PlayStation appears to be testing user-written reviews on the PS Store, which means you’ll be able to do more than just rate games.
Xbox has allowed users to leave written reviews for a while, but on PlayStation the only thing you can currently do is rate the game from 1 to 5 stars. Well, as one user on the PlayStation Reddit subreddit shared earlier this week, it appears the console maker is currently testing written user reviews. The user asked the community, “When will PlayStation start allowing written comments? It seems that only [a] Currently, they have very few games on their store page.
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It’s a simple enough page, simply prompting you to enter a star rating and your opinion of the game, asking you to mark spoilers and agree to the terms and conditions. Nothing fancy, but it’s obviously a big change for how gamers can express their opinions on PlayStation games, and currently it’s just a matter of writing some lengthy comments on a completely different topic on a social media post in the hope that someone will respond, but no One knows that there always will be.
When will PlayStation start allowing written reviews? Currently it seems to only allow a handful of games on its store page.
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Many other users on the Reddit post commented that they had been given the opportunity to review different games, although a few users specifically noted that they had trouble trying to review Final Fantasy 7 Reborn specifically. This seems to be because people have the disc version rather than the digital version, but I can’t verify this myself.
User reviews are generally popular on platforms like Steam, although they have been used for review bombing in the past, so it will be interesting to see if this encourages this behavior (fingers crossed it doesn’t).
