Ok, I have a friend who has a TON of XBLA games in his hard drive and he is disappointed on how it was not updated or enhanced through the new dashboard.
I told him that I was in the beta and I said that I could help him out. I then...have a new suggestion.
I know that for browsing games... there is a
"Games" bar where you can access "My Games" Tile OR Games > My Games
All games appear. However, its a nightmare to scroll from. Even thought there is already a "Show" Button available at the top left side. "Games > My Games > Show"
However, this Show Button only provides ONE filter... ONE FILTER!!!
Which are ALL--Demos--Arcade--Indie--Kinect--Recently Played--Recently Downloaded.
For my friend, he has a ton of arcade and indie games to choose from, so whenever he selects:
"Games > My Games > Show > Arcade" or "Games > My Games > Show > Indie"
It shows all Indie games. He always gets the old style tiles which are very cramped. And very very annoying.
SO HERES MY SUGGESTION:_______________________________________________
Usually when you select "Arcade" or "Indie" on the filter. The top left hand corner will be called "Show Arcade" or "Show Indie".
I saw this button change names from "Show" to "Show Arcade" and I said to my self... hrmmm, lets see if there can be a SECOND filter. Like when I select....
"Games > My Games > Show > Arcade > Show Arcade"
It will no longer show:
ALL--Demos--Arcade--Indie--Kinect--Recently Played--Recently Downloaded
But INSTEAD SHOW:
ALL--Alphabetical Order--Shooter--Adventure--RPG--(Insert necessary genres)--(Insert necessary genres)--etc.
You guys could use the Xbox Live Marketplace's Filter for genre filtering in the "My Games" section. Easy...
You can say that this might be too confusing but here's the catch:
Do you know when you go to Xbox.com forums? Theres a little dialogue that states
"You are here"...
Why not also add a just a little text box that says were you are. Like:
"You are here: My Games > Arcade > Shooter"
An issue of implementing this suggestion to the update.. "How can I get back to "My Games" without pressing the "Xbox Home" button?"
Well, heres another suggestion. There should be a "Back" Button/Tile beside "Show Arcade" in...
"Games > My Games > Show > Arcade"
Since, there is already a Dialogue "You are Here" at the person who is scrolling down his library of arcade games. He knows that when he presses the "Back" tile, he is aware on what category HE WILL BE IN.
http://forums.xbox.com/?xr=shellnav
Like:
"Games > My Games > Show > Arcade > Show Arcade"
Presses "Shooter" Filter on "Show Arcade" button.
"Games > My Games > Show > Arcade > Show Arcade > Shooter"
Then Presses the "Back" Button or Tile.
"Games > My Games > Show > Arcade > Show Arcade"
Easy....
Another suggestion is:
When a gamer such as my friend selects one of the new filters.... such as "Shooter"
"Games > My Games > Show > Arcade > Show Arcade > Shooter"
He should also be able to see ALL his Arcade Shooter games in ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
Easy...
Yay!!!
