Sony patents hybrid DualShock/Move controller (WTF are they thinking???)
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Sony may be attempting to change the way gamers play through a new hybrid controller. The company published a patent (via The Sixth Axis) for a "Hybrid Separable Motion Controller" on November 29 after originally filing for it during May 2011.
Drawings from the patent filing indicate that the snap-together controller will be a mashup of Sony's standard DualShock controller and its Move motion input. It will also include components like a magnetometer and accelerometer, as well as support for vibration and audio playback through an embedded speaker.
The filing also suggests a PlayStation Eye camera will be required for use with the new controller. Additionally, it appears games will be able to detect if the controller is split in two or not. It is not clear if the new separable controller is planned for the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 4, or perhaps both, if it ever exists at all.
Sony has not announced this new controller, and the company was not immediately available to comment. Additional images from the patent filing are below.
http://asia.gamespot.com/news/sony-patents-hybrid-dualshock-move-controller-6400837
Drawings from the patent filing indicate that the snap-together controller will be a mashup of Sony's standard DualShock controller and its Move motion input. It will also include components like a magnetometer and accelerometer, as well as support for vibration and audio playback through an embedded speaker.
The filing also suggests a PlayStation Eye camera will be required for use with the new controller. Additionally, it appears games will be able to detect if the controller is split in two or not. It is not clear if the new separable controller is planned for the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 4, or perhaps both, if it ever exists at all.
Sony has not announced this new controller, and the company was not immediately available to comment. Additional images from the patent filing are below.
http://asia.gamespot.com/news/sony-patents-hybrid-dualshock-move-controller-6400837
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Im ? with the Xbox next Gen. anyway *Shrugs*
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Looks ? wack.
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Lmao what the ? ?
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Sony really dont want to write off the move as a flop
give me a regular gimmick less controller and i'm good -
@ anyway.
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It's probably just a patent for patent's sake thing. They have to remember the uproar about the Boomerang controller for the PS3. This is so utterly stupid looking that they couldn't even throw a tech demo based on aesthetics alone.
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lol @ getting worked up over a patent. not like they're canceling uncharted 4 for this ? .
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lol this ? looks stupid tho
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that ? is ugly and if they actually implement that ? for the ps4 well then im not buying it. eh i guess another couple years of paying Microsoft for online pay...
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horrible
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So they've gone from selling ? to selling butt plugs.
Nah. Companies get patents for a load of ? all the time. Probably wont see the light of day.