Yesterday's news that Sony has filed a patent to block the use of pre-owned games has been met with strong criticism.
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.
I want Sony to know that I hate this idea. Sure, they might not use it. However, I want them to know that this is not okay with me at all before they try it. If they are exploring this technology, they need to know right now what kind of outrage it will cause.
Come on people put your console loyalty to one side and think what will happen if Sony does go through with this and convince MS to also do it...this will mean that you you actually do not fully own something that you have paid for.
The Berlin wall went down becuase people from both sides were sick of the government telling them what to do and what was right - band as one and let Sony know that this patent is madness and and even though they might not use it we do not even want it to be granted.
Should Toyota file a patent that will make your car only work with your DNA?
Lol, convince MS? Convince Nintendo? Devs? Publishers? If Sony have patented this specific idea. There's obviously some global discussion surrounding methods on how to reduce the amount of used games sales etc. That means key parties are involved. If anything, Sony are just putting themselves in a more influential position (if it ever happens).
I highly doubt they'll eventually use it. However, they're a business. Shareholders etc, will expect them to be prepared for the what may be coming. You would probably attempt to do the same (even if you knew what your consumers are thinking).
For once I actually agree with Patcher. Although it didn't really take a genius to figure this out.
BLAH BLAH, I'm tired of these stupid articles about this patent. It's just a freaking patent right now... Plus, the gaming industry has been very open about their distaste in the sales of secondhand games. A corporation being greedy? NO WAY!!
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