PlayStation Is Adding Accessibility Tags To The PS5 Store

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Sony has been making a conscious effort to try and make its PlayStation systems more accessible for a varying range of people with disabilities. Most recently, it announced Project Leonardo, a highly customizable split PS5 controller that allows you to map buttons to where you like. It's now gone one step further to make sure those with disabilities are purchasing games they're able to play, by adding accessibility tags to the PS5 digital storefront.

Demonstrated by PlayStation itself via the company's official Twitter account (thanks IGN), accessibility tags will be rolled out to the PlayStation Store on PS5 and will let you know if a game includes certain accessibility features. These tags are broken down into six categories, which include Visual, Audio, Subtitle and Caption, Control, Gameplay, and Communications, with various features listed in these categories to make sure the game is actually playable for people with certain disabilities.

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Upon the launch of this feature later this week, only a select few titles will make use of accessibility tags - pretty much all of the system's first-party offerings - but Sony states it working with other developers to ensure games are tagged accordingly in the future. It might not take too long before we see other games tagged as well, as Sony states that the feature should be widely implemented in the coming weeks and months.

Of course, it's a massive positive that these features are finally here, and accessibility tags are arguably something that should've been included on the PlayStation Store well before now. It's better late than never though, and plenty of people that may have had to do research before