G4TV- It came out this week that Sony is not doing too well financially. After the news dropped that the company was posting a multi-million dollar loss for the year, a lot of journalists and analysts decided to discuss what they think might be a better path for Sony to follow. Enter the Sess. On this week's Soapbox, Adam will explain how he has seen Sony change over the years and why he thinks they still have a bright future.
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.
Basically he is saying PS1 and PS2 were good, PS3 had a lot going for it, but a lot going against it.
I like Sessler and his take on things, I truly think Sony is getting more consumer minded with the PS4. Sony won previous generations not on power, but on affordability and games. While having the most powerful console is nice for people to beat their chests and brag, it does little when you think about how most 3rd party developers cant and don't take advantage of it.
So for all the "Future proofing" the PS3 supposedly had, Sony will put out a new console just like the other companies and at around the same time.
Sessler summed it up well
Sessler summed it up well
He hit the nail on the head. Sony has been becoming much more consumer minded in terms of new products. I have faith in Kaz and he know PlayStation is critical to Sony's success.
Sony delivers great products but their pricing, marketing and competitive strategy clearly were below par. The PS4 will answer a lot of questions about Sony's future.