The Store UI is Garbage

[༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ]

Who designs the UI? Its stupid. When I click store I don't want to have to scroll constantly down to find top sellers and most popular to see whats trending. There's constant ads for things in the way. I have a genius idea. Why not remove all the ads and just show most popular / trending and top sellers. And then Have a Button for deals if we want to view another page for it. WHY IS THAT SO COMPLICATED!

[nullable]

Because your opinions are subjective, and other people feel differently or know better.

Is that so complicated?

[Crazy Tiger]

You don't have to scroll down. Just hover over "New & Noteworthy" in the top bar and those the relevant list: https://imgur.com/a/bZoCvmC

It's a store, of course they'll show adds.

[Olwart]

Store (Featured) > New & Noteworthy (Top Sellers). 2 clicks.

Originally posted by ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ:

Why not remove all the ads and just show most popular / trending and top sellers.

Not everyone wants that and also a huge part of Steam is it being a go-to platform for the indie game devs and so indie game sales, which explains why Steam would design their UI with these “ads” in mind instead of just focusing on the top sellers.

[B-o-B]

https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences
You can choose not to constantly scroll down, just un-tick it.. SEARCH OPTIONS
Store is based... as they say today.

[my new friend]

The main store page is currently on the "event" UI for the Winter sale. Come back after the sale ends to see it back to normal.

[PHOBIE]

The events and ads are the supposedly interesting parts to mix up your usual uninspired scrolling. UI is serviceable for buying, the rest is a matter of luck.

I don't normally find interesting games to look at without spending 10 minutes on customizing the search, and finding only one worthy to buy takes so long it's easier to look anywhere else but Steam really.

[༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

You don't have to scroll down. Just hover over "New & Noteworthy" in the top bar and those the relevant list: https://imgur.com/a/bZoCvmC

It's a store, of course they'll show adds.

This is just plain garbage UI. Its a store but the first thing they show me when I login is ADs even before clicking on Store.
When I click on store the first thing I want to see is the is trending, upcoming games and the top sellers. Why do they have to use the whole width of the screen width real estate to show top seller? Why do I have to see 1000 ads as the first thing when I click on store. I never even buy anything 95 percent of the time from ads because 95 percent of the time its games that are not good going on sale or that are old already. They are games I am not looking for nor neither interested. If I want a deal on a game I would just go the actual Store game page to see if It has a deal available. If anything its just a annoying experience. I am a paying customer. I just want a seamless experience to the store, not ads. They should have a link to a separate page for exploring deals if I want to look at ads.

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ:

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

You don't have to scroll down. Just hover over "New & Noteworthy" in the top bar and those the relevant list: https://imgur.com/a/bZoCvmC

It's a store, of course they'll show adds.

This is just plain garbage UI. Its a store but the first thing they show me when I login is ADs even before clicking on Store.
When I click on store the first thing I want to see is the is trending, upcoming games and the top sellers. Why do they have to use the whole width of the screen width real estate to show top seller? Why do I have to see 1000 ads as the first thing when I click on store. I never even buy anything 95 percent of the time from ads because 95 percent of the time its games that are not good going on sale or that are old already. They are games I am not looking for nor neither interested. If I want a deal on a game I would just go the actual Store game page to see if It has a deal available. If anything its just a annoying experience. I am a paying customer. I just want a seamless experience to the store, not ads. They should have a link to a separate page for exploring deals if I want to look at ads.

I assume you’re going to provide the community with examples of UI experiences that you have designed? You seem to be quite the UI critic so you’re clearly an expert in the subject.

[Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC]

Originally posted by Snakub Plissken:

Because your opinions are subjective, and other people feel differently or know better.

Is that so complicated?

100% This.

Personally I love the Steam store UI. I have found plenty of new games through its ads/recommendations. If I see a game I have zero interest in then I add it to my ignore list. I can't think of a gaming platform store UI that is better than Steam's...kind of weird that someone can be so triggered over 2 seconds of mouse scrolling.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ:

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

You don't have to scroll down. Just hover over "New & Noteworthy" in the top bar and those the relevant list: https://imgur.com/a/bZoCvmC

It's a store, of course they'll show adds.

This is just plain garbage UI. Its a store but the first thing they show me when I login is ADs even before clicking on Store.
When I click on store the first thing I want to see is the is trending, upcoming games and the top sellers. Why do they have to use the whole width of the screen width real estate to show top seller? Why do I have to see 1000 ads as the first thing when I click on store. I never even buy anything 95 percent of the time from ads because 95 percent of the time its games that are not good going on sale or that are old already. They are games I am not looking for nor neither interested. If I want a deal on a game I would just go the actual Store game page to see if It has a deal available. If anything its just a annoying experience. I am a paying customer. I just want a seamless experience to the store, not ads. They should have a link to a separate page for exploring deals if I want to look at ads.

That may all be what you want, but you are just one person. The store isn't catered to you specifically. And as said, it's a store so of course it will have ads on the front page.

That you are a paying customer is irrelevant, it doesn't magically make your opinion worth more. After all there are paying customers who like the UI you don't like.

I showed you how to acces the lists you want in a quick way. Use that.

[Phuderoso]

I really miss the classic UI from 2000's