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Sony patents new feature to make PlayStation 5 more esports-friendly

According to recent sources, Sony might be planning a new esports-friendly feature for the PlayStation 5. The company had never paid any attention to e-sports however, this time it seems the company I stepping into the online sports business. The company recently filed a new patent for a PS5 tournament system, which will allow players to easily set up online tournaments without the use of third-party software.

With this system, Sony believes that players will be able to organize both small tournaments with friends or major events with multiple games and a large number of participants. This feature is really exciting and let’s see how the system will work.

Online tournament integration may allow for tournaments to be held by individuals, developers, and other vendors. Providing online tournament integration may involve simple tools for setting up and running a tournament at the platform level while providing visibility into specific games. As such, a user may use such tools to set up a small tournament with friends who are casual players, while an event planner may use such tools to run a large tournament with numerous participants, complex rules, and involving even [multiple] games titles.

According to sources, players can organize teams, send invites, do match schedules, and more through a “gaming network platform” (likely PlayStation Network). The organizers would be able to customize tournaments using several parameters, which includes “the game title(s) to be played, type of tournament (e.g. single elimination, double elimination, Swiss system, round-robin, deathmatch, racing), bracket types, match types, timeframe, number of participants, parameters for participation, match duration, level of competition, specific maps to be played, and/or strategies to be implemented.”

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The company also recently purchased the EVO fighting game championships. EVO 2021 will kick off on August 6, and we can expect the official announcement about this new feature from Sony during the event. stay tuned for more info.

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Nivedita Bangari
Nivedita Bangari
I am a software engineer by profession and technology is my love, learning and playing with new technologies is my passion.
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