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Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days ago

Sony patent could let players tap a credit card on their PlayStation controller to buy games

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Sony patent could let players tap a credit card on their PlayStation controller to buy games

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Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days ago
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Sony patent could let players tap a credit card on their PlayStation controller to buy games - Dexerto
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Sony has filed a patent application for a PlayStation controller that could read payment details from a nearby credit card or phone.
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  • Nate@piefed.alphapuggle.dev
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    Life imitates art

    Controller with a credit card inserted in the bottom captioned "EA made a new controller that makes it easier for you to win"

    • Oxysis/Oxy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Sony really made the meme real, what a fucking world we live in

    • FridaVermercury@discuss.tchncs.de
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      The meme is so old, tapping cards to pay did not even exist.

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      And the easier victory of course provides you with a sense of pride and accomplishment.

    • philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club
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      This was a joke once upon a time

  • raman_klogius@ani.social
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    buy

    lmfao

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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      Silly rabbit, buying isn’t owning!

      • Nocklusamigos@lemmy.world
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        Paying for*; buying is owning

  • x00z@lemmy.world
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    Hold the controller closely to your parent’s wallet and unlock this amazing new skin.

    • 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world
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      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

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    When a company is this focused on making it easier for you to give them your money, maybe it’s time to walk way

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    But children don’t have credit cards…

    • PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world
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      Sony patents game console with embedded credit card skimmer, with child-friendly features

    • beejboytyson@lemmy.world
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      …shit

  • BilSabab@lemmy.world
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    call me when you can pirate games with playstation controller

  • DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf
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    Sony patent could let players tap a credit card on their PlayStation controller to rent games.

    • Ftfy, Dexerto, if something can be taken away from you at any time, you don’t own it, you’re only renting it.
  • Bronelius@lemmy.world
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    Next it’ll be Mountain Dew verification cans

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    And once the barrier to payment is that low, well, microtransactions in games naturally follow.

    • “Tap your card now for a character boost for this boss fight”
  • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
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    so… a payment terminal ? Why can they patent this?

    • IllNess@infosec.pub
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      Probably because it’s on a controller. It is fucking stupid.

      Payment terminal, can’t patent that. Payment terminal on a toaster? Yes you can patent that. Lol

      • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
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        Payment terminal on a toaster

        BRB!

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          At this point, it’s getting into findom territory. “Don’t want your toast to burn you disgusting pervert? You make such pathetic financial decisions. You should give that money to me instead, and maybe I’ll consider only burning your toast a little.”

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    Middle class gonna whore itself out to impulse purchase useless game skins. Middle class? More like idiot class lmao

    • beejboytyson@lemmy.world
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      Oh ya my cousin rather get a personal trainer then vote 🤷‍♂️

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    $300 controllers coming soon, still with stick drift and rubber joystick tops that turn into slime over time.

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      If they fixed it, you wouldn’t have to buy new ones

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    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.

  • southsamurai (he/him/pronoun agnostic)@sh.itjust.works
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    Like I’m ever “buying” a game from them again.

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    rent

    Sonys thing not mine.

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