Sony patents show off Motion Controller abominations
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We love patents.
Not only do they give us an early look into what a company may (or may not) be planning for us consumers in the near future, they’re also the source of some of the biggest WTF moments in gaming history.
Filing a whole slew of papers in relation to its upcoming Motion Controller, Sony have proffered a glimpse into a bizarre world of add-ons, interchangeable doohickeys, and some interesting possibilities when it comes to how they may proceed when it comes to using the new controller with other devices.
Officially entitled “Expandable Control Device Via Hardware Attachment”, the patent clearly shows that the “sphere” can be removed thus allowing for devices to connect to one another.
There’s also a biometric thumb print reader, the ability to switch out the face buttons for a d-pad (which would remove that whole “holding a Dualshock in one hand to navigate” issue) along with other arcane combinations and configurations that would make a Transformer blush.
Remember: patents are the official “what ifs” of the gaming universe. Nothing on display here may ever see the light of day. We are holding out for the Official Sony Baseball Bat Attachment, however.
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Source: Kotaku
It seems like people missed something, yes, sony did say you could use the DS3 in one hand, but that’s the thing… you COULD. I think they always planned to let you be able to use several wands of some sort. Even if you weren’t able to switch out the face buttons, it’s not that hard to simply imagine there being a d-pad there:P oh well, guess we’ll all have to wait and see… but personally i’d prefer it if they simply stayed with having one kind of wand, and let you use two of them… i don’t want this to turn into the peripheral shitstorm that nintendo is brewing
I hadnt heard anywhere earlier that they had such a plan to be able mix and match pieces of controllers together. I wonder if that will have a moajor impact on gaming or if the complexity quickly becomes old. Ill definitely give it a whirl.