Big PS5 Update Lets Sony Use Your Gameplay Clips to Help Other Players

I always wanted to help people finish LOTR: Gollum more easily but never knew how. Glad this changes it.

@Czar_Khastik Imagine if the Gollum devs actually went back to the game in order to implement this. Heroes.

@ShogunRok Haha exactly, heroes without capes.

And who knows, maybe people go back to that steaming pile at some point in the future. Jekyll & Hyde on the NES got a cult following after AVGN bashed it for long enough so I just need to power through as well.

I think I adore this? GameFAQs, but on your console is a very tantalising prospect.

Seems like a really awesome way to get Game Help supported for more games without taking up dev time and resources. Whether it'll actually be helpful depends on how effective the moderation is.

I'm sure there's plenty of people who just drop a game for being too difficult instead of looking for guides so I think this is a good idea because it provides a level of convenience.

If this saves people having to go to YouTube, it could be a big help. I have used YouTube recently for DD2 and Prince of Persia the Lost crown puzzle based missions.

It brings me great joy that someone will be watching me fumble around, trying to figure it out then stopping for 5 mins while I look at my phone for no reason whatsoever!

The best use of Game Help for me was The Last of Us Part 1 & 2's collectibles. I wish more games would do this so we don't need guides in our face while we play for plats.

oooooooooooooooooooo shots fired! Sony's Great Eye has turned upon game guides lol. IMO this is pretty savvy. Gamers don't toil away at something before getting frustrated and quitting and Sony gets to keep people in the game instead of them going to the internet and getting distracted by something else.

I'm curious how YouTube guide channels and other guide websites will react. Maybe get sponsored clips? You go to check how to do something and a YouTuber can pay Sony to feature their guide? Or it links directly to their YouTube account so they at least get a view out of it. Are ads going to be implemented? Do I have to sit through a 15 second ad just to watch a 5 second demo clip?

This sounds like a really good idea. If the devs wont do it the players can. I would love to have this right now as I'm trying to platinum Octopath Traveler 2 and have to keep Googling different item locations every 3-4 mins.

As long as it remains "opt-in" rather than "opt-out", sounds a great feature.

Be interested to see how many users will opt-in, a poll perhaps?

If I had to guess Sony will probably just take the few minutes that are automatically recorded whenever you collect a trophy and just toss those in there. I always did find the help cards kind of lacking, Sony hyped them up a lot during PS5 launch but I've never seen the help cards actually be helpful apart from like 1 or 2 games.

I can't wait to turn this on, so people can think to themselves, "Why is this guy so bad at this? Sure, he did the thing, but in the most roundabout and clueless way possible."

This honestly has me curious if there will be some kind of curation to pick the best capture to show to other people. Every week or so, a new clip replaces it, until only the most efficient speedrun version is left, like some kind of twisted leaderboard.

you can get this stuff on YouTube if needed be, i don't need to upload clips of my gameplay, I'm glad this is an opt out, dam, everything has to be online these days, is there any room for privacy while you game these days?

@MomsSpaghetti hahaha! all the elder ring players who rage quit while playing, that would honestly be a good laugh LOL

@Darylb88 i can do this freely and on my own terms, i don't need this feature in anyway and i'm glad for now i can opt out, but i don't want this hindering my private gaming experience, i'm not sure young peeps would want to see me grinding for exceptionally long time for a gold trophy, wouldn't that bore anyone?

@Monstermash40 what if you want to take a loo break and pause the screen, do i want Sony to be recording me doing that? hell no! smdh

@JalapenoSpiceLife uh, actually theres beyond room for privacy . you can damn near play off the grid , have you looked at the privacy & account setting on ps5?

you can hide and opt out of so much that your account might as well not exist

the ps5 is actually underwhelmingly tame when it comes to social features

@JalapenoSpiceLife Yeah its your choice to opt out, but having the option there for those who might want it is a good thing for sure.

Why are they doing this odd complex ***** when the PS5 UI lacks basic social stuff like a trophy feed

Thanx for reminder, pushsquare. I checked my capture options if they are still all switched off. Now update where I can get rid off all activity cards and I'll be happy like puppy.

I don't understand how this will work for some trophies which require multiple steps. Take Hitman games where the complex setups are the most important part of an assassination and the actual kill is just a simple button press. However, an automated recording of the trophy pop would only record the simple button press, which would be completely useless to someone who wants help on how to get to the final state where you can perform the kill. This sounds cool in theory, but may be useless and ignored in practice.

This will be very useful for wanting to Platinum a game or for online games. I usually have gone to Youtube to search for how to do something specific. This will be such a valuable new feature.