PS5: 10 Ways It Will Change Gaming Forever

Amongst the many patents filed between the PS4 and PS5, one of the most interesting has to be a robot companion which sits alongside you as you play... and reacts to your emotional state.

Now, we don’t have too much information about this little lad - whether or not it’s literally a wee Furby-looking creature who gets off on seeing you crush skulls in God Of War - but what we do know is that it’s “a new robot technology that watches your gameplay and reacts to your emotions - data shows that when a player is being watched it boosts his/her motivation for playing.”

So, it sounds like our voyeuristic little mechanical friend exists as an almost Tamagotchi-like creature who feeds on your gaming happiness - a phrase I honest-to-god have never uttered until now.

”It’s expected that the user’s affinity with the robot is increased and motivation for playing a game is enhanced by the robot viewing the gameplay [and either being] happy or sad, together”.

Happy or sad sympathy? You’re trying to tell me this thing‘ll be a weeping mess beside me as I break down playing The Last Of Us for the third time?!