Capturinggameplaywithbuilt-intoolshasbeenpartoftheexperienceforthelastfewgenerationsofgameconsoles.Sonyhopestoturncapturinggameplayintosomethingmoreusefulwithitsnewlyannounced"CommunityGameHelp"featureforthePlayStation5.Essentially,thefeaturewillprovideclipsandtipsfromotherplayerstohelpyougetthroughdifficultmomentsinvideogamescomingoutlaterthisyear.

TheintegrationofvideohelpintotheconsolewillmakefindingsolutionsmuchmoreaccessiblethansearchingYouTube.What'smore,clipsareautomaticallycaptured,soplayerswhosuccessfullycompleteadifficultpartofthegamedon'thavetodoanythingextratohelpafellowPlayStationgamer.Ofcourse,sinceitisanopt-insystem,thereisnoneedtoworryaboutyourgameplayclipsbeingsubmittedtothehelpfulclips.

Ifyouopt-in,PS5willautomaticallyrecordgameclipswheneveryousuccessfullycompleteanactivityinasupportedgame.Forexample,ifyoudefeatadifficultbossinanupcoming"DarkSouls"game,thefootagewillbecaptured,reviewedbyamoderator,andpublishedasagamehelptipforotherplayerstowatchandlearnfrom.

Gamedeveloperscanalsoparticipatebycapturinghelpfulclipsthatcanbeusedtodirectplayerstosecretordifficultareasinthegame.

ThehelpvideoscanbeviewedonthePlayStationapp,allowingplayerstoseehowtobreakthroughstuckareaswithoutleavingthegameopenontheconsole.

Sonyhasstatedthatthisfeatureisexpectedtolaunch"withinthenextfewmonths."

Oncethisfeatureislaunched,youcanagreetoshareyourgameplaycapturesthroughthefollowingsettings:

Ifyouchangeyourmindanddonotwishtoparticipateintheprogram,youcanoptoutofautomaticallysharingyourgameplaybyreversingtheaboveYoucanalsooptoutoftheprogrambyreversingtheabove.Again,theseoptionsarenotyetofferedandwillnotbelaunchedforseveralmonths,sotheywillnotappearonyourPS5yet.

SabrinaMeditz,Sony'sseniordirectorofproductmanagementforthePS5platformexperience,said,"CommunitygamehelpwillbeavailableforsomegameslaterthisyearandwillbeexpandedtoasmanytitlesaspossibleinthefutureOurgoalistoexpandittoasmanytitlesaspossibleinthefuture."