Sony seem to be testing written user reviews on the PS Store

Have
you
ever
wondered
what
Dave
from
halfway
across
the
world
thinks
about
Helldivers
2?
Well,
now
you
can
know
exactly
how
he
feels
about
the
latest
weapon
nerf!
It
looks
like
Sony
is
dabbling
in
the
world
of
written
user
reviews
and
is
planning
on
bringing
them
to
the
PlayStation
Store.

This
was
initially
brought
to
my
attention
by
cusman78
on
Reddit
who
got
an
Email
invite
from
Sony
asking
them
if
they’d
like
to
write
a
user
review
for
Helldivers
2.
The
image
below
was
taken
from
the
page
they
were
sent
to,
where
there
is
also
an
option
to
flag
the
review
as
containing
spoilers.

Other
users
chimed
in
to
support
cusman78’s
claims.
One
user
by
the
name
of
chalky_83
stated
they
got
an
Email
asking
them
to
review
Final
Fantasy
7
Rebirth,
but
couldn’t
because
they
own
it
on
disc
rather
than
digitally.
Darkblade887
replied
that
they
were
in
the
same
boat
with
Resident
Evil
4.

It
seems
only
people
who
own
the
games
digitally
will
be
able
to
leave
reviews.
This
is
presumably
so
that
only
people
who
actually
own
the
game
can
review
it,
unlike
Metacritic
where
people
can
review
games
and
movies
they’ve
never
played
or
seen.

People
also
seem
to
be
indicating
that
they
can
see
reviews
written
by
other
people
when
visiting
the
page
via
the
Email
invite.
However,
going
to
the
store
page
normally
doesn’t
display
the
reviews.

At
the
moment
it’s
unclear
what
methodology
Sony
is
using
to
select
participants.
It
could
be
random,
or
it
could
be
based
on
something
like
time
played
or
Trophies
collected.
What
does
seem
clear
is
that
this
is
some
form
of
limited
test,
but
Sony
clearly
isn’t
worried
about
the
news
spreading
as
there
doesn’t
appear
to
be
any
form
of
Non-Disclosure
Agreement.

Personally,
I
think
this
could
be
a
good
addition
to
the
store.
Sony
has
allowed
star
ratings
for
a
while
now,
and
this
is
a
logical
next
step.
On
the
Steam
store,
user
reviews
can
be
very
useful,
although
they
do
have
some
major
downsides
as
well,
like
people
leaving
negative
or
positive
reviews
for
things
that
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
game.