Microsoft Store can now show over 2,000 reviews for any app or game

What do you want to know

• The Microsoft Store can now display over 2,000 reviews per product.
• A technical limitation limited the number of reviews that could be displayed before, but this has since been fixed.
• Microsoft Store Lead Architect Rudy Huyn shared the news on Twitter.

Prior to this week, the Microsoft Store could display no more than 2,000 reviews per product. That has since changed, thanks to a fix from the team behind the store. Microsoft Store Lead Architect Rudy Huyn shared the news on Twitter.

The cap on displayed reviews was caused by an “old technical limitation”, according to Huyn. The issue has since been resolved, allowing more reviews to appear in the Microsoft Store. Huyn shared sample games with 66,000, 219,000, and 536,000 reviews. Needless to say, these are well above the previous ceiling.

“An old technical limitation prevented the #MicrosoftStore from displaying more than 2,000 reviews per product in the past, this is something we had to fix and we are now very happy to announce that this limitation is finally gone”, Huyn said.

Following the update from the Microsoft Store team, it should be easier to determine the best Windows apps and best PC games based on reviews. People looking to buy an app or game can have a reasonable level of confidence when they get an app that has thousands of reviews and a high score. For example, Minecraft has 536,000 reviews and still holds a score of 4.5/5.

Microsoft renewed its commitment to the Microsoft Store when it announced Windows 11 and continues to improve it steadily. Huyn gained a positive reputation for its third-party clients for Windows, then moved to Dropbox. Huyn then joined Microsoft in 2019 as the lead architect responsible for the Microsoft Store.