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/AndersDreth 19d ago

"You died"

Pay $5,99 to respawn?

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u/ryuujinusa 19d ago

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

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u/fucuasshole2 19d ago

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

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u/MustainesEgoProject 19d ago edited 19d ago

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)

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u/Double_Dragonfruit6 19d ago

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

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u/Flimsy_Swordfish_415 19d ago

good luck remastering all these .isos

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u/brine1330 18d ago

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

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u/celerypie 18d ago

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

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u/BigBurkeyBoy 18d ago

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

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u/Mr_Burning i5 2500K @4.6Ghz | Asus GTX 680 | 8GB RAM | Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 18d ago

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

Sure there is, the last 20 years of excellent games

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u/DeadPhoenix86 18d ago edited 18d ago

That's illegal.

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

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u/Zer0DotFive 18d ago

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

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u/Dazius06 18d ago

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.