Sony patents PlayStation controller that could accept tap-to-pay from phones and credit cards

[u/Nullhitter]

https://www.techspot.com/news/113988-sony-patent-shows-playstation-controller-could-accept-tap.html

[u/AndersDreth]

"You died"

Pay $5,99 to respawn?

[u/ryuujinusa → u/AndersDreth]

Gaming will officially be dead. And piracy will be RAMPANT.

[u/fucuasshole2 → u/ryuujinusa]

Nah, I’m just gonna stick to older games plus backlogs lmao

[u/MustainesEgoProject → u/fucuasshole2]

Bold of you to assume they wouldn't rapidly "remaster" them and take the old ones off the shelves/stores (Though pirates would probably preserve the "inferior" versions that don't have payment options lol)

[u/Double_Dragonfruit6 → u/MustainesEgoProject]

Good thing emulation is easily accessible on a wide range of platforms and due to the nature of the internet is also hard to shut down in any meaningful way

[u/Flimsy_Swordfish_415 → u/MustainesEgoProject]

good luck remastering all these .isos

[u/brine1330 → u/Flimsy_Swordfish_415]

Might as well get into recomps now, as limited as they are right 

[u/celerypie → u/MustainesEgoProject]

They come to my house and delete files from my drives? I mean they would if they could ...

[u/BigBurkeyBoy → u/celerypie]

There won't be anything on our hard drive here in 20 years. Companies will be pushing the game streaming option very hard.

[u/Mr_Burning → u/BigBurkeyBoy]

There won't be anything on our hard drive here in 20 years.

Sure there is, the last 20 years of excellent games

[u/DeadPhoenix86 → u/celerypie]

That's illegal.

Edit: Are people are okay with companies coming to house and destroy your property?

[u/Zer0DotFive → u/MustainesEgoProject]

Bold of you to think they wouldn't revoke licenses and force people to pay again. 

[u/Dazius06 → u/MustainesEgoProject]

I really hate that they did that to plants vs zombies, they went back and made the original game a WAAAAY worse version and included microtransactions. Shit is absolutely absurd.

[u/SomeOrdinary_Indian → u/fucuasshole2]

I’mma clear all the backlogs starting from ps3 games

[u/Fast_Painter1787 → u/fucuasshole2]

And you think whatever is online is yours and will never ever be changed huh. Ah the naivité of some people.

[u/SorcierSaucisse → u/ryuujinusa]

• Console gaming will be even deader. That's it.

All hail our lord and savior Gaben

[u/Daredspace → u/SorcierSaucisse]

Ah yes, another digital store front that also doesn’t sell you games

[u/omgcunny → u/Daredspace]

Lesser evil type shit

[u/ExplosiveTortuga → u/omgcunny]

Lesser evil is still less evil

[u/IamKyra → u/ryuujinusa]

You can't pirate when you have no computing hardware and no storage.

[u/Ultimate_Sigma_Boy67 → u/IamKyra]

I'll pirate that too

[u/jdehjdeh → u/Ultimate_Sigma_Boy67]

This is the way.

If the world wants to price the consumer out of consuming, they will start taking it for themselves free of charge.

[u/Clessiah → u/ryuujinusa]

Who knows. Some arcade games absolutely slapped.

[u/GrynaiTaip → u/ryuujinusa]

There are a lot of gamers who will pay and they don't care about it. Look how many games have microtransactions, or how many are pay to win. Then there are games like Fifa 2026, Fifa 2025, Fifa 2024, they're all the same game with a few names changed, yet they still sell millions of copies.

[u/Kristkind → u/ryuujinusa]

Pirating no good when games depend on proprietary server.

[u/Mr_Burning → u/ryuujinusa]

Why even pirate those garbage games. Just let it rot.

[u/ghostcatzero → u/ryuujinusa]

Piracy is the past present and future like quantum entanglement. It is inevitable

[u/dispatch_s2_when → u/ryuujinusa]

There are already enough games for me to play until I am dead...

[u/ifwedidntlaugh → u/ryuujinusa]

and people will shill for this practice. statistically there will be a portion of people.

"if you broke just say so" types

[u/capp_head → u/ryuujinusa]

Werent you around with David May Cry 5? 0,99 to get an extra life during boss fights.

[u/TPO_Ava → u/ryuujinusa]

I don't know man, mobile gaming feels that way to me (pay to do anything / skip ads) and it's a growing market (i think, im too lazy to look up the stats).

[u/spaceguydudeman → u/ryuujinusa]

Ah yes, piracy will be rampant because gaming is dead?