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A Patent From Sony Sounds so Terrible that Even the Most Annoying Form of Matchmaking Is Harmless

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It's a word that makes many fans of multiplayer games frustrated: Skill-based Matchmaking, SBMM for short. According to players, a Sony patent shows that it could be much, much worse. What is this patent? It's a technology that is supposed to create a "level playing field between players" – across platforms and in real time. Depending on the hardware, input methods and skill level, players should either be buffed or regenerated, for example by r…
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It's a word that makes many fans of multiplayer games frustrated: Skill-based Matchmaking, SBMM for short. According to players, a Sony patent shows that it could be much, much worse. What is this patent? It's a technology that is supposed to create a "level playing field between players" – across platforms and in real time. Depending on the hardware, input methods and skill level, players should either be buffed or regenerated, for example by r…

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Mein-MMO.de broke the news in on Sunday, March 29, 2026.
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