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Why Sony can't pull a Bungie with its PS4 showcase

Bungie's recent Destiny press event serves as a harsh reminder that if major game reveals aren't managed perfectly, they'll fail to completely satisfy the core gamer. The world awaits a new PlayStation, and Sony can't hold back the important details...

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GribbleGrunger4085d ago

Wow, even something not related to Sony manages to get skewed to relate to Sony.

classic2004085d ago

LOL true

Also Sony dont even need to pull a bungie because bungie already pull a sony.

Thatguy-3104085d ago (Edited 4085d ago )

Read the article people. It's basically criticizing how bungie failed to garner any hype since they completely blew the announcement by not showing anything. I truly don't see how the "bungie already pulled a sony" remark applies to it.

JoGam4085d ago

@ Dboyc310...if true, maybe they should have made the title not sound like it was bashing Sony. I mean its not like every other article for the past year didnt bash Sony or Playstation. /s

TheGamerDood4085d ago

@JoGam

They were bashing Bungie, and warning Sony not to do the same stupid isht.

MikeMyers4085d ago

Why isn't this related? Both are headlines in the gaming world. What this article is saying is that the Bungie event kind of fizzled and that Sony's upcoming event needs to have more substance and flash. I personally think Sony will, but to say there is no link means to me some people just don't like anything to disrupt Sony's press event.

MaxXAttaxX4085d ago (Edited 4085d ago )

But not hyped at all. Probably because they didn't really show anything aside from some artwork and a video documentar..zzz
PS4 on the other hand; super hyped!

P.S: Highly misleading title.

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Rockefellow4085d ago

Interestingly enough, the whole "Destiny" thing seems to be getting little to no attention on major gaming sites. Joystiq, for example, posted something like 5 different articles in a short span, yet all of them received less comments than the "Future of PlayStation" video on the same site.

Kotaku seems similarly disinterested; page views on the majority of their Destiny articles are rather low.

DwightOwen4085d ago

That's because they (meaning Bungie) didn't "reveal" ANYTHING! They just gave us another stupid-ass "vidoc" and didn't show us ANY of the actual game!

Jek_Porkins4085d ago

I don't travel to a lot of sites, but I do a lot on social networks and #Bungie as well as #Destiny were trending all day and night world wide on Twitter.

People were pretty excited by the prospect of what was being promised. Personally I think finding out that you can only play the game while being online was a bit of a downer, and they didn't really show anything, I still think no publicity is bad in this case.

Hicken4085d ago (Edited 4085d ago )

Trending? From what? Obscurity to just barely being on people's radar?

Remember Ninja Theory talking about that "uptick" in pre-orders? Yeah, this is the same thing: a trend that his improved, but no word on how significant an increase it's seen.

So, how big was it? This level of trending? What did it increase FROM, and what did it increase TO? Frankly, there doesn't seem to be a lot of buzz for this game, and what little there IS seems to be focused on sites like N4G.

Edit: NUMBERS. Give me the numbers.

What was it ranked? How many tweets did these things garner? What were the trending phrases competing against?

You're saying it was popular, but for the tiny amount of information you're giving us, we pretty much have to take your word for it. I doubt it's very high on the list now, which means that even if it WAS popular and people were excited, it didn't last very long.

Jek_Porkins4085d ago

For those not familiar with what "trending" is, there is a top 10 list on Twitter that pops up for whatever is the most tweeted thing, everyone on that was tweeting about Destiny, take it for what it's worth.

I wouldn't downplay the game, it might not be my cup of tea, but it is more than obvious that a ton of people were excited for it.

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OC_MurphysLaw4085d ago

"No screenshots were released, no real gameplay was shown, and at least one journalist was said to have been overheard questioning how on Earth he was going to 'describe the game to my readers'."

Ummm... screenshots were released along with Artwork, in game play was shown during the vid doc briefly... but beyond that, when did Bungie ever promise anything more than releasing details? Details were released...not a ton, but there were some.

If you think CVG that you are going to get some avalanche of info out of the Sony Presser you are in for another rude shock. News flash...Sony is going to hold back much of the details and save that for future events to help ramp the hype up.

BanBrother4085d ago

Yeah, nothing big happened. I hope and pray it was just a teaser, to get us salivating so they can suprise us at Sony's PS4 announcement.

The contract has been shifting and changing, so who knows? Even though I doubt it.
Besides, all Sony have to do is show the console. Even if they just pulled it out for 3 seconds, that would be bigger than the Destiny reveal. It is a freaking console, so no matter what we will probably be blown away.

FYI: I stayed up all through the night for the Destiny reveal. It was pretty average reveal (not saying the game is bad). I will be staying up for the 'PS4 announcement' for sure.

Captain Qwark 94085d ago

all very true.

i think the problem with their reveal is that it didnt show much at all or detail the game much. im still not even sure what kind of game it is. looked like an fps, sounded like an fps but then the dev called it an action game and all the "social" aspects of it made it look more like an mmo.

the art design was very cool though. im def interested in it but not super hyped.

i can understand why they dont think sony should go this same route. they need to build hype esp since the company hasnt been doing well recently. they need to impress, they meed to give some very important details and features and they need to make people say "ive got to have that". showing next to nothing will only hurt them so hopefully they are not to shy with the details

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos1d 20h ago (Edited 1d 20h ago )

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.

exputers1d 16h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken1d 3h ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g1d 12h ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing1d 12h ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H91d 12h ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola1d 8h ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn6691d 11h ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle1d 11h ago

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.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg2d ago

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.

Profchaos2d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola1d 23h ago

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

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Destiny 2: The Final Shape Developer Gameplay Preview

Bungie - "Join our development team to see the new updates arriving with Destiny 2: The Final Shape. Releasing on June 4, 2024."

InUrFoxHole15d ago

What is this she/her, he/him bs?