"Granted there’s a lot of business know-how that factor into these decisions (including answering to shareholders); but Sony really needs to make some changes to their marketing and pricing strategies in order to remain competitive." - JTM Games
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
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
With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?
Unless they are trying to kill their recently created PC business, I would advise against opening a dedicated PC store. It's an extremely hard endeavor, and people, in general, are very comfortable with Steam. Even Epic, with their billions of dollars invested, is still struggling to find a foothold, and they have Fortnite.
Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming.
It's just a known fact. The PC gaming community prefer Steam and Steam alone. They don't like different launchers. I personally don't mind them. But majority just stick with steam. Hence why EA and Ubisoft went back to on releasing on steam and why Microsoft release games on steam as people hated buying from the windows store.
The only other launchers that I imagine are doing ok is GOG due to being drm free and epic games due to the free games every week. Sony shouldn't release any sort of pc launcher n
This is just another ridiculous double standard article.
It's like how Microsoft can spend 20 years of making nothing but gaas and live service style games to sell microtransactions, dlc and subscriptions and get praise for doing it, but if Sony wants to make a single game like that every website under the sun is writing articles saying how Sony is anti-consumer or whatever.
They just need to port some more interesting titles and ones that are not coming out to the consoles.
More marketing games are good, however don't need to waste alot of money into it. Now a day most people can find out what games are there and what games are coming out thru internet. Don't expect Sony gamers under age of 13.
Vita's prob is not the price, its the lack of Stereoscopic 3D, comfort and great games ...
@TongKat
Too bad power is not getting it anywhere, LMAO.
They really should have just thrown a phone into it, & marketed it as a handheld system, with the added benefit of a mobile phone, rather than the other way round, like all the phones do.
I would prefer a machine built as a handheld 1st, then having a phone included. I mean, I am one of the few who purchased the Playstation phone over an I-phone or any of the other smartphones available.....and the fact is, it is an awesome little phone, that has NO SUPPORT....I mean, the PS pad that makes it so unique & awesome, really has gotten rotten support, & especially by Sony.
I hope my Vita doesn't suffer the same fate, as it does truly have some unreal games available, but I would hate for it to die without it's potential being fulfilled.
Nobody will ever make a handheld like the Vita again, if it dies a quick, horrible death, as it just won't be a risk anyone will be willing to take to put so much great & new tech in a handheld unit....
I mean, as it was I was stresses that Nintendo had set a new low & benchmark with Wii, that meant that Sony & MS would not really give us new machines with any truly great features & especially power.....but, oh, how wrong I was, as PS4 is a powerhouse that I can hardly wait for. Lucky I have so many great PS3, Wii-U, 360 & Vita games to tired me over.
As for lowering Vita's price, well I don't think that is totally necessary yet, as I would find the inclusion of at least a 32gig memory card & 6-12 months of PSN+ far more beneficial. Marketing on the other hand is terrible, as usual for Sony...I mean, after PS2, they just lost the plot, & there rare advertisements have not gone for the throat of consumers enough. Instead of fancy crap, they just need to smartly advertise there games & machines in a way that clearly shows what there games are about, with heavy gameplay emphasis....there machines need to be plugged the same way, & show there many facets of use.
It may not get it anywhere to you RogueStatus, but you don't own one (unfortunately for you), & I can say, as a Vita owner, the machine is unrivalled in build quality, feel & comfort in hand, visual fidelity, & although not having the biggest range of games, for a 1yr old system it really does have an awesome selection of titles...You may just be judging the system off what is on store shelves, but fact is, Sony have made great inroads with d/l titles available for Vita, PSP & PS3.....and as a PSN+ member, I get a very large selection of them for the piddly yearly subscription cost on ALL 3 systems.
There are PS1 classics littered on PSN that are playable on all 3 machines upon purchase, there are mini's, then there are specialized ports of awesome titles like MGS3. X play as well is a pretty damn bold move by Sony for the consumer & as a PS3/Vita owner, I feel Sony are giving me a helluva lot more than they need to for the money.
So, while you may be down on this great little system, maybe you should stop embarrassing yourself & take your foot from your mouth.
You can also bet, that if Sony had as much success in the handheld market against Nintendo, as they did in the home console market, MS would have followed Sony's lead into the handheld market.