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Sony Patent Teases Adaptive Touch Controller With No Physical Buttons For PS6
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Chittagong
Gold Member
Dildorang, we barely knew ye
Time to revive this absolute abomination
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Sony Patent Teases Adaptive Touch Controller With No Physical Buttons For PS6
A new Sony patent reveals a buttonless controller that works with virtual adaptive buttons that change based on how the user holds it.tech4gamers.com
Many rumors have swirled about Sony's next-gen console, but almost no one has focused on what its controllers could look like. The publisher might revolutionize controllers as we know them for the PS6.
Sony has published a new patent that talks about a capacitive touch controller with no physical buttons. The controller accepts input via adaptive virtual buttons that are not fixed to any positions and instead work based on how the user holds it.
The patent's convenient timing has led many gamers to believe that the controller might be planned for PS6, since it is reportedly still years away.
The patent dubbed 'DEVICES AND METHODS FOR A GAME CONTROLLER' discusses a touch controller with smart gesture inputs and customizable layouts that account for different grip sizes, thumb positions, and other accessibility needs.
Sony argues that current controllers are not comfortable or functional for all players due to a standard layout, which can make gaming difficult. The buttonless controller will let players use all types of inputs without any fixed-button restrictions.
Sony has also published a motley of unique patents related to controllers, such as one that detects players' sweat to monitor stress during gameplay, and another one that is a 3D grid-shaped controller that deforms to enhance immersion.
Zannegan
Member
This is taking me right back to the Nintendo NX patent and rumor threads. Just because a big company patents it doesn't mean they'll be dumb enough to actually use it.
With haptics, there's SOME justification for replacing sticks (or at least the right stick) with a touchpad, but buttons need touch feedback.
With haptics, there's SOME justification for replacing sticks (or at least the right stick) with a touchpad, but buttons need touch feedback.
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Signalis
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You will have to buy the battery separately
awwr999999
Member
Sony needs to add the DualShock 2's pressure sensitive action buttons back to their controllers.
Buttons are the future and with time those added button features will become more widely adopted.
Buttons are the future and with time those added button features will become more widely adopted.
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Nevermore74
Neo Member
Worst idea ever, the price would be 100$ +...
KungFucius
King Snowflake
It won't. The patent was filed in 2013. Asshole clickbaiters distorted this by adding PS6 to it because the patent just got approved. It is now clear that gamers prefer buttons.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
LOL. They already are that expensive look at Nintendo. Sony will price their controllers accordingly and add some bullshit to make the PS5 ones not work on the PS6.
Zannegan
Member
But the Wii Remote saved Nintendo from irrelevancy in the console market that gen, and even though waggle has died down, its key feature is standard in every major controller released since (except Xbox) and the wand design is present in the remotes for one of the most popular pieces of hardware they or anyone has ever produced.
If you meant the lack of face buttons or the button layout on the Wii Remote or going all in on the Wii U remote, I'm 100% with you. It's just hard to look back on the Wii remote as an abject failure when it did so much for them.
Trogdor1123
Member
No thank you
Ovek
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Imagine if it used this technology and could reconfigure itself depending on what game you are plating
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ZoukGalaxy
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Dr. Samuel Hayden
Member
Sony should spend less time patenting dumb bullshit no one wants and more time making games
sloppyjoe_gamer
Member
TERRIBLE idea....and if they do that, that lifelong gamer complaint of "What the fuck, i hit X and he didn't jump" would actually be a valid complaint!
bumpkin
Member
(Why is) Sony trying to channel Nintendo's weird energy?
The thing I like most about consoles is controllers with physical buttons and inputs that are tactile. I don't bother with traditional games on mobile because touch screen controls are ass. If Sony does this with the PS6, it's gonna be a hard pass.
The thing I like most about consoles is controllers with physical buttons and inputs that are tactile. I don't bother with traditional games on mobile because touch screen controls are ass. If Sony does this with the PS6, it's gonna be a hard pass.