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PlayStation controller patent shows larger triggers, no light bar venturebeat.com

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 5 years, 7 months ago

A new patent filed to a Japanese patent office revealed some possible minor details about the next iteration of Sony’s DualShock controller, to be launched alongside the PlayStation 5 in the 2020 holiday season.
The patent shows the controller using a USB-C connection for charging, alongside what appears to be a new microphone at the bottom of the front panel.
However, most importantly, the new DS5 patent is also missing the light bar from the DS4 controller.
While perhaps not the most important feature for standard PlayStation games, some PSVR games like Astro Bot: Rescue Mission and Firewall Zero Hour, among others, use the light bar to track the gamepad itself.
The new patent also features slightly larger triggers when compared to the DualShock 4.