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Sony: 'We Do Not Record' PS4 Party Chats

Sony issued the following statement on the matter: "Following this update, users are seeing a notification about Party Safety and that voice chats in parties may be recorded. Voice chat recording for moderation is a feature that will be available on PS5 when it launches, and will enable users to record their voice chats on PS5 and submit them for moderation review. The pop up you’re seeing on PS4 right now is to let you know that when you participate in a chat with a PS5 user (post-launch), they may submit those recordings from their PS5 console to SIE."

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Bathyj1654d ago (Edited 1654d ago )

Is this another narrative that was run with that turned out false?

Just asking cos while I didn't look into it myself (online play and all that goes on with it is none of my business) all the scuttlebutt I heard today was that Sony was going to be spying on us now.

gravedigger1654d ago

People are stupid sometimes

Anyway, this thing exists since 2013. But nobody reads TOS :

https://www.gamesradar.com/...

Bathyj1654d ago

You said 3 things.
All true.

bouzebbal1654d ago (Edited 1654d ago )

Go see how many fact checker friends you have on fb.. Over a hundred last time I checked.. Privacy is becoming luxury nowadays..
Good Sony made this clear statement..
Microsoft was spying on people with kinect, but they should also be asked the same about party chat.. I'm sure they are recording

SpadeX1654d ago (Edited 1654d ago )

@gravedigger

This is a quote from the article you linked which is a quote from one of the ToS policies:

“[W]e reserve the right in our sole discretion to monitor and (record) any or all of your PSN activity”.

Which actually contradicts what they're saying now; they're still recording but also giving users the ability to send recordings to them.

gravedigger1654d ago

@ColeMacGrath

"Which actually contradicts what they're saying now; they're still recording but also giving users the ability to send recordings to them. "

Yeah, users can record you, but not Sony. They will moderate it if you send a recorded sample.
Must say I like the idea of recording toxic idiots in r6siege/cod.

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ApocalypseShadow1654d ago

No. That's Facebook with recording and invisible mods that could be standing right next to you for safety in VR.

Lol

mkis0071654d ago

Anything they can do to put playstation on blast for any length of time, doesn't matter how true it is.

Bathyj1654d ago

Oh well, let's not be martyrs and make a big deal out of it. Storm in a teacup.

TravsVoid1654d ago

They collect recordings of kids which this announcement doesn't change.

Christopher1654d ago

It's another narrative of people doing gold medal-winning mental gymnastics to try and infer that the language of "users can record and send" to "sony records and users can send."

Honestly, all they're telling you is what you should already know when chatting online: someone could be recording you at any time because you can't stop others from recording your voice or whatever you decide to stream.

SpadeX1654d ago

@gravedigger

Sony can and probably is recording you according to their policy, unless there was a change I'm not aware of.

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Father__Merrin1654d ago

I think all coms are recorded anyway at government agency level

Mr_Luke1654d ago

I thought it was clear, it was written there "users can record xxx and send". Who said it was Sony? Let me guess... :/

boing11654d ago

Not sure where the confusion came from either. It was a clear message.

SegaGamer1654d ago

Just people looking to be outraged for the sake of it. Even when you tried to point it out to these people, they would ignore it and carry on complaining about something that wasn't even true.

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Oblivion Remastered Breaks 4 Million Players in 4 Days

Bethesda Game Studios writes: We are so grateful to the over 4 million of you that have already ventured into Cyrodiil with Oblivion Remastered. Thank you!

Obscure_Observer15h ago

Congrats goes to Todd and everyone at Bethesda and team Xbox for another huge milestone!

Hopefully after this huge success, Phil might greenlit New Vegas Remastered powered by UE5 as well.

Fingers crossed!

lukasmain12h ago

I wish for, at the very least, maybe Fallout 3 remaster? I mean the success of the show proves that not just hardcore gamers are ready for a great updated Fallout game. I believe it could potentially be even more successful than the Oblivion remaster. But I do like your idea of a New Vegas UE5 , because I actually never played that. Bethesda are better under Microsoft, I agree with you now after this "remaster". It's much cheaper and faster to do something like this for an old classic game. Reminds me of when Capcom started doing that with RE2. Gamer goodwill became skyhigh for Capcom. Fingers crossed indeed

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F3 Remastered already came out on the court documents, so unless it was cancelled, which sounds unlikely as it would the best they can hope to have to match any releases of the TV show since F5 isn’t coming out any time soon.

That said, I do agree that if this has proven to be a hit and I don’t see why F3 wouldn’t be if it gets the same level of treatment, they will probably want to do more

anast13h ago(Edited 13h ago)

It's on GamePass. According to Steam DB: it has a 190k peak, which is not close to 4 mil. It didn't even reach 500k on Twitch stats and owner estimations are hovering around 1 mil or less.

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lukasmain12h ago

Well done, despite not getting exact sales, this is still great news because the budget for this and the development time wouldn't have been much at all when compared to a full 6 or 7 year development window and the cost that would entail. So it does seem like a great success and even better when you consider that they shadow-dropped it without paid marketing. Hope this team is already past pre-production on another "remaster" of another classic, I'm personally hoping for Fallout 3 remaster

MaximusPrime_11h ago

Microsoft realised how stupid they had been and delayed following Sega's example.
There you go MS, worldwide lots more people own PS5 or PC than Xbox. You got the money you're desperate for.

To be truly Sega, don't bother releasing a new console. Just focus on software.

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Obscure_Observer9h ago

"To be truly Sega, don't bother releasing a new console. Just focus on software."

MS will continue to release new consoles as they´ll continue and make tons of money out PC, PS5 and Switch 2 as well.

Gamers on other platforms will happily pay full price for amazing Xbox games while we get everything day one on Game Pass.

It´s a win win for everyone.

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Oblivion Remastered Feels Like a Mirror Held Up to the RPG Genre

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is a reflective lens that highlights RPG evolution while proving the appeal of certain design philosophies.

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InZoi Is Now Getting Dangerously Close To Dropping Below The Sims 3’s Player Numbers

That fall continues.

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