Sony told tech news sites earlier during an interview that they’ve learned a valuable lesson with their last gaming console release, the PS3 that the price of the hardware during launch can spell success or failure of the product. They’ve hinted earlier that the Sony NGP or PSP2 won’t be priced as high as the failed PSPGo.
During the Sony NGP or PSP2 development, Sony decided not to put all the features that they were planning to keep the cost of the handheld down.
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.
Hmm...the price certaintly isn't too high for what your getting. In fact, I'd say its a good deal.
Heres the problem...not everyone can take advantage of a good deal
For example, in 2006, the PS3 launched at $600. This was a great deal considering Blu-ray players ALONE sold for $600-$1,000 at this time. Still, $600 was too steep for a home console for MOST consumers.
Another example, a Lamborghini that originally costs $1,000,000 drops to $250,000. Thats a 75% price drop. Most would say that its a great deal....but how many people have $250,000 laying around for a new car?
$300 for a portable console(even as technologically brilliant as the PSP2) is a tough sell considering you can buy a next gen console or 6-7 games for the same price.
Uhhh, didn't they say the same thing about the PS3?
799 us dollars
300 for the low end model is still way higher than the 3ds.......... and its going to be high in europe
@ below
300 isnt the set price it could be 350 for the low end, 400 for the high end
who knows
Good points from Logicwins, golsilva and Raven_Nomad.
Can't wait untill E3.