PlayStation Store Will Make It Easier To Know A Game's Options Before You Buy It

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The PlayStation Store is about to get a solid sorting upgrade this week with accessibility tags, a new list of descriptors developers can pin to games to highlight their specific accessibility support, Sony announced in a blog post this week.

The tags are meant to “provide detailed insight on accessibility features supported in games,” according to Sony’s post. When the feature rolls out globally this week, you’ll be able to simply press Triangle on the DualShock and DualSense controllers when browsing a game on the PlayStation Store to see the list of accessibility tags it has before making a purchase.

There are ‘more than 50′ accessibility tags

Sony confirmed that the PlayStation Store will have “more than 50 accessibility tags available for game developers to choose from.” They’re spread across six different categories—audio, control, gameplay, online communication, subtitle and caption, and visual—with features to change button mappings, color, game speed, volume and sound direction, text, quick time events, and so much more. You can see the categories below:

Visual accessibility features, such as clear text, large text, color alternatives, audio cues, and directional audio indicators.
Audio features, such as volume controls, mono audio, screen reader, and visual cue alternatives.
Subtitle and caption options, including subtitle size, clear captions, and large captions.
Control options include button remapping, thumbstick sensitivity, and the ability to play without button holds, rapid button presses, or motion control.
Gameplay options, such as difficulty settings, skippable puzzles, simplified quick-time events, and game speed.
Online communication options, such as text or voice chat transcription and ping communication.

Kotaku reached out to Sony for comment.

As far as games that explicitly support accessibility tags, the list isn’t as extensive at the moment. You’ve got Death Stranding and God of War Ragnarök, as well as Days Gone and Returnal. But otherwise, that’s it. Sony did say, though, that it’s “just starting to roll out this feature,” so you definitely see other PlayStation games get accessibility tags. For now, you can see the full list of games that support this new feature below: