Sony quietly introduced over the weekend that it’s shutting down its Accolades function, actually as a result of nobody used it.
Would not it really feel good once you’re taking part in on-line in your PS5, and one other participant sends you an Accolade to say ‘good job’? Sorry, what do you imply ‘what’s an Accolade?’ If you have not heard of the function, don’t be concerned, actually no person else has, and Sony is aware of that too, as a discover was positioned on the PlayStation web site asserting the elimination of the function.
“In fall of 2022, the Accolades function on PlayStation 5 will not be supported,” reads the discover. “The function hasn’t seen the extent of utilization we anticipated, so we’re refocusing our efforts. We encourage the group to proceed to ship optimistic messages to at least one one other.”
Ah effectively, gave it a shot at the very least. The final idea was good; you might award an Accolade to different gamers, whether or not they be a teammate or an opponent, to go with them on their gameplay. It actually sounds fairly just like Multiversus’ toasts, which genuinely is one in all its finest options.
The final thought behind it was in all probability effectively intentioned, however contemplating the final consensus amongst everybody that has realized about this function is ‘I’ve by no means heard of it,’ Sony in all probability did not do a ok job at promoting it.
It was truly a launch function too, in order that’s coming as much as two complete years of nobody figuring out about it.
Final week Sony reported a small uptick in PS5 gross sales for the primary monetary quarter, however curiously a decline in software program unit gross sales was additionally famous. This was the case for each third and first celebration titles, which is not essentially stunning as even now it may be tough to get a console. And on prime of that, there aren’t truly many PS5 exclusives, as a variety of titles are nonetheless launching on PS4.