Param.json

PSP/PS3/PS4/Vita used a param.sfo file for metadata. PS5 games have a similar file, but instead of .sfo it is now .json.

There are three types of param.json: param.json, origin-param.json and target-param.json. What the differences are and what they are for is currently unknown.

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serviceIdForSharing

Format: List <String>

Required: Yes?

ageLevel

Format: Dictionary <string, int>

Required: Yes?

Agelevel contains a dict of age levels for different regions. Aside from the default age level, the following regions are available:

• AE
• AR
• AT
• AU
• BE
• BG
• BH
• BO
• BR
• CA
• CH
• CL
• CN
• CO
• CR
• CY
• CZ
• DE
• DK
• EC
• ES
• FI
• FR
• GB
• GR
• GT
• HK
• HN
• HR
• HU
• ID
• IE
• IL
• IN
• IS
• IT
• JP
• KR
• KW
• LB
• LU
• MT
• MX
• MY
• NI
• NL
• NO
• NZ
• OM
• PA
• PE
• PL
• PT
• PY
• QA
• RO
• RU
• SA
• SE
• SG
• SI
• SK
• SV
• TH
• TR
• TW
• UA
• US
• UY
• ZA

applicationCategoryType

Format: Int

Required: Yes

Possible values:

Int	Category
0	Native Game
65792	RNPS Media App
131328	System Built-in App
131584	Big Daemon
16777216	ShellUI
33554432	Daemon
67108864	ShellApp

applicationDrmType

Format: String

Required: ?

Possible values: upgradable standard demo free

asa

Required: No

sign

Format: List <String>

Required: ?

attribute

Format: Int

Required: Yes

Int	Description
0	The application does not support the initial user's logout. The application does not support HDR.
1	The application supports the initial user's logout. The application does not support HDR.
536870912	The application does not support the initial user's logout. The application supports HDR.

attribute2

Format: Int

Required: Yes

Int	Description
0	The application does not support Content Search feature.
4	The application supports Content Search feature.

attribute3

Format: Int

Required: Yes

Int	Description
0	The application does not receive video-out info.
4	The application receives video-out info.
4160	The application supports High Framerate Mode.

conceptId

Format: String

Required: ?

A concept id is an over-arching id for a game or entity. A game can have multiple different content-ids for different regions, but they will all have the same concept id.

contentBadgeType

Format: Int

Required: ?

Possible values:

Int	Badge Type
0	N/A
1	Game
2	Other

contentId

Format: String

Required: Yes

contentVersion

Format: String

Required: ?

Example: 01.000.000

disc

Format: Array

Required: On a disc: yes.

contents

Format: Array

Required: On a disc: yes. Sub Array of 'disc'.

Info: This array contains for each available PKG an object with the Strings contentId & contentType.

contentId

Format: String

Required: On a disc: yes.

Example: IV9999-CUSA99999_00-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

contentType

Format: String

Required: On a disc: yes.

Example: PS5GD

files

Format: Array

Required: On a disc: yes. Sub Array of 'disc'. This array contains both Strings digests & fileName in an object.

digests

Format: String

Required: On a disc: yes.

fileName

Format: String

Required: On a disc: yes.

Example: icon0.png

localizedParameters

Format: Object

Required: On a disc: yes. This object contains both the String defaultLanguage & the object en-US (for ex.) in an object.

defaultLanguage

Format: String

Required: On a disc: yes.

Example: en-US

en-US

Format: Object

Required: On a disc: yes. This object contains titleName as String.

Example: en-US

titleName

Format: String

Required: On a disc: yes.

masterDataId

Format: String

Required: On a disc: yes.

Example: PPSA01234

role

Format: String

Required: On a disc: yes.

Possible values for role: Play Disc

discNumber

Format: Int

Required: ?

discTotal

Format: Int

Required: ?

downloadDataSize

Format: Int

Required: ?

gameIntent

permittedIntents

Format: List <Dict <"intentType", String>>

Required: ?

Possible values for intentType: launchActivity launchMultiplayerActivity launchByCustomParameters joinSession

kernel

Required: No

cpuPageTableSize

Format: Int

Required: No

flexibleMemorySize

Format: Int

Required: No

gpuPageTableSize

Format: Int

Required: No

localizedParameters

Contains a dictionary of localized titles. As with ageLevel there is a default entry called defaultLanguage. The defaultLanguage entry does not have the same contents as the example entry below, but contains a simple string with the language code of the default language (e.g. en-US).

Example of localized entry:

"<language-identifer>": {
  "titleName": "Title of your game"
}

Where <language-identifer> is one of the following:

• ar-AE
• cs-CZ
• da-DK
• de-DE
• el-GR
• en-GB
• en-US
• es-419
• es-ES
• fi-FI
• fr-CA
• fr-FR
• hu-HU
• id-ID
• it-IT
• ja-JP
• ko-KR
• nl-NL
• no-NO
• pl-PL
• pt-BR
• pt-PT
• ro-RO
• ru-RU
• sv-SE
• th-TH
• tr-TR
• vi-VN
• zh-Hans
• zh-Hant

masterVersion

Format: String

Required: ?

Example: 01.00

pubtools

Required: ?

Example: 01.00

creationDate

Format: String/Date (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss)

Required: ?

loudnessSnd0

Format: Float as String

Required: No

submission

Format: Bool

Required: ?

toolVersion

Format: String

Required: ?

Example: 1.00

pubtoolsVersion

Required: ?

requiredSystemSoftwareVersion

Format: String/Hex

Required: ?

Example: 0x0114000000000000

sdkVersion

Format: String/Hex

Required: ?

Example: 0x0100000000000000

targetContentVersion

Format: String

Required: No

Example: 01.000.001

Used only in delta-patches/updates?

titleId

Format: String

Required: ?

Example: ABCD12345

userDefinedParam1

Format: Int

Required: ?

userDefinedParam2

Format: Int

Required: ?

userDefinedParam3

Format: Int

Required: ?

userDefinedParam4

Format: Int

Required: ?

versionFileUri

Format: String

Required: Yes