Rob writes,
"Sony promised one major thing in February when they announced to the world that the Playstation brand was taking a much needed gamer-friendly approach. This one thing was a focus on games and gamers. This means that instead of worrying about silly television, twitter, or other social connections directly, the PS4 will be a gaming console with the main focus on the video games themselves. Of course social media and other entertainment outlets such as Hulu and Netflix will be readily available, but this is now where Sony’s main focus lies."
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 kind of lost faith in his opinions when in the first sentence of the second page he states that the Dual Shock 3 was his favorite controller of all time. Then again at the end of the opinion piece I have to question his logic again in the statement: "but with its focus on games and gamers, Sony may have redeemed themselves from their previous outing." I assume he is referring to Sony's mantra that they are for gamers because there is little evidence of this in fact.
It is one thing to come out and claim that you are a gaming console for gamers and quite another to produce the games themselves. I am sure that at some point they will more than a couple of great games out there but at this point Sony has done little more than blow hot air into the room.
I can understand having a bit of a weak launch but to have only a couple of confirmed AAA exclusives (Infamous and The Order) for the entire next year is pretty pathetic coming from a company that claims it is all about the games.
Sorry, but that is why I will not be picking up a PS4 until next holiday season or 2015. You said you were about games so bring them.
Ps4 cool console, but i will not be picking up a PS4 yet. I don't care Knack or KZSF.
I wait TRUE GREAT next-gen games. Witcher 3, Gran Turismo 7, ND new game, SSM new game.