Because the article has mentioned solar charging, this has driven a lot of the comments to assume that this is what the patent is for.
Photovoltaic elements can be things like the light inside a room and the light from a TV, not just solar. So I think it is an ambient light low power harvester, and will be used to test if they can power controller LEDs separate from battery.
This seems overly exaggerated as being a problem to me, and more like companies worried they can no longer slack off and release broken games with no financial repurcussions.
It applies only to new games that hit a certain wholesale price point. It can literally work by allowing the game to be fully downloaded, and a timed trial like ea play.
It's interesting to note the specific comment about it sometimes harming their sales. Good!! This will now mean that game releases can either be fit for use on day 1 and people would be more likely to purchase it, if the game is complete. If they choose to deliver a busted incomplete game, its absolutely their fault for doing so.
This will only be a good thing. The ones who will possibly lose out are the ones who have business models that allow broken incomplete games to be released and fixed over the course of the next year, or those who make games, laud them as being super fun, and they're actually really poor.
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Re: PlayStation's Solar-Powered Controller Patent Might Help with Battery Life Woes
Because the article has mentioned solar charging, this has driven a lot of the comments to assume that this is what the patent is for.
Photovoltaic elements can be things like the light inside a room and the light from a TV, not just solar. So I think it is an ambient light low power harvester, and will be used to test if they can power controller LEDs separate from battery.
Re: PS Plus Premium Demo Requirement Puzzling Publishers, Devs
This seems overly exaggerated as being a problem to me, and more like companies worried they can no longer slack off and release broken games with no financial repurcussions.
It applies only to new games that hit a certain wholesale price point. It can literally work by allowing the game to be fully downloaded, and a timed trial like ea play.
It's interesting to note the specific comment about it sometimes harming their sales. Good!! This will now mean that game releases can either be fit for use on day 1 and people would be more likely to purchase it, if the game is complete. If they choose to deliver a busted incomplete game, its absolutely their fault for doing so.
This will only be a good thing. The ones who will possibly lose out are the ones who have business models that allow broken incomplete games to be released and fixed over the course of the next year, or those who make games, laud them as being super fun, and they're actually really poor.
Re: This Abandoned and Blue Box Game Studio Thing Is Getting Out of Hand
@Rob_230 keep connecting things good sir!
Re: This Abandoned and Blue Box Game Studio Thing Is Getting Out of Hand
@The_New_Butler
It's Friday now just FYI.
Re: This Abandoned and Blue Box Game Studio Thing Is Getting Out of Hand
For those interested in even more about this, I've been compiling key points about it here
https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/o3nz6q/OfficialKonamiShop_on_Twitter_now_openly_showing_they%27re_having_Silent_Hills_merch./h2cr46j/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3