South Korea's Shutdown Law will prevent players under sixteen years-old from gaming during a six hour block at night.
Originally, it was reported that the law would not impact consoles. Today, Sony Computer Entertainment of Korea announced that it would be taking the PSN offline for underage players in compliance with the law.
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.
Genuine Enabling Technology was seeking damages, claiming the tech allowing PlayStation consoles and controllers to communicate infringes its rights.
Sounds like patent trolling they tried the same thing against Nintendo with the same pattern.
Motion and control input traversing over higher and lower frequencies seperate from each other allowing the controller to do both
So to recoup the money Genuine is going to take on Nintendo or Microsoft next. I hate patent lawyers they are some of the worst bottom feeders out there.
What a silly law.
I guess times are changing, my patents used to decide when and when I could play games, watch tv or whatever. As technology becomes symbiotic with the way we live our lives measures must be taken.
Personally I have nothing but respect for them, they've had a real problem with online addiction and if this can help regulate it, so be it.
What under 16 should be consistently gaming at those hours anyway?
well that sucks for them, go western nations woo hoo!!!!
im just kidding but this law is stupid what happen to freedom and democracy? wasn't the Korea war meant to give this people freedom? besides Korean gamers pay for the internet and if your paying for something then why are they denying the service they payed with their hard earned money is not like they are living off the government, and so the Korean war was a pointless loss of men...
EDIT: okay it seems that is only for people under 16, then its okay because probable they dont work and live with their parents
This is not a bad law at all hell I say go for it big time. I remember hearing about online addiction over their is real bad. Besides to its only 6 hrs and its late at night so I see no harm in this law. But wouldnt kids just be able to create a new account like on PSN and put their age at like 18 or something.
This law I think is good they are thinking for the better of the children when they cant and wont make the right decision. Its better to see one succeed then to see one fail miserably.
This is one law I think all other countries should look into.
its not a bad law, but anybody can figure out that if it goes by birthday just make to where you over 16. its not that hard when it comes to basic math. unless its being done totally differently then what i thinking. it will be easy to bypass.
but on a side note. anyone under 16 should be in bed before midnight anyway.