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Sony Interactive Entertainment has begun testing a new feature for PlayStation 5, which could bring the platform closer to solutions known from Steam. The company is working on a widget displaying game popularity and the number of active players.
PS5 receives a new social widget
A new feature has appeared in beta version in the PlayStation Welcome Hub. The widget is designed to display, among other things, a list of the 10 most popular games of the week and a "Trending Now" section showcasing titles with increasing player activity.
Sony shows activity based on the weekly number of players and the time spent in games. For now, the feature functions more as a quick overview of the popularity of specific titles rather than a fully-fledged statistics system like SteamDB.
Sony may take inspiration from Steam
For years, the Valve Corporation platform and Steam have offered public player statistics thanks to open APIs and services such as Steam Charts and SteamDB. Sony apparently wants to partially introduce similar solutions on PlayStation.
Such data is particularly important for multiplayer gamers. It allows for a quicker check on whether a given title still has an active community and whether it is worth investing time and money in online titles.
The function is still very limited
At this moment, the new widget remains in early beta and is only available in selected countries. Sony does not yet allow browsing historical statistics for specific games or more detailed data on the number of players. It is also unknown when the function will be available to all PS5 users and how much it will change before the official launch.
Sony has started testing a new widget for PlayStation 5 that shows game popularity and player activity. The feature may be the first step towards more extensive statistics similar to those known from Steam.
source: techpowerup
