Sony has recently introduced a new feature called Accessibility Tags for the PlayStation Store to enable gamers to quickly and easily identify which games offer sufficient accessibility features to cater to their needs. These tags will be available for both PS5 and PS4 on the PlayStation Store. When browsing the store, players can select a game and click on the ‘triangle’ button to view which tags the game has. The tags will include visual, audio, subtitle and caption, control, gameplay, and online communication accessibility options, offering valuable information to players.
Senior Vice President of Platform Experience for SIE, Hideaki Nishino, expressed the company’s commitment to making gaming more accessible for all players. “Together with the wide array of accessibility settings within the PS5 console UI, Accessibility Tags will empower you to personalize your PS5 gaming experience to your individual gameplay needs”, said Nishino in a blog post.
The tags will gradually roll out for several PS5 games like Ghost of Tsushima, God of War Ragnarok, and Marvel’s Spider-Man. The company also revealed that the feature would not be exclusive to PlayStation games, as Sony will work with developers to implement Accessibility Tags in their game hubs on PS5. This move indicates that Accessibility Tags will soon become the norm for almost every game on the PlayStation Store, providing players with greater control over the games they play.
