Extra long dualshock - Sony patents mobile gaming controller

[williamcll]

While game controllers for mobile phones exists in the market in the millions, sony seems to have taken interest in taking a slice of the market with their new patent: a dualshock mount fit for their xperia phones:

 

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The controller, which resembles PS4’s DualShock 4 rather than PS5’s newer DualSense, is described as “a left side grip portion and a right side grip portion gripped by the left and right hands of the user”. According to the patent, the included drawings of the device omit “a shaft portion that can be tilted by the user, and detect the tilting direction and tilting amount of the shaft portion.” If such a device comes to fruition, it could be used in conjunction with a smart phone to play PlayStation games via Remote Play or via the cloud, similar to how third-party controller grips can currently be used to play streamed Xbox games. PlayStation controllers are already compatible with mobile devices via Bluetooth. The patent arrives amid a fresh push into mobile gaming by the PlayStation maker. In October SIE appointed former Apple Arcade content boss Nicola Sebastiani to lead the company’s mobile operations, following job ads that stated it was opening a new business unit to adapt its “most popular franchises” for mobile.

 

My thoughts

I do like the PS4 controller but this probably is going to be expensive, but I bet it still sell nice if SIE also release some mobile games at the same time.

 

Sources

 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-is-planning-a-playstation-mobile-controller-patent-suggests/

[Napper198]

Not gonna lie, when I read the title I thought of this:

 

[leadeater]

As a PS Vita owner... yay another handheld console that'll be unlikely to actually get used. I legitimately used my Vita less than 10 times.

[leadeater]

3 minutes ago, Napper198 said:

Not gonna lie, when I read the title I thought of this:

 

Same, going to go with great minds think alike 

[suicidalfranco]

If there's one thing I Started getting at with mobile gaming is that phones long aspect ratio makes gaming on it a shitty experience.

If I pick the same game I would play on a phone and play it on something like an ipad mini, the experience gets way better. And I don't think it's because of the screen size, cause If I try on a tablet that has a norrower aspect ratio than the ipad, I get the same feel as I do on a phone, it sucks, and I want to stop playing after 5 minutes.

[WolframaticAlpha]

Waiting for the Sony LongBoi

[dizmo]

I'd say that's more wide than it is long...

 

The 11 Xperia phone owners that game enough to use that are probably thrilled!