It appears Sony is pondering a new wireless controller with one major twist.
Picture the scene. You’re settling down to a gaming marathon but can’t find your wireless gaming earbuds. And, when you do manage to excavate them from down the back of the sofa, you fire them up only for the battery to die five minutes later. It’s a nightmare scenario but if Sony’s latest patent application is anything to go by, the tech giant could have the answer on its drawing board.
Who knows, and to be honest, who knows if the controller will even make it into production? Manufacturers apply for and are granted patents all the time but it doesn’t automatically mean we’ll ever see an actual product make it onto the market.
Take a look through the patent and you’ll see the earbuds in a number of different positions, including on the front of the controller and on the rear. If the design makes it into production it will be interesting which way Sony goes.
A controller with built-in buds is certainly an interesting idea, although we hope it doesn’t add any extra unwanted bulk to what is already a wonderfully ergonomic controller.
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