Sony has introduced in its PS5 a new tool with which they hope to be able to combat the toxic users that populate the online world. A necessary measure if they want new players to be encouraged to play online and enjoy doing it. So, now it is Amazon that also works in a similar measure, although equal to the most interesting that banning users
Amazon and its fight against toxic gamers
When you enter to play online and you find players who do not stop insulting, annoying and even threatening others or yourself, the game is not enjoyed in the same way. What’s more, usually really annoying situations can occur. So much so that many decide to abandon the game that day and even the game if it is something that is repeated frequently.
For this reason, many companies in the video game sector are looking for a way to combat these negative behaviors . We recently learned how Sony will do it. Through an audio recording tool, the PS5 would be able to capture voice chats in order to report disrespectful and inappropriate attitudes.
These complaints will reach a team made up of Sony personnel, who will evaluate what happened and take the appropriate measures. That means that if they consider that the attitude was not appropriate, it could prohibit them from the game.
However, Amazon seems to have decided to opt for a solution that will not consist in denying access but rather in isolating them . If you saw the Mythic Quest series, you may remember that chapter where a group of users with Nazi ideology began to annoy the gaming experience to other players. The solution was to create a server and isolate them from the rest without them realizing it.
Well, that is partly what Amazon has in mind and what is described in a patent conceived to the company some years ago. When the system detects that there is a toxic player, it will automatically be marked and from then on it will only be paired with other players considered also toxic.
Thus, they will avoid complaints because they really would not know a priori that they have been classified as toxic players and if they want to continue with the same attitude they will meet their peers. Which could be said that they will take their own medicine.
What is inappropriate behavior in online gaming
Amazon’s solution is interesting, but it has a problem: what is considered a toxic gamer? That will be the great challenge for Amazon and its system. For some, a player with negative behavior is one who insults and even threatens others. However, there are those who consider toxic simply those players who leave games in the middle or simply say tacos, even if they are to vent for having failed.
Setting limits can be very complicated and there could be players who for specific reasons would fall into such pairings. And even there could also be the situation of a player who changes his behavior after realizing his attitude, how would he return to the good servers?
It will be necessary to see if they manage to integrate it and how, in which games or platforms (perhaps in Luna) as well as the criteria. For now we are left with the intention and that is a logical idea. Whoever wants to play kaffir, do it while the rest enjoy an online good vibes.