We recently stumbled across a list of ideas on Redditfrom the studio head of SMG Studios (Death Squared, Super One More Jump) which set out a few practical (and some not so practical) ways in which the Switch eShop could be made a bit better for both consumers and indie developers. Nintendo has, of course, made great efforts to improve the visibility of titles on the eShop and allow for discounts to help indies sell their games. The Switch eShop is not doubt quite a bit friendly than the design of the Wii U and 3DS eShop... and no one would want to go back to the old UI nightmare of the original Wii Shop would they. Stillvisibility of games and helping customers find content which interests them remains a challenge. Here are the. To get more relating to the newest crack technology concerning Nintendo Console, try this.ideas set out by SMG'smrtruffle: 1.Editorial Focus a. The store could use an editorial focus/section to allow visibility across a variety of hidden gems or just give seasonal focusb. As mentioned by the primary designer company for the www.r4-sky3ds.es .Eg: Our fave kids, family, Puzzlers, Fighting, RPG where someone from the Nintendo team picks their faves for that weekc. Guest Editors: Theres some great talent in Nintendo and other studios and maybe we have a my top 5 from them to again focus on games maybe missed but also mix up the gamesd. I know this is done through the news but thats one step away and I ignore the news mostly. 2.Best of Month / Week / Day a. Apple updated the store to have a daily news type feel. What this does well is create a routine for players to check in daily for whats new 3.Discover Weekly (recommendation engine) a. Based off sales of titles (ie customers who bought X also bought) and based off your own purchases, recommend to players games they may not know about.b. Spotifys Discover Weekly = awesome for me as I get 30 new tunes a week. About 25% I really like 4.Devs more control over their game pages a. In the spirit of Nindies I would like to recommend other games on the store we like and people should check outb. Other games by Dev. Theres no visibility of other games by same dev on the game pagec. Link through to news articles from store page 5.Allow external official sanctioned ratings? a. Nintendolife rating (opt in for devs to show) or other sites that give people ability to click through to read review. Itll help separate out bad games form good games without the need for the user review system that was trailed 6.Follow Developer/Publisher a. Right now you can follow news on a game but it would be good to follow the dev/publisher so if they release other games it helps 7.Charts a. Show the top 100? 15 is so limited and ends up being a self-fulfilling list as the games in the top get more visibilityb. Ability to show top games by price. Ie top 100 < $10 to help people find good games on their budget 8.Search a. Search by age rating: Just show me all G rated gamesb. Add < $10 and <$5 search filtersc. Add family friendlyd. Add # of players: ie 1 only, co-op, online multiplayer etce. File size ie < 500mb etc as people worry about size a lot of redditf. Digital Only toggle (games that are only available as digital) Do you think these ideas would go a long way towards improving the Switch eShop's interface? Let us know your thoughts with a comment below.
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