Trevor Kennedy of TNT Gaming Voice writes, "At first glance, the PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter by Sony seems like it might qualify for the “gimmicky plastic peripheral” pile that’s currently gathering dust in my storage room. Let’s face it, none of us play Rock Band as much as we used to and I find it entirely possible the Sharp Shooter could fall into the same category in a month, six months, a year...
For the time being however, I have to admit my time with the Sharp Shooter has been surprisingly fun and relatively free of the frustration level I was anticipating."
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.
Dan's Review (without ever having used one)
The sharpshooter looks like a decent piece of kit that would help immerse oneself more fully into the game.
Unfortunately being overpriced I personally won't be buying one as £40 for what is essentially a piece of plastic is just a waste of money.
I also have some concerns about the calibration with Move. I use Move when I play Killzone, it works well and I fully enjoy it, and the calibration going quickly out of sync isn't a problem as I am not aiming the Move controller but the onscreen crosshairs. But once putting the Move into the Sharpshooter my style of play would change and I would quickly tire of losing calibration when trying to aim.
Personal opinion:
Cool idea.... let me know when its half price and I might buy one. If you sort out a way for me to lock the calibration in for each gaming session then "might buy one" will turn into "definately buy one!"
For now though I will stick with using Move on it's own as that works just fine for me! ;)
Good review.
Im still on the fence about buying one of these. It looks cool but 40 bucks is 40 bucks.
Yrah no sh!t Nicaragua, I'd rather just go the extra ten bucks for a DS3 (jungle green). That's IF I needed another controller, which I probably will for the three player couch-coop TRINE 2! YEAOW!
Gonna pick up the socom 4 deployment pack for $150. It has the rifle, two move controls and the eyetoy and the game . That's a saving of $64 Not bad.
I find it a lot of fun, but i have to have table to rest my arm on or I get tired pretty quick.
One thing I think would help control schemes for it though is 90 degree turn buttons so you can precisely turn 90 degrees or press them both for a 180 then use the bounding box for more subtle camera movements. That would also allow for a larger deadzone and more of a lightgun feel to aiming.