The PS5’s lack of availability has been one of the greatest struggles of the gaming world this year. Those fortunate enough to have secured the illusive console will be able to help forge its future through the PlayStation 5 beta program, as announced on the PlayStation Blog by Hideaki Nishino, the Senior Vice President at SIE. Like the beta system implemented during the PlayStation 4 era, individuals who are selected for the program will receive access to new features with the expectation of providing feedback. Nishino writes, “By signing up, you could be among the first to put new features to the test and provide essential feedback that will help guide their development.”
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There are an assortment of requirements participants must adhere to if they want to join the program. For starters, participants must at least 18 years old and be located in the United States, Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Germany. Furthermore, by signing up, users relinquish ownership of any ideas or suggestions they have to improve the PS5. Lastly, registering does not necessarily guarantee selection for the next update, but puts the registrant into the selection pool for all updates moving forward.
Since the PS5 launched last November, there have been numerous system updates, with the last notable update happening this past April. In that update, PS5 users were finally able to store games on external drives, use Share Play between both the PS4 and PS5, and many other improvements. Sadly, neither Nishino’s post nor the official registration page indicate what features will be coming in forthcoming updates or when players can expect the next update.
There are plenty of features the PS5 would do well to implement, the most baffling it is not already included being the lack of customization of the PS5’s home screen. While it is certainly clean and aesthetically pleasing, users are still unable to choose the layout of their games and cannot apply any of the themes they collected during their time on the PS4. Considering the UIs between the PS4 and PS5 differ quite remarkably, there may simply be no way to convert a PS4 theme to the PS5; app organization though should have been a feature from launch.
Either way, the beta program is a step in the right direction towards getting the features fans want the most on the PS5. Hopefully through the beta program, by the next Days of Play event, PS5 users can actually receive its themes, and there will simply be more PS5 users to begin with.
To register for the PlayStation 5 beta program, click here.
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Source: PlayStation Blog
