Sony has filed a patent for a controller that can adjust its temperature. MeinMMO author Dariusz Müller is sure he never wants to hold the device.
What kind of patent is this? Sony has reportedly filed a new patent. It is said to be a controller made of elastic and deformable material, described as gel-like by the online magazine Exputer.
The controller is also said to have the ability to adjust its temperature. The temperature adjustment could occur, for example, based on information the controller receives from a game.
The patent states regarding this:
The shape or hardness of the elastic elements (grips) changes in response to a process conducted by the information processing device, such as a game, allowing, for example, the user to present the material of a virtual object […] as a haptic sensation, conveying the temperature of the virtual object as a warmth/cold feeling or similar.
via patentscope.wipo.int
This means: If you get hit by a Molotov cocktail in a shooter, then the gel-like material of the controller will become warmer. In a snowy biome, the controller could become cooler.
DualSense Edge for the PS5 may not change temperature, but it has additional buttons:
The solution to a problem that never existed
Do you remember the feeling of sitting in the living room with your friends playing a game – just like classic couch co-op? Whenever a level was completed or a match was over, the controller was passed around.
I’m almost sure everyone had that one buddy you never wanted to get the controller from. The input device was always disgustingly warm and sweaty when that player took their turn.
This feeling of the warm and sweaty controller is exactly what I think of with the patent. A gel-like material that gets warmer in my hands when I cross a lava flow in ARK … So I hold warm goo in my hands while gaming – who doesn’t imagine this feeling as wonderful?
Of course, every gamer is also a fan of cold hands. Who wouldn’t be happy if you get frozen by Mei in Overwatch and the temperature of the controller suddenly drops?
Okay, jokes aside. I never want to hold this controller in my hands. The very idea frightens me, and I don’t know who would want such features. To me, it sounds like the solution to a problem that never existed.
I value other features in a controller, such as additional buttons (so-called paddles), reduced weight, or the ability to customize button mapping.
MeinMMO editor Maik Schneider feels similarly, as he still raves about his recent purchase:
I paid 280 euros for a PS5 controller, and damn, I would do it again
Of course, every gamer is also a fan of cold hands. Who wouldn’t be happy if you get frozen by Mei in Overwatch and the temperature of the controller suddenly drops?
Okay, jokes aside. I never want to hold this controller in my hands. The very idea frightens me, and I don’t know who would want such features. To me, it sounds like the solution to a problem that never existed.
I value other features in a controller, such as additional buttons (so-called paddles), reduced weight, or the ability to customize button mapping.
MeinMMO editor Maik Schneider feels similarly, as he still raves about his recent purchase:
I paid 280 euros for a PS5 controller, and damn, I would do it again
