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Duncan Robertson

PlayStation patents can get weird, but none are more bizarre than this joystick with an "operation member" that gets harder as you play with it

The joystick from Sony's patent next to a diagram showing how communication goes from controller to console and back.

Sony has been known to file the most bizarre controller patents on the internet, oftentimes just for the sake of it. Most PlayStation patents never see the light of day, mainly serving as a "this is mine, you can't have it" level of legal protection. But after seeing the latest one, which resembles the shape of one of the best joysticks, you might wonder why on earth Sony would want the rights to some of these ideas.

The latest published patent from the Japanese gaming giant is shaped just like a typical gaming joystick - you know, those things your uncle used to play flight sim and starfighter games with back when he was young.

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