PSNFans writes:
It’s no secret that Sony has had problems in the past with download speeds. As a PlayStation fan with broadband internet, I can’t help but get annoyed at the hours it sometimes takes for the smallest of downloads to finish. At this stage in the console’s life, it’s probably too late to expect any major fixes, but there is a work-around that other platforms have already started to use. If Sony can take a hint from companies like Valve and allow digital pre-orders, and more importantly allow users to pre-load said games, it could make the consumer side of the interaction much more simple.
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.
Since when has Sony ever had a problem with download speeds?
I downloaded both the jak and daxter trilogy and the newly remastered ratchet and clanks the other day which clocked in at 18Gb. Was all downloaded and installed in under 5 hours.
I have a rubbish 10meg line.
The ONLY time I've EVER had a problem was when I changed ISP. For some reason Lovefilm/Netflix/Youtube and anything from Sony were all downloading at a crawl if at all. Yet torrents would run full speed any time of the day or night with no throttling.
After being lied to several times by customer services as to why this might be case, And pointing out that my traffic whilst being quite high was from a perfectly legitimate and paid for source, My ISP finally flipped whatever magic switch they have and sorted it.
But YES I agree with the article in general, and think that a pre-download could be a good thing. They kinda already do that with the whole unlock-key demo things they already have.
Downloads are often subjective, depending on server, time of day, load on the exchange, ISP speeds blah blah so can't really comment on how the PSN compares.
Regarding per-loads. I consider them a must if you want digital downloads to take off. People want those exciting new games day one and with them growing in GBs, it's the only way to maintain that sense of "convenience" that DD is aiming for.
Valve is not perfect when it comes to download speeds either.
my psn is great
i get 45 to 50 meg