That’s all there is folks. The Vita is no more. After not even a year on the market, the plug has been pulled on Sony’s fledgling handheld… NOT!
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.
Great article, I agree completely. Tired of hearing all these complaints by people who probably have never even used one for more than a few minutes. It's a terrific handheld, the best I've ever owned and I've been through them since the original Gameboy. Just give the dang thing some time to grow and really show off what it can do with games, features, apps, etc.
Armchair analysts or not the facts remain:
-SONY themselves have decreased VITA and PSP projected sales by 6 million since May, slashing estimates twice now
-Vita has lost some 3rd support or at least hasn't gained any
-the PSP is outselling the VITA 2:1 on worldwide sales,
-VITA was at last count selling 400k units per quarter
-VITA's software sales barely crack any top 20 sales chart, heck even a VITA only top 10 sales chart it's hard to find a VITA title(that part was a joke)
-$250 IS indeed too expensive regardless of the PSP and 3DS launch prices because VITA has crazy expensive memory cards. If it isn't the price then what's the alternative you'll be pleased with? That it isn't selling because people just don't want it? Would it please you if people started saying that instead?
I'm sure many of us remember the ps3 during first two years of release..."Worst PlayStation in history", "Blu-Ray is just another gimmick", "the ps3 looks like a fridge". Look at the ps3 now. One of the best selling product Sony has to offer. Give the vita some time, it's only been 8 mounths
Don't get me wrong, I love the Vita, but the amount of soft to be released after the holidays and on is worrying me. I liked the streak we had September-October of 2-3 games a week, but I doubt Sony will be able to keep this going, and we'll drop back to 1 game or less a week.