Sony has
taken it upon them to bypass the Japan Social network Mixi completely, along
with a stand-alone edition of their own. Along with the news that Sony has
actually just launched a new social network site in Japan called the 'Play
Community', it is the only confirmation we require that the coming future of
gaming is social.
Based
pretty much on the look of Mixi, 'Play Community' has actually replaced the
official PlayStation community sites in Japan and comes full with some extra
gaming features and a new social echelon, which is set to reinvent how games
are played and developed. Play community allows you to integrate and merge your
existing PSN friends list and there's a special section for recruiting friends
for multiplayer partners. This opens the door for higher gaming social activity
worldwide.
Actually
the evidence that Massive Multiplayer Online gaming is the new trend in gaming
could not be disregarded. Anyone only has to look at Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
which has its very own social network integration built into the game. Your
achievements and milestones are immediately posted to Facebook. The new
Snowboarding Supercross game SSX, allows you to partake unchartered routes with
your PSN friends. This draws up the whole solitary experience, in which the
nature of this game is merely that little bit more social.
In fact
it's becoming clear together with some game developers that single player
editions are becoming a second-rate gaming experience. In AC Revelations for
example you ought to play the multiplayer version to unlock rankings and
disclose some of the games darker secrets and mythology. It's impossible to
progress within this game unless you co-operate with your online buddies.
Probably
the strangest form in this social interaction can be found in 'Journey'. The
whole basis of the game is to force you to befriend anonymous online strangers
to assist you through, and also solve puzzles all together. You're not able to
discover the PSN names of these individuals or chat, however you have to rely
and trust each other to excel.
On the
flip side in Dark Souls, single play isn't really single play. During the game
you have to align on your own with various factions and depending upon your
choices these factions will send other real online players to either aid you or
to eliminate you. The future of gaming is certainly social and also it won't be
long before this sociable networking phenomenon is merged with gaming rental
and cloud services like Love film and Steam.
In some
cases it may feel that you are missing out on great games and falling behind
due to the expense.
