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Sony PSP Ad Mocks Apple iPhone Gaming

Kotaku- Apple has taken shots at the DS and PSP. The iPhone has more games, they say. Sony fires back with this ad, basically saying, yeah, but our games are better.

sunnygrg5034d ago

Kotaku can never write an Sony article without a sarcasm hidden somewhere, in this case plain-view.

zootang5034d ago (Edited 5034d ago )

I like the fact they used a "Normal" phone in the ad. What happens when you are gaming on the iPhone and you get a call? That could be very awkward.

Christopher5034d ago

@zootang: The game pauses automatically.

na2ru15034d ago

that must mean they original spoke fast like chipmunks before it got slowed down. lol imagine that.

DontShoot-Me-Bro5034d ago (Edited 5034d ago )

Hmm i wonder if Sony have stepped thier marketing up just so they can ship as many PSP's just before revealing a new PSP at Gamescom.

If its not revelaed tomorrow then defo at TGS.

-Alpha5034d ago (Edited 5034d ago )

I can't believe GamesCom is tomorrow. I've completely spaced out on it.

And yes, we are in dire need of a new PSP. No more remodels.

My issue with the PSP is that it tries too hard to be a portable console. I prefer the DS in this case as it feels like a portable device. It may sound a little weird, and I don't care to explain the feeling, but that's how I feel. No doubt great games have come on the PSP but I find the DS to be more fun and though graphics may be simpler, I love the library of games. I particularly don't care for the multimedia functionality of the PSP, but it's definitely one of its selling points. With the rumors of a PSP Phone the Apple/Sony competition is getting more fun.

As for this ad, I like this nudge-nudge competition

danmachine5034d ago

gamescom is tommorow? awesome!

i love me some guitar hero on my DS, the control stick on my psp puts me off buying bigger games for it. i bought god of war chains of olympus and its a major pain when a QTE requires you to use the stick.

i just stick to THUG2 and minis/psone classics on my psp

MrLife5034d ago

Holy fuck man!
You got lots of bubbles

Motorola5034d ago (Edited 5034d ago )

Im in the same boat as you guys. I forgot about gamescom. And yeah he has a crapload of bubbles o___o

raztad5034d ago (Edited 5034d ago )

"My issue with the PSP is that it tries too hard to be a portable console"

Thats exactly why I love mine. Nothing better than playing some GoW awesomeness on the go. BTW, the announced 3DS line up (that have many fans excited) looks a lot more like a PSP line up than a DS one.

A little more on topic: I just bought GTA:CTW on iphone for a friend as a gift. Funny thing he only wanted a little game (the most popular on the platform) called Angry Birds, and didnt even know CTW existed.

@silvacrest bellow

Agree 100%.

PirateThom5034d ago

I don't think you can fault it for being a "Portable console" though, the hint is in the name "PlayStation Portable", PlayStation experience in a portable form...

Of course, some developers have figured out that they need to bring games into bite sizes segments. Peace Walker does this well and, for all its faults, so does Gran Turismo.

You then have some games which are PS2 ports and that doesn't work so well.

GuruStarr785034d ago

@Danmachine:

Thug 2 is the best game on PSP.

Tito085033d ago (Edited 5033d ago )

PSp is not trying hard to be a handheld, it is a better handheld than DS...The DS might have lots of games compared to PSP, but 95% of those games are Lame.... Dora, Imagine, Cooking Mama, Gardening Mama, iCarly, Zhu Zhu Pets, Carnival games, Barbie???? There are few like Castlevania, Metroid, or w.e. but the rest of the library is so childish, baby step games, if u got to any store, Gamestop, Target, any retail store, all u see is a bunch of clownass games on it, worst game Library on a handheld, Sorry dude, but I preffer the PSp lineup 20 thousand times more than the DS!!!!!

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silvacrest5034d ago

i still think a PSPhone is more likely to show up then a PSP2 at this point

i think sony would have just slashed the price of the original PSP if the PSP2 was coming

longcat5034d ago (Edited 5034d ago )

yeah the phone is coming but i think its for minis mostly.
Sony have put a lot of effort into those minis and i think the phone is the reason.
I like the fact that apple are bringing some really competitive prices to digital distribution gaming (see also Steam).

The next psp needs to be a portable emotion engine

BTW - the go dropped to $200 on Amazon this month

silvacrest5034d ago

if the PSPhone is just for minis and it cant play proper PSP games then it would be major fail and a huge opportunity wasted

a PSPhone that plays minis as well as real PSP games could carve its own audience, all the people who want proper gaming with buttons on a smartphone currently have no choice, sony shouldn't waste this chance to get back into phones in a big way

longcat5034d ago (Edited 5034d ago )

i hope i am wrong - i would love to get a psp phone

But that new analog "bar" and considerations wrt battery life are keeping my expectations in check

Still, simple visuals dont necessarily mean simple games - i'm just gonna have to wait on the lineup if it proves to be a new platform.

Godmars2905034d ago

And Kotau mocks PSP ad that mocks iPhone gaming?

mrv3215034d ago

Gamers mocks Kotaku... for faked articles and biased.

Godmars2905034d ago (Edited 5034d ago )

Can only agree with you :p

Though honestly, given their "make of it what you will" response to that edited GT5 article, they pretty much deserve it.

Actually, they deserve to be censured, the site closed, for the "meh" reaction.

ActionBastard5034d ago (Edited 5034d ago )

Yet Flight Control (an iPhone/iPad game) is coming to PSN?

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Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

"AI is not a substitute for human creativity. We position it as a technology that supports creativity. Creativity resides in people. We will continue to contribute to people's creativity through technology," the CEO said.

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1nsomniac5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

...not yet but 100% within the next 10 years!

..Then Sony will use it like the drop of a hat. They're no different to the others.

isarai4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

They used to be 😞 sure it was always a business, and money's always the priority, but they used to have a very strong stance on supporting artists and creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" was a phrase they touted a few times back in the ps1-ps3 era, a philosophy carried over from their music branch PlayStation was created from. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but it's barely there compared to what it was back then, i just want them to return to that.

Eonjay4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

I am highly encouraged by their statement about human creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" is exactly what they are saying. But at the same time, I don't think people understand that Sony is a corporation. If they don't realize growth, they don't get to exist. When you say 'Sony', you are talking about a bunch of investors. To speak about them any other way is a illogical and incorrect. They haven't changed. They have been a group of investors since they became a public business.

isarai4d ago

Ugh, i really wish people would stop gambling people's livelihoods by turning a project/game into their political soapbox. Im all for statements and having your own opinion, but there's more people working on this than just druckman, ham fisting your political beliefs onto just seems inconsiderate for everyone elses job security when it can result in a failure due to people avoiding it for that reason.

I play games for escape, im so tired of nearly every AAA game blatantly dragging real world issues to shove in my face when I'm trying to take a break from it all. They don't even bother to be subtle about it, quite the opposite, it's blasted and force fed to you and it's just getting exhausting

Einhander19724d ago

People are taking a whole interview and cutting it down to clips that make him look bad and take what he actually was saying out of context. For example he also said things like this AI has "ethical issues we need to address"

-Foxtrot4d ago

@Einhander

Why defend him at this point?

It’s not taking things out of context, he said what he said.

Old ND would never talk about soulless AI taking over so many creative things they are well known for. The whole “ethical issues” is just a good PR spin people who push this crap fall back on to make their statements not seem as bad. So many AI lovers do this.

AI has no place is so many creative based things.

Einhander19724d ago

Well yeah, because everyone else is using it so they need to stay competitive. It's the same as paid online, they didn't want to go that route but their competition was making so much money they needed to add paid online just to keep up.

RaiderNation4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

AI will never replace humans in game development in terms of conceptualizing new games. Humans still need to come up with the ideas and what they want to implement. However much of the day to day menial coding could be AI driven to reduce production time and team size. I could also see AI being used for bug testing/optimization that could lead to better quality games at launch. I'm actually very optimistic about how AI can positively impact game development.

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XiNatsuDragnel4d ago

Good statement but hopefully this holds up

NotoriousWhiz4d ago

People that aren't software developers just don't understand the benefits of AI. People who's only exposure to A.I is the Terminator movie and other related sci fi films won't understand the benefits it provides.

It's not about replacing human labor. It's about making human labor easier.

Many years ago, I had laser eye surgery done. It was performed by a robot. The doctor took my measurements and calibrated the machine to make sure it would do what needed be done. And then the robot corrected my vision in 10 seconds.

15 years later and I still have 20/20 vision.

Eonjay4d ago

AI in and of itself is not a 'bad'. Money is bad. Money is evil, and corporations will do whatever they can to get more of it. They will find ways to implement AI to replace as may jobs as possible. This isn't even up for debate. It is the charge of the corporation to maximize returns for the investors. They have no choice. I'm a developer and I know that my job will absolutely be replaced. Therefore, I have decided to become an AI dev. AI has a lot of potential to help us solve problem on a scale most can't even imagine. The issue, as ever is that our monetary system only ever allows us to focus on greed and fiscal growth.

But I am a pragmatist. Perhaps an AI model can be built to help protect us from our most dangerous instincts and habits. And perhaps Congress can pass laws to protect us from people who would use AI to manipulate and control us (spoiler: they wont).

RaiderNation3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Progress is inevitable. Nobody driving cars today is complaining that the horse and buggy is no longer around. Yes, some jobs will be lost but guess what? With innovation comes new job opportunities. It's how the cycle of the job market works.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

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.

exputers33d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos32d ago (Edited 32d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken32d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g33d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing33d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H933d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola33d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66933d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle33d ago

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.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg33d ago

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.

Profchaos33d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola33d ago

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

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