So reading this, the patent isn’t for an accessibility option to reduce the amount of dialogue by somethin like a necessity level but by in dialogue allowing you to pick an arbitrary option of say “get to the point” which is a lot worse than I was hoping
New speed run strat, turn off all the NPCs and walk to the finish
Of course they’ve patented it. Are they going to patent volume sliders next? Fuck off, Sony.
I’m surprised something like this was even allowed to be patented. That’s a super broad category. I thought you could only patent actual systems and not the theory on how that system works
patent button mashing or not playing a game with fluff
if your game has more story than dark souls then it has too much story
i want go bonk
There’s got to be a new directive following this for the writers on those games: “Ensure the dialogue doesn’t matter”
How’s that gonna work?
Bet they’ll patent it, just to make sure nobody can have nice things.
that is what the article is about, yes.
Patents are a joke. In the medical products field, it’s just as worst. I worked on an ICU bed and we couldn’t use electronics brakes because a company patented the electronic brakes for hospital bed.
