The litigation between Sony and George Hotz is a headline that has become ubiquitous throughout the gaming industry. I won't attempt to claim who is right and who is wrong regarding the legal matters of the case, but I do want to take a moment to offer some alternatives to GeoHot's recent donation request. Despite your personal feelings towards Mr. Hotz, and or Sony, there are indeed far greater places and causes to which we as a gaming community can contribute.
Listed below are several charities and organizations that could greatly benefit from our collective support.
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.
This.
Gaming charities need more publicity in general. It's depressing that news like GeoHot or the woman who claimed games cause rape can create discussions and controversy that last for weeks, but nobody in the media really pays attention to the good things that come out of the gaming community (e.g. the gaming charities).
Because people would rather "stick it to the man" then actually do something good with their money/lives.
childsplay is great way to give.
Why can't I do both? Split the money between both causes? Why are they mutually exclusive?
Carmaine must live!
Geohot must win! See? I can do both
Why donate to Geodick when you can castrate yourself?