alternative title: Sony asked ChatGPT about the most effective way to piss off g*mers
Direct link to patent: https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20230041807
If that doesn't work https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/ppubsbasic.html with patent number: 20230041807
It's basically a scheme to make microtransaction items 1. limited availability 
and 2. rentals 
and 3. NFTs because IDK that must make it novel enough to patent 
I'm sure this won't make games even less fun for everyone but the biggest paypigs, but people will still totally play them 
Side notes, but patent art is always so janky looking and I love-hate it
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While Bad Guy learned to dance, Boss A studied the blade 
That is all for now, back to your pods or discuss video games or whatever. IDK if people even care about weekly threads, but Aevann wanted some and I took the initiative on a monday 
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Observing Sony business decisions is a Masterclass in pissing off your own customer base. Truly astounding.
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Would be based if spider man 2 comes to ps4
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The Xbox 1 announcing permanent online and discs tied to the consoles, and kinect being bundled with the console like a couple weeks before the console dropped was really good, I think it pretty much destroyed the consoles launch and probably turned off a lot of xbox 360 owners from considering buying the next gen.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2020/07/18/microsofts-failures-with-the-xbox-one-are-paving-the-way-for-the-xbox-series-x
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