Christopher Dring:
Vita may have been about the big brands at Gamescom this week, but PS3 was almost the exact opposite - with Sony announcing even more new IP during its press conference.
Joining the already announced new IP of Beyond, Last of Us and Wonderbook were there new games from Sony's Japanese studios – Puppeteer, Rain and Until Dawn.
"PlayStation has a history of delivering the unexpected both in our software and in our hardware," said Sony Europe president Jim Ryan. "We will continue to do that."
PS3 is seven years old in the US and Japan this year, and Sony will be hoping that by continuing to develop new concepts and original ideas, it can help extend the console lifecycle and keep sales of PS3 steady ahead of the inevitable PS4.
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.
That's why Sony PlayStation is the best. They provide quality for all and not just some. Financial analysts and non gamers would say other -wise and that's ok because they aren't gamers. Gamers in the know knows the truth though. Try to get an experience like heavy rain, gow, kz, gt5, uc3 and others on a Nintendo platform and you'll be wasting time. The PlayStation though has games similar to Mario kart, Zelda, Mario , halo, forza and other big name franchises on other systems.
All these fresh new titles at Gamescon make me wonder how long Sony is waiting to release the PS4, it seems as if the PS3's time isn't ending anytime soon.
Thats what I love about gaming and especially sony, I love the thrill of the reveals and the waiting to get my hands on the game
Sony is closing out the generation very well, I think Nintendo and Microsoft take a different approach and kick off new generation with exclusives and new IP's.
Its been quite a ride this generation.
For GOD'S sake! Are these sites stupid? Are they run by morons with no memories or ears? they're not trying to extend the life of the PS3, they're carrying on as usual. The PS3 was always intended to have a ten year lifecycle, just like the PS1 and the PS2 before it.
'Sony will be hoping that by continuing to develop new concepts and original ideas, it can help extend the console lifecycle and keep sales of PS3 steady ahead of the inevitable PS4.'
It beggars belief; it really does. To these people, history doesn't exist and statements from Sony have never been made.
three disagrees? how old are you? 10? 12? Are you too young to have owned a PS1 or a PS2 for ten years? This is nothing new. Sony are not 'hoping' to extend the lifecycle for ten years by continued support. It's their strategy and always has been since they began in this business. There's no 'hoping' about it, it's Sony LAW