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

PlayStation has just revealed a new-yet-familiar piece of hardware that you may not be able to get your hands on when it’s ...

Buttons could harden when a character hits solid ground and soften in mud or water, with the PS6 a likely candidate if the ...

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

The patent also describes how the theoretical controller could create a ‘finger grab’ effect, where buttons soften to let ...

Sony has filed for a patent that brings some new features to its PlayStation controllers that have buttons whose "physical ...

It’s a completely different kind of techy feedback to what you get in a PlayStation 5 DualSense controller, which uses haptic ...

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