You can chose who lives or dies!
While Sony had made an announcement about “PlayLink” last night, they didn’t share any of the details about the program. I wondered if it was some kind of push into the mobile market for Sony, but the reality is different. PlayLink refers to a new initiative to make games more social, citingUntil Dawnas inspiration. Through PlayLink, you and a few friends will use your smart devices to control a variety of different games.
In the introduction video toHidden Agenda, one of the few games that is heading to the service, Will Doyle (director forHidden Agenda) mentions that Sony noticed how people were playingUntil Dawnon streaming sites and wanted to better integrate viewer feedback into a playthrough. Instead of simply asking an audience to makes choices for you, PlayLink will allow multiple people to use their smart devices to sort of direct the action.
The second game unveiled, a party game calledThats’s You!,looks to replicate an experience similar toThe Jackbox Party Pack. In this, a group of friends are asked various questions about each other and are given tasks like doodling over pictures of their friends. Sounds like a neat way to spend an evening with some pals.
To commemorate the launch of PlayLink, Sony will also be giving outThat’s You!to PlayStation Plus members starting on July 4th!
By the end of the year, three more games will also be hitting the service.Franticsis an arcade style game that sounds an awful lot likeMario Party.Knowledge is Poweris a trivia based game with support for up to five players. Finally,SingStar Celebrationwill utilize your cellphone’s microphone (or you may just use your oldSingStarmic) to give you a virtual karaoke machine on your PS4.
All in all, this isn’t exactly what I was thinking, but it makes sense.The Jackboxgames are a huge hit at conventions and with streamers, so its smart for Sony to try to get into that market. WhileHidden Agendalooks pretty neat, the other games sound kind of lackluster. Hopefully Sony won’t drop this after a few months like all their other ideas (I’m looking at you, PlayStation Move!).
