A patent registered last summer suggests that Sony thinks about the idea of incorporating aids in games in the form of tracks, downloadable content …
While Sony does not give too many clues about the features and functions of PlayStation 5, many of them can be deduced through several patents that have been registered by the Japanese company, the last one really surprising. The last one suggests that Sony is considering the idea of incorporating artificial intelligence to help if we get stuck in a video game.
For more information, the description of said patent, registered last July 2018 but published this week. "Hey, PlayStation, how do I defeat this boss?" The description begins. "Players will be able to ask the system, which will lead them to a database of players with a similar activity to suggest possible solutions." This patent refers to "resources in game", which includes "downloadable content, additions, improvements, objects, strategies, community data, etc …".
The description is extended in details
"Many video games have hundreds of thousands of objects for players to win, find or buy, to use in that video game. Some of these include tools, armor, skins, vehicles, consumables, etc … There are also hundreds of thousands of video games available on many popular platforms such as PlayStation, PC, or mobile.This results in a selection of objects that is much more vast for players today than it was a few cycles ago.At the same time as the range of items and that of video games have been growing over the years, the methodology for players to progress in a game has not grown at the same pace. "
This application, in short, would serve to lend a hand in case of not being able to continue with a video game having been stuck in a boss or a puzzle, for example. He would do it by describing the strategies of other players or directly, adding objects to the player's inventory, hopefully, that previous payment. In any case, it is still a patent, which does not always end up crystallizing in reality.
