This is a big punch in the face for PlayStation 3 owners who used their consoles to stream Netflix. According to statement made to the tech gurus over at GigaOm, Netflix is not offering discounts or refunds to PS3 customers were unable to access its library of streaming video during Sony’s PlayStation Network outage.
This is a stark contrast to how Sony is handling things with its “welcome back” package plan of free downloadable games and in-game item goodies.
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.
why should they?nothing was wrong with netflix.
Wait what? Netflix has been working the entire time. I've been using mine and everyone else. If you didn't know that it was working you didn't try it or didn't look online to see that it was working.
To be fair, Netflix's service never went down... why should they compensate anyone?
Doesn't seem fair if they did.
1. You could still watch Netflix most of the time that PSN was down on your PS3 (only one week was affected).
2. You could also use the service on your other consoles, PC, TV, iphone/ipad, and android devices.
3. It didn't impact their disc-rental services either.
4. They never stopped providing their service, Sony stopped providing theirs. Netflix, as per the agreement you have with them, aren't accountable when your house doesn't have power let alone for the other devices you use to view their content to be working as intended.
I know there were a few cases where if they could see that you ONLY used Netflix on your PS3, they'd freeze your account until everything was okay.