Sony Interactive Entertainment has filed a patent for a new controller meant to connect to mobile phones. The peripheral would involve attaching two halves of a PlayStation-style controller on either side of sideways-oriented cell phones, in a similar fashion to how the Joy-Con attaches to the Nintendo Switch or how the existing Backbone One controller attaches to an iPhone.
The patent suggests that the proposed controller will resemble the PlayStation 4’s DualShock controller, as opposed to the PS5’s new DualSense controller. It will likely feature gyroscopic controls to interact with mobile games.
Sony constructing a controller for a mobile device could imply an extension of existing PlayStation Remote Play functionality, or perhaps a digital streaming service that could be Sony’s version of Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming. Sony’s PlayStation Now could use a new feature to make it more competitive to Game Pass, and remote/streaming gaming on mobile devices might be an appealing feature.
How Sony will use this potential new product and how the future of PlayStation titles will look with mobile devices in mind remains to be seen. However, this patent does mean that mobile gaming devices, be they phones with controller peripherals, the Nintendo Switch, or the upcoming Steam Deck, are a market that most hardware manufacturers see as full of potential profits.
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