Sony's New Technology Would Adapt Game Difficulty to a Player's Skill Level

Sony Interactive Entertainment has filed a patent for a new technology that would adapt a game's difficulty to the player's skill level in real-time, Insider Gaming reported first.Designed for PlayStation, the technology is called "Adaptive Difficulty Calibration For Skills-Based Activities In Virtual Environments" and relies on algorithms to gauge the player's expertise in a given game, and then respond accordingly to either challenge them further or dial back the difficulty by making specific ...