Forbes -- There’s a huge shift that’s going on in entertainment, yet many in Hollywood and even mainstream consumers have yet to catch on. Led by its domination in eSports, live streaming has revolutionized pro gaming by allowing fans to tune into live events big and small, and even watch their favorite pro gamers practice.
Activision and Treyarch built live streaming into Call of Duty: Black Ops II, specifically to capitalize on the eSports phenomenon. Now Sony has partnered with Ustream for the PlayStation 4, which will allow gamers to instantly stream their gaming with the touch of a button. Brad Hunstable, CEO and co-founder of Ustream, talks about how PS4 will help grow the live streaming phenomenon and impact eSports in this exclusive interview.
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
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.
Live streaming is already changing the relevance of broadcast TV.
This is going to be the game changer for eSports. The accessibility of watching others play through the power of PS4 is revolutionary for a console system.
If you had told me ten years ago that video game comps were going to be shown on TV, I would have thought you were crazy. It's just another way video games are making their way into mainstream media.
If people can't make money off live streaming the only people how are going to steam are gonna be 12 year olds
8 million at 1 million peak for PS4 is mind blowing
PS4 leading the way