week" meme.
Progress is progress. If we can get some game categories back then that would be great, thanks!
@Captain_Gonru That would make more sense if they hadn't already released a big update in like June (or at least I think it was June) that added notifications for when friends go online, integrated the Wii U and 3DS friends lists into your friend suggestions, added the "find controller" feature, etc.
A proper browser would be nice, last time I checked all that would show up without searching for a specific game would be 'Coming Soon', 'Top Selling' and 'Recently Released'. Making more categories like 3DS and Wii U shops such as 'Multiplayer Games' 'Retro Releases' or even 'Action' 'Racing' Party' 'Mario' , anything is better than what we have now.
Adding the 'discount' section is a nice start, and hopefully once the online system takes off next year an overhaul will be due to make things a lot more organized. It's just sad that I have to search for a game I saw on NL by manually typing the name into the search bar.
Awesome! Now I can be the cheapo I am and buy the games on sale whenever they are on sale. And I'll know when they are on sale.
Isn't it strange that 3DS was launched with music, video player and internet browser built-in? It's not even worth using those features on the 3DS with a tiny screen. Switch being a HD tablet has none of those functions.
I want apps for the Switch!
I’m waiting for the jackbox games to discount, they are on sale alot in ps4 store so i figured they would be on switch soon
@AlternateButtons yea I like the fast UI as well.
Maybe add themes, and an option for music?
I hope themes and apps get a sections.
quick icons on the bottom of games to show us D for demo, an icon for DLC etc.... just to have quick access to see what is new to games we downloaded or waitlisted. (But I don't see much help with this so may never happen).
Personally as long as they don't do anything that affects the snappy speed then that's all good. You can search using genres but it's a bit lame so they could definitely improve browsing for games. Speed and finding games that is all I care about
A section for retro VC (NES, SNES, N64, GCN, Wii) would be nice. Not to mention shop music.
@beazlen1 Right the shop on PS4 and Xbox One both seem a little slow, but not nearly as slow as PS3.
Shouldn't it be a games with a few pence knocked section 🤔 They seriously need to start offering sales like the PS store does.
I was trying to do some searches the other day and was delighted to see more sorting options in the overall list view (e.g. sort all games by popularity or price). However, I couldn't search by the attributes of the game, which would be quite easy to set up. For instance, I was trying to search for games that are 2 or more players in the local wireless category, or you could sort for games by supported mode (touch for example), etc. They have this information for each game in the database so wouldn't be that hard to set up.
@AshFoxX @Ervex_109 @masterLEON @JaxonH Categories can currently be searched through the Search feature on the eShop.
“Gimme my VC!!”
Toppers. Any update that adds a fundamental change is good in my books.
@jariw
Yes you can search for genres in search section. But it does not hurt if we can have it as an independent section. Even the most generic digital shops have this feature, not to say of the Eshop of a 300$ device.
Now all we need are some games on sale once in a while!
@IceClimbers Pre-downloading new releases would certainly be a welcome addition. I mean, just imagine pre-downloading Odyssey and once the time hits midnight, boom, let's a-go!
No brainier: demos. And yeah, split out the retro Neo Geo / Arcade games at least.
Wow. The effort. It only took like 7 and a half months. Obviously it wasn't needed on day 1 as they were busy charging full price for Wii U ports. Still it's a momentous day, it almost makes up for everything else the Switch lacks.
@Angelic_Lapras_King A fair few of the games that released on both switch and PS4 at same time have been on sale on PS4 already. Will be interesting to see if we will start seeing a bit more common sales happening.
I picked up The Bridge as it was on sale a while back on Switch.
Good timing. Another opporunity for visibility, as the eShop gets more crowded.
Nintendo aren't very good at discounts so I'm not surprised this has taken so long and has such little content in it!
A great achievement by Nintendo.
The most likely explanation is that Nintendo saw little use in a section they wouldn't use anyway, that's why it probably took more than six months.
Nintendo are working too slow with the eshop and all of Nintendo's online features really. Releasing a broken voice chat app and passing it off as beta is still no excuse
With the current offers. The list and discounts are so huge (sarcasm) no wonder Nintendo took their time. It looks weird with only 2 discounted games from the whole eshop.
Now imagine if the had a mynintendo section. It would have no games
Pretty sure the devs decide whether or not to discount their games on Switch. I wouldn't be surprised if the devs were like "Meh, it's not worth it" before this update since you litterally had no way to find out if the game was on sale.
That section helps for exposure, but devs probably weren't warned much more than we were that this was coming, hence the lack of content.
Switch e-shop menu needs these :
1. Music
2. Alphabetical Ordering
3. Price Ordering
4. Colorful theme
5. Something from 3DS & Wii U e-shop menu
6. Age Rating Control, so I can Disable All the games with inappropriate contents to Not Appear on Switch e-shop menu so parents can choose the games for kids safely without seeing any inappropriate titles that might attract kids to find out those Malicious rated M games.
Cool. No rush with the stupid music unless you're going to give me an option to turn it off. More sorting options next. No rush though, test everything properly and make sure it continues to run as fast as it does now.
People are way too bothered about the e-shop. This is a good adoration and I am sure they will keep implementing stuff as it goes. For me demo section and reviews will be good future adds. Mostly I would want them to give a straight way of seeing the time spent on each game and rankings (have been using the parental app but even that one lacks detail)
How about an actually useful eShop layout that doesn't require you to buy something out in the last month or it drops off without going through special search filters or perhaps having to know the actual name of the game to buy it??
That's the real problem. About as bad as walking into a grocery store as a blind person and realizing none of the food has braille on it. Damn near useless without help.
This is a step in the right direction.
Still no way to find out about Shovel Knight, Fast Racing RMX or any other fantastic indie games that dropped out of the top 15. C'mon, Nintendo, this needs to be fixed before the holidays.
Hope next to the section there will be actual discounted and quality games
Long live the Wii U.
Now playing: Darksiders Warmastered.
@Ervex_109 @KirbyTheVampire
Specific genre categories already exist. Click advanced search and you can search for whatever genre you want.
I realise I may get in trouble for saying this here but I'm kind of glad Nintendo have moved away from music in their system UIs.
It's a relic of how every Nintendo system UI until Switch worked - i.e., ignore common sense + tried and tested UI conventions and throw together something that looks cute but is slow, bloated and confusing for first-time users. Another classic example would be the download progress indicator on the 3DS eShop.
As for why they've made these changes, I presume they've stopped trying to make special considerations for "kid friendliness", since nowadays every kid has a phone/tablet know and knows what a MB/GB is, and how to use a portable device.
@Ervex_109 I agree that's how it should be, I just find that most people don't even know that the option exists at the moment so I like to point it out.
If I were Nintendo, I would have introduced the "sale" section with a bang. Include some big sales to get people to check the sale section out in the future.
I see its been said a million times, but demo section-- There's enough titles now to put one there. Glad we have our Sales section finally. Oh and this is minor but it would be nice that after I've purchased a game off of my wishlist that it auto-delete itself. If I have it, why am I still "wishing" for it? :/
Man I guess DeathSquared should have waited to do their sale.
Well, at least the Switch and 3DS eShop funds are now merged.
A demo section would be nice, and a section to check DLC would be greatly appreciated too. It’s sad that buying through the website is more comfortable that buying through the eshop!
Give us themes like 3ds and spice it up with music.
@Ervex_109 totally agree with this.
@AlternateButtons shrug
@BezBot Pretty sure it did for Majora's Mask, don't know about others.
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