Sony announces new PlayStation Beta Program

For years, PlayStation users have been able to participate in various software betas for their consoles, letting you gain access to new and upcoming features ahead of time. In an effort to greatly expand this service, Sony has now announced a new and revamped PlayStation beta program.

Making the announcement on the PlayStation Blog, Sid Shuman, the Senior Director for SIE Content Communications wrote:

“I’m pleased to introduce the Beta Program at PlayStation initiative. It’s an easier, more consolidated way for gamers to sign up to participate in future PlayStation betas across a wide range of PlayStation experiences.”

Shuman continued, “The Beta Program at PlayStation will create an easy, centralized place for you to register your interest in a range of future PlayStation betas. A single registration for Beta Program at PlayStation will allow you to express interest in gaining beta access to test participating games for the PS5 console and PC, new PS5 console features, PlayStation App features, and even user experience features on PlayStation.com.”

As mentioned, this is far from the first time that PlayStation has allowed its users to install beta software, but it does seem as though the console manufacturer is wanting to expand the service greatly to all of PlayStation’s various products.

Joining PlayStation’s betas has always been a bit more complicated than perhaps necessary, and so it is exciting to see the company introduce a whole new and much more streamlined process.

It will be interesting to see what ends up being included in the first beta following this launch.

KitGuru says: What do you think of betas in general? Do you risk stability for the sake of new features? Which of PlayStation’s services need the most work? Let us know down below.

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