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Sony Files Patent for Connecting Players to “Experts” for Help in Real-Time While Gaming

Sony has filed a new patent that will let gamers reach out to "experts" for help in real-time while gaming.

iplay1up21519d ago (Edited 1519d ago )

If I get stuck, I use YouTube. Very quick and easy. This would have been great 10 years ago. Now there are walkthroughs usually day one. I doubt the Sony service will be free. YouTube is!

excaliburps1518d ago

Yep, which makes this a weird experiment at best.

Darkborn1518d ago

Or it'll be connected to the service they already have on the ps5 that allows you to watch other peoples videos on an area of a game that you need help with. This is just an extension of that program to have someone talk you through it.

Eidolon1518d ago

Connected through Discord, maybe? 👀👀

BrainSyphoned1518d ago (Edited 1518d ago )

Sony files patents to help journalists review its games.

Napoca71518d ago (Edited 1518d ago )

I hate all this Sony patents, even more than xbox :) 95% of all this patents will never release, or no one needs it.

lnfiniteLoop1518d ago

that'll be fun, see if you can piss off an expert, by continually doing the same mistake over and over again... lol

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‘I think Xbox hardware is dead’, says Microsoft gaming veteran

One of the founding members of the Xbox team has questioned Microsoft’s multiplatform gaming strategy, and said they believe the Xbox hardware business is effectively “dead"

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Goodguy011d 3h ago

Think that rumor that they'll still make a new console but at a profit at $1000 will be true though. The series consoles will remain their cheap alternative throughout next gen I would say. Keep in mind that game pass and pretty much going 3rd party is their main focus. They want to bring xbox everywhere.

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GamerRN6h ago

If they don't maintain some kind of console presence, I think they will lose gamepass subscribers and just become a 3rd party publisher who eventually sells everything off

Cacabunga5h ago

Xbox games are releasing on all platforms. Who needs this hardware? PS or PC is all you need

Flewid6384h ago

I've never owned an Xbox in my life and I have GamePass.

thorstein3h ago

The only Xbox I owned was the 360. I have gamepass for my PC.

crazyCoconuts4h ago

Even if they could get it down to $800 for a box that can run with comparable performance to a PS6 (at, say $200 cheaper) the population of people willing to buy such a thing would be so limited.
It would be the worst of both worlds.

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Futureshark15h ago

A slow, painful and public death too.

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New Flight Simulation Hardware Revealed by Moza

Hardware manufacturer Moza debuted several new hardware peripherals for flight simulation at FlightSimExpo 2025.

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Dark SNES Games Not Made For Kids

As consoles go, the SNES has quite the family friendly image. But, just like a Pizza Hut when you look at its hygiene rating or taste its pizza or breathe inside a restaurant, it’s not always good for everyone.

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Yesyes2d ago

The Lion King. Made for masochists.

gold_drake1d 17h ago (Edited 1d 17h ago )

hahahaha

god i had so much trouble with those damn fking birds, monkeys and giraffes haha

Babadook72d ago

Just played Clock Tower. Yep. That’s pretty dark.

thorstein1d 20h ago

The golden age. No ESRB*. No ratings at all. It was glorious.

*I know the ESRB was formed by the industry to prevent others from stepping in and taking control.

Darkegg1d 13h ago

Interesting on ESRB. “ The industry, pressured with potential government oversight of video game ratings from these hearings, established both the IDSA and the ESRB within it to create a voluntary rating system based on the Motion Picture Association film rating system with additional considerations for video game interactivity.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

Is that how the industry isn’t required to offer consumers a transferable digital token to sell games they no longer play or maybe don’t like? And then treat us all like pirates? That’s how the government is not involved, they had to placate the situation to avoid oversight.