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RE: Controllers, Keyboards, Mice, etc. - Moonface - Feb 1st, 2026
Not that it'll necessarily go anywhere since patent filings are a dime a dozen, but Sony have patented a touchscreen controller intended to allow players to choose where to place the buttons.
A neat idea that probably remains just that, but it made me wonder if anyone here had the freedom to put any button literally anywhere they want on their controller, where would you put it?
For me I don't have any issue with my controllers as is, and even then I doubt I'd get a touchscreen controller because not being able to feel any of the buttons would make playing a lot harder for me, especially when it comes to directional inputs on a D-pad or analog stick. I forget what it was but I'm sure there was a phone either released or pitched at some point that was this modular type thing where you could choose what it had and where it went; a controller that could pull that off somehow would be sick because then the tactile feeling of the buttons isn't lost, but I dread to think what the cost of such a thing would be. x.x
RE: Controllers, Keyboards, Mice, etc. - ShiraNoMai - Feb 2nd, 2026
I imagine this patent is for tablet/phone emulation usage and not necessarily a new peripheral. PlayStation, I imagine, knows that tactile buttons are always the superior choice for controllers. Modular button layouts definitely seems like the approach for accessibility purposes in emulation software, but even just button remapping sounds cool to offer in general
RE: Controllers, Keyboards, Mice, etc. - Moonface - Feb 14th, 2026
(Feb 2nd, 2026, 08:05 AM)ShiraNoMai Wrote:I was going to agree that it could be for phone/tablet, except that those devices wouldn't be able to provide shoulder buttons at all. The patent images indicate only the front buttons can be moved around, which makes sense given shoulder buttons can't really move anywhere so it'd be better to just have those be remappable if anything.