PlayStation Network has no deadline for return, and developers relying on PSN for revenues are being hurt with each day that goes by. Q-Games' Dylan Cuthbert (PIxelJunk) previously told IndustryGamers that the outage "definitely" affects his studio's bottom line. The situation clearly hasn't gotten any better since weeks have gone by now, but Cuthbert is expecting to hear from Sony soon.
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.
I love Pixel junk, these are the people who have a real reason to worry if PSN stays down.
Never mind if people can't play on line, these guys need it for their income. Hope its up again soon for them.
I would also hope that Sony would help them out if the company gets in trouble due to this.
I'd never even thought about these guys. It's terrible to think that a PSN exclusive dev has literally had NO income these past few weeks for any of their staff. I hope no PSN exclusives had been released just before the outage. That's what bankruptcy's are made of.
Yeah, I think I'm more concerned for the dev's sake than for my desire to be online. I just don't want to see companies reluctant to support Sony in the future because of the longevity of this nonsense.
We as gamers, should really step up to the plate and show support for these guys and their games.
As soon as PSN is up, I'm purchasing a shitload of PSN exclusive games to show my support for them. They really need it, and as a Game Design student, I couldn't imagine how I'd be feeling if my studio was in this situation.
Sony needs to pay back these developers. In the post it sounded like Sony had an alternative Pay us back or risk losing future game development support. Capcom THQ and now pixel junk want compensation the curse hasn't lifted yet sony.