tech
May 8, 2026
PlayStation sees AI as a ‘powerful tool’ to help make games
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TL;DR
- Sony is integrating AI into PlayStation game development as a tool to enhance, not replace, human creativity and talent.
- AI is being used to automate repetitive workflows, improve engineering productivity, and speed up tasks in quality assurance, 3D modeling, and animation.
- The "Mockingbird" tool animates 3D facial models using performance capture data, significantly reducing animation time.
- Developers like Naughty Dog and Santa Monica Studio have used "Mockingbird," with its work appearing in titles such as "Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered."
- Sony is partnering with Bandai Namco to explore Generative AI's application in video production, aiming for increased speed and sophisticated outputs.
- Sony acknowledges that generative AI models currently lack consistency and controllability.
- PS5 sales have decreased by 46 percent year over year, following price increases.