Sony Interactive Entertainment has begun rolling out Accessibility Tags on the PlayStation Store for the PlayStation 5, the company said announced.
Accessibility Tags allow developers to provide detailed information on the accessibility features supported in their games. You can access these tags by pressing the “Triangle” button on a PlayStation Store page for a game that supports Accessibility Tags.
Here are the details:
Accessibility Tags for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 games will be available in the PlayStation Store on PlayStation 5. If both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 platform versions are available, you can compare the Accessibility Tags for each one through the dropdown menu.
With Accessibility Tags, you can easily see if the game you want to play features the accessibility options you’re looking for. Here’s a sampling of more than 50 Accessibility Tags available for game developers to choose from, in six categories:
- Visual accessibility features, such as clear text, large text, alternate colors, audio cues and directional audio indicators.
- Audio features, such as volume controls, mono audio, screen readers and alternative visual cues.
- Subtitle and caption options, including subtitle size, clear captions, and large captions.
- Control options, including button remapping, thumbstick sensitivity, and the ability to play without button presses, quick 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 transcription or voice chat and ping communication.
PlayStation Store Accessibility Tags for PlayStation 5 will be rolling out to players this week. With the launch of various games such as The days passed, Death Stranding Director’s Cut, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, God of War, God of War Ragnarok, Gran Turismo 7, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apartand Coming back will support the Accessibility Tag. We’re just starting to roll out this feature and are working with a wide range of developers to implement this feature on their PlayStation 5 game hubs in the coming weeks and months.
Watch a video of Accessibility Tags in action below.