Gaming is changing in huge ways which we could not imagine were possible only seven years ago. The words "4K" "Cloud Gaming" "Asymmetrical gaming" run through our heads like buzzwords, spawning massive amounts of excitement in the press, and the consumer base. The title of this post might come to a shock to you, as you might think that I am talking about the end of the Playstation brand. Not at all, I am merely talking about its transcendence into a service rather than a physical box. I am talking about the reason Sony didn't show the PS4 at the reveal conference, because the ideology of "Playstation" is changing from a physical box, to a service that will span decades to come.
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 am talking about the reason Sony didn’t show the PS4 at the reveal conference, because the ideology of “Playstation” is changing from a physical box, to a service that will span decades to come."
or more valid reasons it they still don't have the final design finished yet or more than likely they are waiting for E3 to show it off.
No thanks, I prefer my console at home.
Damn and blast! There goes my article.
I agree fully with the article and concur on every point. I too believe that Sony are moving focus from the hardware and are now moving into distribution and services. As this article rightly points out, any tech upgrades could simply be done server side, negating the reason to upgrade the hardware. Good article.
For people who just can't accept this future and constantly go on about broadband capabilities, think beyond yourselves. These are huge corporations and if they want something to happen they will make it happen, regardless of whether you want it or not. They do not need 100% perfect internet to everyone for this to work; they just need 70% of their potential audience to have a decent connection. Don't just write it off out of hand, give it some thought.
I wrote another article before the 20th called: 'PS3 not the biggest announcement at Playstation meeting' and this was to be my follow up article ... but unfortunately it's already been written.
I don't mind if the ps4 is the last console so far as the content and functionality improves as time goes by
I can see myself turning PC 100% in the next generation
PC gamers are now turning their PC's into HTPC's connected
to 55" televisions with amazing graphics
with my I7 3770 and GTX 670 I am now enjoying graphics and
gameplay that the PS4 and new Xbox only wish they had.