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Re: Sony Wants PS5 Games to Automatically Adjust the Difficulty While You Play

Burnish1619

Patenting in the gaming industry seems pretty pointless and depressing. It just adds fuel to the console exclusivity fire.
Patenting can be very useful and they can exist as a stepping stone in innovation if done right or implemented in a mutually beneficial way for the industry and the holder, but when games take so long to make nowadays I get the feeling this won't benefit consumers over the 20 year cycle and more ideas and creativity in the space will be infringed and stifled rather than inspired and implemented. Especially when the natural course of the industry will steer toward implementing AI in different areas and you can be sure the biggest corporations aren't gonna let an opportunity for further control over their competitors slip through their grasp. If the biggest players have run out of ideas they'll simply throw money at the problem - which is precisely what Xbox is trying to do when the potential acquisition of Sega, Nintendo, etc leaked.
More corporate control in the industry will not benefit the consumers.

Re: PS Plus Essential Games for December 2023 Announced

Burnish1619

I played Sable a few months ago, to put it bluntly - style over substance.
Quite easily the most boring game I've played this year. More so than Trek to Yomi, another game that's more style over substance.

Might try Lego 2K Drive at some point but I'm not expecting much.

Re: Poll: Help Us Rank the Yakuza / Like a Dragon Games

Burnish1619

I think the side content in 0 is some of the most fun, varied and hysterical in the more recent entries and sets it apart from the other games i've played, never mind the soundtrack! The Majima side content in Kiwami is great too.
0 - 10, Kiwami - 9, Kiwami 2 - 8, LaD - 8