Another patent of Sony has appeared. Everything revolves around a controller in which you can fold the sticks. The future of the controllers could provide whole new possibilities.
Sony's employees come to many practical ideas and the company ranges a patent more often. It is not always reality, but there is an idea about what the future could be ready to be ready. A new patent of Sony treats the idea of folding sticks. Then you ask yourself why that should be good. Better transport? Durability? Under the point Background of the Invention the company writes:
The projection of the thumb stick protrudes from the surface of the controller and can easily caught in clothing or other thin materials, which makes the thumb stick prone to breaks.
According to the patent, the corresponding controller has a so-called thumbs up with a coupled thumbpiece body. The shaft is configured to retire to the body. From this, a turn center should form within the controller that is freely rotatable.
Maybe controllers with larger and flatter surfaces will be more comfortable in the future and thanks to the retractable sticks easier to transport and be more durable - a lot can not be read out of the patent but unfortunately. Whether the previous plans are actually implemented, is still in the stars anyway.
The dualSense still has normal sticks, but makes great fun:
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(Source: PatentsCope)
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