Sony wants to coach PS5 players whose skill level is deemed too low. The Japanese manufacturer is developing a training system that should allow players to understand the reasons for failure. Explanations.
In June 2020, Sony filed a patent for a new coaching system. Recently approved, this patent describes a drive system aimed at help the worst players to improve. According to the descriptions included in the deposit, the Japanese giant has imagined several “Systems and methods for coaching a user in gameplay”.
Concretely, this system, integrated into the brand’s consoles such as the PlayStation 5, will first identify the level of play of a player. If a player’s level is identified below a certain skill threshold, the console will record what is happening on the screen.
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Sony wants to help PS5 gamers get better
On request, the player will be able to review what has just happened and understand the reasons for its failure. Sony aims to overlay advice and recommendations on recording. This “replay” should allow the player whose level is mediocre to identify any errors made during his game. The console will in particular highlight the possibilities of interaction with the environment or the tools available at a time T to fulfill a mission.
Thanks to this automatic option, the player will be able to self-coach throughout your progress in the game. This is obviously a feature that will be very useful to novices who are taking a PlayStation controller in hand for the first time or people who are not familiar with the mechanics of video games. “This system will set up an interface to better understand a video game”, explains Sony in its patent.
As a reminder, it will be recalled that it is not uncommon for Sony, or another technology giant, to patent a technology without subsequently exploiting it. It happens regularly that ideas from Sony never see the light of day. For example, Sony has in the past patented an anti-spoiler feature and a game cartridge for PS5.