PCN: "With that being said, this isn’t Sony’s fault. Why is everyone jumping to the conclusion that Sony owes us? Would you rather them leave it online and allow the hackers to steal your information? Allow the constant disconnects to frustrate the hell out of you? I didn’t think so. A major corporation is not going to give you updates about every step they take to fix a problem, otherwise they might as well hand the lock and key right to the hackers."
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.
Interesting article.
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How can you say it's not Sonys fault ? If their service was protected more this wouldn't have happened.
oh my god! The only thing I'm seeing on N4G is psn status news!!!!
We know it's off and we don't want a speculation about why it's down, the only news I want to know about it is if it's back online or if sony made an official announcement about why it's down.
Well written and makes sense. Sadly writing a comment or posting an article that "makes sense" will be met with disagrees on N4G which in the end doesn't make sense.
"With that being said, this isn’t Sony’s fault. Why is everyone jumping to the conclusion that Sony owes us?" Because as a society we're all spoiled brats. The Veruca Salt Syndrome we suffer from is pretty embarrassing. "I don't care if Sony if having problems and shut down PSN at our benefit, I want it now, Daddy."
@below: When I say spoiled I'm talking in generalities, not just as gamers.