PlayStation 5: New patent allows players

Sony, in January 2020, has filed a patent called Spectator about the lock of players in a video game from and now gave. The feature allows viewers to vote on players outward, send them messages to admonish them, play better, or even pay for them to be sorted out.

In the patent Sony describes a situation in which a series of spectators pursue a game on a streaming channel. According to the patent text and the attached diagrams, the viewers then receive access to a menu over which they can vote if a particular player should be thrown out of the game.

The diagram shows that the viewer has four options to choose from:

Remove players from the game Players warn so he improves Submit custom message Leave in the game

The own decision will then be compared to those of other viewers, and when the total number of removing scores reaches a particular threshold, the player is removed from the game.

Sony: The procedure can also include the animation of the removal of the player and the provision of visual notes for other players or spectators, why the player was removed from the video game .

The patent contains examples of some variations of the procedure, including the ability to use the capability level of a viewer to determine how much influence its opinion has.

It also shows an alternative situation in which the viewers can pay for the removal of a player, either with real money or with game currency. In the example shown, viewers receive another menu with the designation of Player Removal Options , in which they can choose between Numbers fixed price , Percentage of the fixed price and auction .

Sony has taken steps to take over an active role in the escort. In the spring, the company announced that a new eSports company called RTS has been together to jointly take over the Evolution Championship Series.