Sony Wants to Make It Easier for You to Pay by Adding Credit Card Processing to Its Controllers

[Peter_Brosdahl]

A recently discovered patent filed by Sony shows that the console manufacturer may be looking into ways for customers to pay using their credit cards with its controllers. Well, parents, consider this your heads-up on a potential nightmare if you don’t have things locked down or safely hidden away. According to a new patent, Sony […]

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[Grimlakin]

You know what. No. Just let me scan a qr code with my phone and tap to pay there. I do not want this functionality that a consumer will pay for to make it more convenient to give you money. Microtransactions my ***.

 

[MadMummy76]

Dear Sony, it's not that we can't figure out how to pay, it's that you're offering nothing we'd want to buy.

 

[MadMummy76]

You know what. No. Just let me scan a qr code with my phone and tap to pay there. I do not want this functionality that a consumer will pay for to make it more convenient to give you money. Microtransactions my ***.

I think this is specifically targeting children. Just swipe your granny's credit card and go wild.