Robert Beach of FTG writes, despite being excited, why the PS4 announcement left him worried about the future. He writes:
"The future of PlayStation is nigh with the arrival of the PlayStation 4 and Sony’s surprisingly accommodating New York Press Conference left us giddy and filled with hope for the new system. However, Wednesday’s showing was only a primer for what’s to come at E3, departing on a high, yet troublesome note for Sony and gamer."
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.
The doom never stops.
I'm not too worried about PS4 not having games. As next-gen (8th gen) approaches, publishers are going to move to PS4/720/WiiU.
I am worried about the price point especially after hearing about the PS4 specs and all the new features of PSN.
Of course, the only thing the price point will determine(for me) is whether I get it now, or a year after launch.
Im thinking that if the new ps eye comes with every console we wont see a price below $500. Maybe if they release a bundle without we might see a $400 version with less hdd and without online subscription...
Which takes me to my only other concern, with sony giving so many online features, i cant see how they wouldnt charge for online this time, and what are going to be the prices for game streaming? They have to recover those $380mill somewhere
Other than that, im very happy with what was shown, im sure i will get a ps4 though maybe not at launch. And now its up to MS to see if i will own all platforms this gen as well