Sony patents system to let struggling PS5 players call in experts to help

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Sony has filed a patent that would allow struggling players to vociferation on experts to help guide on them through a game.

The patent, dubbed "connecting a player to expert help in time period during game play of a gaming application," was originally filed last week (via Patentscope). Summarising its idea, Sony states that "video games are becoming more complex and expansive," but that magnified complexity means that "users English hawthorn find information technology increasingly difficult to navigate through and/or complete the videogame."

To help with that, the company has scrape up with a system in which players are able to connect to an "expert" - a more experient player - who can guide them over real-time text operating theater audio frequency chat. Those who measure up as experts, based on their have progress and achievements in-game, could be incentivized to serve out with in-game complacent or exclusive achievements.

Sony likens the system to hailing an Uber, suggesting that it'll use information about the player's current gameplay school term - including where they'Re stuck and what gear they're using - to assistant distinguish an expert with similar experience. When asking for assist, however, players will be able-bodied to turn along a spoiler word of advice to help control that their expert doesn't reveal important story information.

Sony's proprietary a number of similar patents in recent months, including a system to make boss fights easier and other that would caravan an AI profile to meet games along your behalf if you deficiency to take a get out. As with any patent, on that point's no guarantee that any of these will be developed into fully-formed features for the PS5 or any future Sony console, merely the apparent focus on approachability-side by side features is certainly a electropositive stone's throw.

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