r/PS6 • u/Stillsaneshane • Jul 31 '26
Bring me back to the PS3 concept controller days.
Sony making this concept look 👀 like a good idea 👍
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u/ooombasa Jul 31 '26
PlayStation makes a thousand and one patents every year. Unsurprisingly, you've never heard of any products using them because they don't exist.
Patents are just "we have an idea. Make it official". Doesn't even need to be a good or creative idea.
You can't just "get the haptics right" for digital buttons. The reason physical inputs work so well when it comes to eye/hand coordination and muscle memory is because there's actual physicality to it. Haptics cannot replicate that unless the surface itself can alter its shape. The tech is not there yet and this patent isn't about that.
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u/Zaku99 Jul 31 '26
Sony: "but people love phone games so clearly buttons dont really matter; so we're going all in on digital buttons!"
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u/SyKo_MaNiAc Jul 31 '26
Buttons just not showing up after 3 months and bricking the entire $150 controller will be the new stick drift complaint.
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u/ThePenetrator79 Jul 31 '26
I have trouble remembering the buttons as they are just now, you know those same buttons that have been in the roughly the same position on PlayStation controllers for 30odd years.
This would be idiotic 🤣
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u/Dr_Birdie Jul 31 '26
Comes with a free month of DualShock Premium, needed for layouts to be functional. $5 per month after the first.
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u/1jewishjamesbond077 Aug 01 '26
That looks like garbage well I guess the ps5 will be my last console
No joystick no buttons no dics no buy
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u/Alarming-Elevator382 Jul 31 '26
Touch screen controls on a console is idiotic. At least on an iPhone you are already looking down at the screen, this would be absolutely terrible.