Sony it is a company that, at first glance, could produce few things. In reality, the giant has hands everywhere: from smartphone cameras to professional sensors; give her consul to headphones. And the controllers, clearly connected to their consoles, are also in the mind of the company. A new patent speaks to us of a controller, but this time dedicated to another product designed (also) for gaming: lo smartphone. Let's see what it looks like.
Sony has set out to outdo itself and is moving beyond its PlayStation consoles. Here is a patent tells us about smartphone controllers
Sony has patented what appears to be a PlayStation controller but designed for smartphone games. Basically it is a Razer Kishi-like for Android, but with all the features of a PlayStation controller. The patent, released this week by Sony's Japanese division, describes a system for playing games on a paired device two handles of the controller.
If such a device were to materialize, it could be used in combination with a smartphone to play PlayStation games via Remote Play or through the cloud. We have seen a similar thing with third-party controllers. These can currently be used to play Xbox games via streaming but also using other platforms.
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The Sony smartphone controller in question should be connectable to the mobile device via Bluetooth.
In October, SIE named the former chief of content for Apple Arcade Nicola Sebastiani at the helm of the company's mobile operations. All following job advertisements claiming it was opening a new unit to adapt its "most popular franchises" to the mobile world. In November, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan confirmed that he was planning to bring some of its "iconic IPs" to mobile devices during the current year. The move, as far as we know, will end in March 2022.
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