Wired: Following a massive security breach of its PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services, Sony says it is crafting goodwill gestures to make up for any inconvenience suffered by customers whose personal information might have been compromised.
“We are currently evaluating ways to show appreciation for your extraordinary patience as we work to get these services back online,” Sony said Thursday, more than a week after the “external intrusion” that led to the probable leak of personal information tied to 70 million PlayStation Network accounts.
Here are some make-good offerings Sony might be considering.
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.
6. God of War director David Jaffe comes to your house, hangs out until things get awkward.
That would be my chioce ^^
The PSN being down must be hard on these "journalists". I mean, now they have to think up all new hate articles. I suppose life will get a little easier when the PSN is back up. They can go back to their copy/paste "10 Reasons Sony/PS3/NGP Are Doomed" articles.
2. Uncharted 3 beta releases early
1. BC for everybody. you people don't know what you missing.
I thought this was great, some of you guys above me need to read the article before posting. This guy is just kidding, you guys know humor, right? It's that nice feeling that makes you smile and sometimes laugh.
It's a shame PSN is down but a little joking about it doesn't hurt anyone.
@ Pumbli
"Hey, your shoelace is open"
= JOKE.
"I am selling my 360 because it scratched my RRod Stewart CD"
= TROLLING.