Digitally Downloaded writes: "While Sony hasn't mentioned anything with regards to pricing, if we look closely at modern technology business models, and Sony's own directions in recent years, the idea of selling the PlayStation 4 for free is not one that would surprise me if it eventuates."
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.
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.
Sony has patented to add multiple dialogue modes to let players switch between how many conversations with NPCs they want in the game.
Sony is like the only ones outta the 3 that has atuff like like this pop up changing thing in ways.
It won't be free. It will have a price tag. Gamers are not in the habit of paying an on-going subscription fee for hardware. Software/services, sure. Hardware that they can resell? No.
So, I won't be surprised that it is "free" because I know it won't be free.
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no way jose
I think it's possible we'll see a $200 USD (approx.) price tag, with a PS+ subscription/contract stapled along with it. Heck, I'll buy day one, without a moments hesitation if this is true - I'll stay subscribed to PS+ regardless.