Yesterday's news that Sony has filed a patent to block the use of pre-owned games has been met with strong criticism.
Genuine Enabling Technology was seeking damages, claiming the tech allowing PlayStation consoles and controllers to communicate infringes its rights.
Sounds like patent trolling they tried the same thing against Nintendo with the same pattern.
Motion and control input traversing over higher and lower frequencies seperate from each other allowing the controller to do both
So to recoup the money Genuine is going to take on Nintendo or Microsoft next. I hate patent lawyers they are some of the worst bottom feeders out there.
Sea of Thieves is the first Rare-developed game to launch for a PlayStation console, and Sony was heavily involved in helping the studio bring the swashbuckling pirate romp to its flagship console.
Out of curiosity could any of these ms games going to ps5 have been leaked by Sony themselves? Not Sony but someone at Sony
sony isn't about to let some console wars get in the way of trying to make microsoft become a third party dev by showing them that they make more money with them than without them. of course with that in mind they'd help them. it's also doubly so because microsoft are bringing what is considered a popular game over that can also make sony money
Nice.
Still don't want it though.
Tell me Killer Instinct is coming to PS5 and then we'll talk.
"All signs point to the hardware becoming less and less important to Microsoft."
Less innovation and competition. People act like if MS went away life would be better but it would just mean you have one less choice as to where to spend your money. If Sony became the defacto home console provider and Nintendo the handheld, then these companies could limit what you get and you would ultimately have very little choice but to support them if you want to play games.
I was a video that suggested that Steam could potentially get into the console market if Xbox ceases to exist. They already had the Steam Machine(?), and they have the Steam Deck for the portable market. I’m not in the pc space at all so I wouldn’t know if that would be a realistic statement.
No Xbox future I am going to guess Microsoft will go down the path Sega choose and be a publisher/game developer with their in house studios. Or sell off their in house studios and just go back to making os for PC's. I highly doubt the second part. Microsoft like any company wants to make money. So if Microsoft did say pull the plug on Xbox I see them going down the path Sega went. And utilize Xbox as a brand and not just as a console. I can see the name of XBox being mainly a brand after that. And maybe with the game you see published by or developed by Xbox studios.
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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