It goes without saying that after last night, sites like Kotaku have gone absolutely ape crazy with their coverage of the Sony Press Conference of the Next Gen Portable (formerly dubbed as the PSP2 by everyone in the media and consumer market circles, except Sony). And who can blame them?
I've only had my PSP for a short time, but I very much enjoy the look, feel, and features that are available on it. I may have banged it up a bit in my review earlier this January, but I do think it’s an enjoyable system nonetheless. And from what I'm seeing, the handheld console codenamed NGP (Next Gen Portable) looks to be worlds better in terms of looks and features.
So let's get down to it. What do we know?
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.
Good Read
''Sony appears to have learned its lesson in gaming and gamers' needs to do more than just play games. If Xbox Live has taught them anything, it's that gamers want an online community, an identity, and a way to be social. And if Apple has taught them anything, it's that people want more from a device than a single solitary purpose. They want a device that they can communicate, work and play on.''
More convinced I am to buy NGP.
They should just call it the IDEA (It Does Everything Also), lol. I just saw one of the PS3 ads, and considering a lot of the comments I read on here suggesting to call it stuff like the PS3 mini etc., it just made sense to me cause you can tie the advertising of both devices (and it's kinda the same thing anyway).
I could never justify the price of psp 1 so i think this will be no different that said it looks great.