call me when you can pirate games with playstation controller
so… a payment terminal ? Why can they patent this?
Hold the controller closely to your parent’s wallet and unlock this amazing new skin.
You, and YOU alone can help Solid Snake in his mission. Should you choose to accept, the objective is simple. Remove the RFID resistant wallet from your parent’s back pocket. Inside, there will be a plastic card that contains the nuclear codes. Take that card, and press it to the face of your controller. Hurry, agent! The world’s counting on you
Sony is basically a patent troll these days…
I’m pretty sure the majority of their patents are things they never intend to use, they just want to be able to charge anyone else that wants to do it.
90% to 95% of all patents are never commercialized. It is not exclusive to Sony.
This is your usual daily reminder that each of the tech giants obtain something like 3000 patents a year, by patenting everything under the sun. For the sole purpose that if one of them sues another for the violation of one such patent, the other can dig up a hundred of them to countersue.
When a company is this focused on making it easier for you to give them your money, maybe it’s time to walk way
buyrent for an undisclosed amount of time with multiple options for losing possession earlyLike I’m ever “buying” a game from them again.
Somebody explain the appeal of consoles in 2026 to me. I can easily connect any controller to my PC, and get games at half the price for it?
Ps5 is way cheaper than a pc
Yes and no. You can still get a mini pc or even a laptop with 16gb of ram and a 256-512 ssd for 500ish. It won’t have as much graphics horsepower as a ps5, but it’ll be enough to play a lot of games at 1080p 60fps or use resolution scaling etc. games are significantly cheaper on pc as well.
There was a deal for a 5060ti and 16gb of ram complete build for like 1200. That’s not that terrible vs a ps5 pro brand new.
I thought we are just renting our bought games?
Well we sure ain’t renting them for free
Ah, the same corpo who once filed a patent about having to yell the name of a product whenever its ad pops on the TV.
Next it’ll be Mountain Dew verification cans
First of all how much easier can it get? I just have my paypal or venmo saved and can’t even remember the last time I needed to update it, it always works and always there.
Second if anything it should be on the console not the controller. Its just another thing that will drain my battery and for something that will never get used. If its on the system i could care less. Will there be options to buy without it?
Yeah I understand the hate but this is a nothingburger when it comes to micro transactions. They can already milk us for all we have with ease. Sounds more like patent abuse honestly. But as far as scummy practices, this doesn’t really make them any worse than they already are.
Remember when iCloud purchases on kids iPad exceeded like 2k$… well we will see a vulnerability and hackers taking advantage of second hand controllers market with cc info being leaked.
Sony already had that happen once. A dog mangled its owners controller and racked up a whole $8 in charges. Possibly more but that’s all I could find in the article.
On the plus side now your kid won’t have to beg you for VBucks or whatever. /s
As store payment? sure, why not, include fancy terminal in gamepad… totally won’t increase price of device, like we lack options to pay in internet, but having one more, ok…
U don’t mean [pay to continue], [buy in-game currency], [pay to skip ad mid boss fight] or [pay to gain access to next stage without waiting for stamina]? not at all… suuuuureeeeee…
Tap credit card to parry, hold credit card down to block. Move credit card forward, down, down-forward followed by payment to shoryuken.
$5…$10…$20…$50…C.C.C.Comb$100 BREAKER!!
Sony turning the PS into a P. O. S.
No, not sale.
