Don't mix games and apps - apps need visibility, too

Note:for this idea, apps = non-game apps

Currently, if you go into games, you only see games. If you go into apps, you see games _and_ apps. Since games sell much better than apps, apps have almost zero chance to be visible in the top apps section. Also, often games are featured even within the apps section. This puts apps in an unfair situation, where apps have to compete with games for visibility, even when the user has already explicitly selected "apps" in the main Marketplace menu. Users are also confused seeing games here.

Solution: Don't show games in the apps section, just like you don't show apps in the games section. Give apps a chance to be top, and more chance to be featured.

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Velvárt András shared this idea · Aug 17, 2011 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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AdminCliff Simpkins (Sr Product Manager, Windows Phone Developer) responded · May 20, 2013

Although I don’t have official ‘this is completed’ from engineering, it doesn’t look like the new store experience (launched with WP8) still shows games mixed in with apps in the featured sections. Please let me know if this is not the care doe others.

As an aside, one lesser-known section in the store is the curated ‘Collections’ recommendations for apps; if you haven’t seen it yet, check it out. To see the curated Collections, open up the Store, navigate into ‘Apps’ and then click on the ‘Collections’ tile.

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