madbassman39 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 The PS4 brings up a lot of new ideas, especially in the social media corner of gaming. Do we really want social media brought into gaming? This is obviously going to happen on both the PS4 and the new Xbox so at the very least we will see these companies making an attempt to bring social media into gaming. Does it interest you as an individual to have social media as part of your games? Do you think it can really change the way we game? What ways would you like to see it implemented and what ways would hate to see it implemented. I'm going to say right away, don't make me create a new account. I don't want dozens of accounts to link up to everything that I want to do. Bring over our PSN accounts/Xbox Live accounts at the very least. I personally have no problem signing into everything with my google/Facebook accounts, I don't care that what I do is being traced, and that way I click one button and I signed up easily without having to create new passwords and usernames. Having said that, I have no interest in my Facebook being a part of my gaming habits. I spend too much time as it is playing video games, I don't need to share that with everybody I know. I will always opt out of sharing what I do on Facebook, I don't care if Facebook knows what I'm doing on the internet, but my Facebook friends don't need to know. I do believe though that social media goes beyond Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/whatever. I want a platform like Steam, where I can look at a friends profile, see what games they have been playing, what their achievements are, share comments, post screenshots and videos. I don't mind having a different platform to run my social media through, I just don't want to create a new username and password. In a way, we already saw something like this in the existing PSN and much more fleshed out and fluid in Xbox Live. The PS4 looks to be promising a platform to do that, and good on them. I want that kind of interaction between gamers in the new consoles. The PS4 even goes as far as having the possibility of having a friend help you out with the game via streaming it, which sounds great in theory. So for me I'm excited, but not for the Facebook connection, which would probably be optional. So how do you all feel about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Well firstly on the Facebook side of things I can't see it being a requirement. For one you can't rely on a third party (see current Twitter shit), so yeah PSN is going to be the main and mandatory login. Well probably SEN account by then. PS3 already has some FB functionality included btw, mainly just posting your trophies and/or purchases to your FB feed. I imagine that will continue, with the added part of clips and screenshots n what not that PS4 brings with it. I likely see a service that emulates Steam Community, though slightly different layout given the viewing method of both. And I do enjoy that, the ability to form groups, load up in the morning and see what folks have been playing, screenshots, videos etc. As it stands all I can see is what people are currently playing at that exact moment in time, pretty dull. It's nice to comment on folks gaming sessions. It's very gaming orientated, and that's what they need to keep. So the FB component better not work in reverse and pull in FB posts to PS4 social feed unless I'm in a specific FB app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 I like the idea of group chat, game streaming, and sharing control with your friends. I don't like twitter and facebook. I don't really care about uploading video clips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 And, with the PS4, you do not have to do any of those things from what I understand. Here is some quote stuff: Eurogamer: Are all of those things optional? For people who have broadband data limits, for example? They can customise everything? Shuhei Yoshida: Oh yes, yes, you can go offline totally. Social is big for us, but we understand there are some people who are anti-social! So if you don’t want to connect to anyone else, you can do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 I'll consider certain aspects like using my real name online as I like to tie everything to FB. As to whether I want all of it being displayed on my FB wall that's a big no-no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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