Sony files a patent application for a new PlayStation controller that has buttons which include a strange and unique feature.

Sony has filed a wild 'button hardness' patent, that's somewhat similar to past DualShock controller functionality, with a few additional wrinkles.

Since the '90s, Sony's released a lot of PlayStation controllers. We took a look at all of them and ranked them from least to most impactful on the industry.

The patent, spotted by Cheat Happens, is titled Operation device, information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and program.

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Sony has filed a trademark for Mimic, an interesting new experimental gun controller that may or may not actually release. A bit of trademark research on ...

Sony's newly granted patent for a Touchscreen PlayStation controller gives a glimpse of how console input technology might evolve beyond the familiar DualSense. Unlike today's standard PS5 controller, ...

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