Sony dropped off a couple screenshots for the upcoming PlayStation Store redesign. I’m really liking where this is going.

The biggest change, in my opinion, is the navigation. The Store will now be a native application in terms of controls. You’ll be able to just press up or down to move around the store, which is much easier than the current website-like controls.

To go with the mid-April release, Sony indicated that gamers won’t see any PlayStation Store updates for the next two weeks while the redesign is implemented. Updates will resume once the store goes live. A new firmware update will be available when the Store is up, since it will be running as a native application instead of using the browser.

Here’s screens from the European version, which looks slightly different than what SCEA posted for the US.