MWEB GameZone writes: "PlayStation turns 20 on 3 December, so to celebrate the event, here's a list of 20 things not even hardcore PlayStation fans probably know.
Things like where did the name "PlayStation" come from, or that the PlayStation was originally intended to be a Nintendo console. The most surprising fact is that Sony did not even want to move into gaming at all."
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.
Wow, some extremely interresting things here i had no clue of! Awesome read :)
Wow some of those logo's look crazy. Glad they settled on what they have now.
PlayStation 2 was the console that I think I spent way too much time on. Sony have definitely been pioneers for our gaming generation.
I think there's a typo on number 5. Pretty sure SCE wasn't created in 1933, but rather 1993.
Does proof reading exist anymore?
It is an interesting article though
Don't know if its well known or not but there was a black PS1 system called Net Yaroze. Sony released this system and it was a development kit. Which meant anyone could buy it and create their own ps1 games. Which is completely awesome. And they still support such ideas like this through things like littlebigplanet
Rare Sony Net Yaroze Playstation System Review - …: http://youtu.be/085pDfI-AQg
This was pretty cool!
14. Who was PlayStation's biggest rival? - When the original PlayStation released in America, its biggest rival was the Sega Saturn. The Sega Saturn sold for $399; Sony countered it by giving the shortest speech in E3 history. SCE America president, Steve Race said one word, $299 and walked off the stage.
I'm pretty sure that was the genesis for the Mike Drop as well.