r/pcmasterrace • u/Nullhitter PCMR: CachyOS | 9800X3D | RX 9070 XT | 32GB of DDR5 RAM • 19d ago

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

https://www.techspot.com/news/113988-sony-patent-shows-playstation-controller-could-accept-tap.html
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u/10v1 14900K64DDR5-6000&5090AstralLC|11900KF32DDR4-4266&4090 19d ago

This is the same Sony from the '90s? Man.. how far from grace they've fallen.

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u/DeathInHiDef 19d ago

Microslop isn’t far behind if they move forward with ads in their games.

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u/MrDrSirLord 19d ago

I feel like this has to be more of a "it gives us precedence to sue if others do it" because by recent slightly positive moves in the Xbox and Microsoft gaming departments it'd have to be actual corporate suicide if they put mid rolls in the next microslop title

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u/Calbone607 Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 5080 FE | 64GB 6000 19d ago

Nothing will stop em. Sure Microsoft is the good guy for now and raking in all that sweet PR , but it’s like a pendulum that is swinging back and forth. Before you know it Sony will be good guy and Microsoft bad guy once again.

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u/MrDrSirLord 18d ago

there's no good guys at the top of the ladder, even valve has its issues it's just their the least evil of all the corporate overlords.

But idk, I have some very minor misplaced faith that Microsoft has enough self awareness in at least a single department not to pull the pin on the hand grenade that is midroll advertisements in video games.

They act in bad faith to make as much profit as they can, but they can't seriously be enough out of touch to literally nuke themselves like that

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u/Calbone607 Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 5080 FE | 64GB 6000 18d ago

I completely believe it’ll happen, but now isn’t the time