The cause of PSN’s problems has yet to be officially announced, although there are plenty of theories. Some blame the hackers. Others blame disgruntled Sony employees, 200 of which were given the axe from Sony’s online division at the end of March this year. Whatever the reason, PSN was brought to its knees. That means no multiplayer, no downloads, and no demos. Nothing. Hey, but at least Netflix still works. Still, that doesn’t give customers much confidence in a digital library when the network can be brought down without warning.
A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.
I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.
I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons
I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.
Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.
At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath
I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.
Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.
Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.
This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.
cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me
Sony has recruited Bungie's head of revenue Jaremy Rich to head up its live-service gaming division, Rich has announced on social media.
Please do not put Destiny’s monetization into Sony’s first party games. The monetization is what’s driving players away from Destiny.
I mean, this person made some pretty bad decisions at Bungie. I hope they've learned from them because I definitely don't see those type of ideas as good for PlaySation in general.
Ps5 gamers in 2023 seemed to play more live service types of games, so regardless to how people feel about them, numbers don’t lie and Sony is going where the money is. I mean look at the excitement around Helldivers2, people are showing that they want live service games.
How do you kill a franchise that already been killed?
Destiny’s grind, cash-in-on-playbass-cha-Ching, and pop-culture-insertion mainstream-me-too bs totally killed any rep Bungie had. Sony/Bungie, if you are doing this to ward-off players, it’s already working.
first outage in 5 years, and due to it being hacked now makes it nonfuture proof?
quit writing articles, ur making the gaming journalism and industry look bad
you have very valid points mr article man. the future is gay if games go download only. u think hackers are bad now. give it a few years itll get soooo much worse. nothings hack proof. at least not yet. and to be honest people always find a way. im just waitin on some nerd to hack a nuculear missle base and end the world..
cloud is useless to me but some are just so happy about it. to each their own. and when retail packaging ceases ill stop gaming. sorry, but i like to own my purchases
I don't see discs disappearing for a long time. I just see more advancements occurring, but not it fading. This isn't just about Sony, but its a general observation. In its current state, it just isnt practical to have digital release only.
Sure, giving the option is always welcomed. But removing that would have its consequences, all things considered.
rubbish, songs are digital, easy to get and quick, and you still can go buy them on cd in the store, yes on CD for the love of god.
So while digital is a great option now and in the future and it will only expand and get better there will always be the need to have the hardcopy in some fashion.