PS5 Fans Opt Out of Sony's Playerbase Contest, Majority Uninterested
TL;DR
Sony’s Playerbase competition, kicking off with Gran Turismo 7, invites fans to submit a video interview to be in the running for a winner. A Push Square poll of 1,000 PS5 owners found 62% aren’t interested and 27% have security concerns about likeness and data use, raising privacy and AI-training questions even as the contest proceeds with a single winner.
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