Sony Interactive Entertainment is toying with the idea of a modular PlayStation controller with a detachable touchscreen. A newly discovered patent application suggests that the PS6 controller might be usable across several devices.
Could Sony’s new PlayStation controller patent be for the next handheld, PS6, or both?
As spotted by MP1st, the patent replaces the PS5 DualSense‘s touchpad with a touchscreen that’ll allow users to navigate through menus, settings, messages, and notifications. The controller would also feature a dial for easy rotation.
Interestingly, Sony’s modular controller features detachable parts that can be moved around and magnetically attached. The company reasons that “users may have varying preferences for what type of components they would like to use and where they would like the components situated on their video game controller.”
“The user input device includes a graphical user interface configured to present selectable icons to control or navigate features of the video game system and a rotating member that rotates relative to an axis that intersects the controller body such that at least one or more of the selectable icons is selected or one or more of the features is controlled or navigated,” a description reads.
As we always say, patents don’t always come to fruition, but it looks like Sony is crafting a controller that can be used with the console as well as a handheld, which lines up with rumors about the next-gen system.
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