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Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours 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 · 10 hours 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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    Anybody else want to ditch society and go out in the wilderness and create a combine?

    The billionaires are turning us into powerless mindless serfs.

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    soon

    Mother distraught at 9 year old son buys $432,000 on Playstation Store with credit card taken from purse.

  • Bizzle@lemmy.world
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    To RENT games

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    This initially sounds horrible, but really is it much different from just typing in the details? Result is the same.

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      I would say it’s the same as just leaving your billing details in, but I wouldn’t trust Sony not to leak that info even if I owned a PlayStation.

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    Has Nintendo not already done this with their NFCs on the Wii U? Chat am I going insane?

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    PayStation

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    Put your credit card to the controller to resume playing.

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    I wonder if I counts as sony sucking my balls if I tap my balls to the touch pad

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    buy rent for an undisclosed amount of time with multiple options for losing possession early

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    I may very well buy this controller in the future, but it would be for playing on PC, so that feature would go unused.

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    If implemented properly this would actually be an improvement:

    • user has to authorize each purchase by tapping the card someone without the card can’t buy on the user’s behalf
    • payment data doesn’t have to be stored so no payment data they can lose
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    Sony turning the PS into a P. O. S.

    No, not sale.

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    this is just fucking gross

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    10 hours ago

    so… a payment terminal ? Why can they patent this?

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    Makes it even easier for kids to use their parents credit cards. What a service!

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