The latest PlayStation 5 system software update is available to download now and adds fantastic community functionality to your console on top of the usual stability improvements we expect from these firmware updates.
As noted on the official PlayStation Support website, version 24.03-09.20.00 brings Community Game Help to the existing Game Help feature on PS5. Integrated into Game Help, videos will now be captured by the community to help players through sections of games that support this feature. These will be many of the best PS5 games and no doubt many upcoming games for the console as well.
These captures will always be organized and moderated by Sony, so you should not be afraid of coming across misleading or offensive images. Players can then apply a rating to these videos to indicate their usefulness. You also don’t need a PS Plus subscription to contribute to the Community Game Help feature, as it’s available to all PS5 owners.
Community game help videos are visible to everyone, but if you want to contribute videos yourself, you will need to register. As the support page points out, this is easily done by going to Settings > Captures & Broadcasts > Captures > Auto Captures > Community Game Help. From there, select Participate to fully register. You can also unsubscribe from here, if you wish.
Now, when you perform certain activities in a title that supports in-game help, footage of you doing it will automatically be captured by your PS5. It is then uploaded to Sony’s servers and moderated. Additionally, captured footage will be deleted from storage once downloaded, so you have no fear of the community game assist feature overloading your PS5 SSD.
