Ben Dutka at psxextreme writes: Ever since I heard Sony was working on the next PlayStation, I've been a little concerned about the project.
While I always love all these great advances in technology and artistry, and I'm a huge proponent of titles like Heavy Rain and L.A. Noire, many of the new crazes this generation just haven't done it for me...and that includes digital distribution, multiplayer and motion sensing. I mentioned this before but now I'm appealing to Sony-
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.
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.
Maybe it's just me, but I disagree with a lot of what you said. I actually enjoy the PS Move, though I don't use it often, but it is fun when I want to break it out. It certainly gets a lot more use than my Kinect does.
As for your comment about digital distribution, I'd honestly prefer to never have to worry about physical media ever again. There's no discs to scratch, no discs to change, and if something happens to the hard drive, it's tied to your store account so you can just download it again. To me, that's 100% win.
I do hope when the PS4 is developed they think about the fans, but just remember that not everyone feels the way you do.
On the other hand I do agree with most of what he has said. I like having a shelf full of games. Or if I choose, the ability to sell/trade those games. I also rent a large number which wouldn't be possible with digital.
I hate motion controls and even on Wii use a GC controller where possible.
Although I do a lot of online gaming which he doesn't.
Make PS4 with devs in mind. If devs love it then the great games will flow :)