Clouds Likely in the PS3′s Forecast
According to shakedown1987 on the GameTrailers forums, Sony may be in the early phases of a new PS3 feature, nicknamed, “Playstation Cloud”. A few months ago, news had broken out that Sony had patented the “Playstation Cloud” name; but nobody knew what that could mean. In many cases, huge corporations patent a plethora of names, but only a select few ever get used.
However, the user had been told that Sony has already begun training on the features of “Playstation Cloud”. Apparently, the new feature is similar to the social-media site, Facebook. This application will update, in real-time, and show all your friends your latest trophy accomplishments, avatar changes, and things of that nature.
Furthermore, it seems Sony is looking to make some features of the service public, and within the phone conversation shakedown1987 was having, Sony is actively looking for current customer service employees to moderate the public arenas.
As of now, Sony has not commented on the matter. So until then, or more concrete evidence arises, we’ll classify this as a rumor.
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15 Responses to “Clouds Likely in the PS3′s Forecast”
I really hope this is true. Sounds great.
Let’s wait and see .
If this is true and it’s as good as I hope it is, XBL has some major competition.
There we go Sony you dont need to make a app that lets you use Facebook. Just create a better Facebook custom for Playstation. I LIKE IT ; )
This really shouldn’t even be getting reported on, on all these sites. It’s all based on a random post on a message board. Seriously.
I really hope this is NOT true. There are so many things that Sony could and should put manpower towards instead. Why not integrate these features into HOME? Why not work on all games being able to be launched from HOME? Why not work on voice messaging for PSN?
Sony needs to stop and think about improving the experience for gamers, its gamers that got Sony this far and it will be gamers that keep them competitive in this console generation and generations to come.
Sony has made huge strides towards achieving what XBL has but with a free service. They just need to buckle down and finish the job! Get some more compelling content on PSN (not saying whats there isnt compelling, but just MORE of it) start working on some exclusive DLC deals of their own…meet and beat XBL at their own game……then you add all the extra stuff like Facebook integration….or this “Playstation Cloud” business
Hi all,
What about some interesting multimedia features such as Divx 7???
Nothing new about it???
sony is the way of the future
That would be so cool. I love Facebook, and it would be nice having something like that on PS3.
few! I thought you were saying the future looks cloudy, because activision might have stopped already or something.
“Sony had patented the “Playstation Cloud” name” — You mean “trademarked” ?
I hope there’s more than real-time trophy update, or avatar changes, we really need, or care about that? Really?
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This is all dingbats crazy!!!
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