Sony is testing a new PlayStation Store layout on the PS5 that uses significantly larger image thumbnails, in addition to adopting some other novelties. Assuming these changes eventually roll out to all PS5 users, which has yet to be officially confirmed, the overall redesign would mark the largest PS Store rework in over half a decade.
November 2026 will mark the 20th anniversary of Sony launching the PlayStation Store. Excluding smaller revisions, Sony’s digital marketplace has seen three major redesigns over the years, with large-scale UI overhauls often arriving near the start of a new PlayStation console generation. The most substantial of those changes came in 2008, 2012, and 2020.
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PlayStation Store Redesign Spotted on the PS5
Sony may now be preparing another major redesign, with a new PlayStation Store interface reportedly being tested with some PlayStation Beta users. The first glimpse of the updated UI surfaced on April 11, when X user Gaming_bo3gg posted a screenshot of the storefront’s Browse tab. Unlike the current layout, which drops users into a dense “All Games” grid designed for quick scanning, the latest beta version gives far more prominence to a smaller number of titles through large horizontal feature cards. In doing so, it appears to trade emphasis on volume and efficient use of screen space for a more curated feeling akin to that of the modern Netflix interface.
New PS Store Design Includes Prominently Featured Game Tags
While the beta menu’s top carousel features fewer games than the current PS Store interface, it also provides more information about its highlighted titles, including descriptive tags identifying genres and other features. People of Note, for instance, is labeled with terms ranging from “RPG” and “turn-based combat” to “stylized,” “story-rich,” “colorful,” and “3D.” Starfield, meanwhile, is tagged as “open-world,” “RPG,” “story-rich,” “cinematic,” and “space exploration.” On top of that, the carousel cards are accompanied by one-liner blurbs essentially serving as a given game’s logline.
The latest PS Store beta build also adds mood- and genre-based browsing sections directly below the new descriptive carousel. That is another Netflixesque touch, following the streaming giant’s rollout of mood-based catalog browsing to select beta users in spring 2025. The overall PS Store tab structure, including sections for latest releases, collections, deals, and PlayStation Plus-related news, appears to be unchanged. The beta interface is reportedly limited to the PS5 version of the digital marketplace. Sony has not publicly acknowledged it, suggesting a broader rollout may not have been approved yet. There is currently no indication of when that could happen.
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Latest PS Store Beta Layout Includes Autoplaying Videos
Another reported change in the new layout concerns selection behavior, with any game tile in the carousel said to automatically begin playing trailer footage when highlighted. The small number of user reports describing the feature as of today do not specify whether the videos are muted, though that would be the expected default in line with modern UX norms. As of April 12, the experimental PS Store layout appears to be live for some beta users in Europe and North America, with no sightings reported elsewhere. Separately, Sony is also testing a new PS5 home screen layout that seems to be available to the same users seeing the latest PS Store redesign.
