r/pcmasterrace • PCMR: CachyOS | 9800X3D | RX 9070 XT | 32GB of DDR5 RAM • 19d ago

News/Article Sony patents PlayStation controller that could accept tap-to-pay from phones and credit cards

https://www.techspot.com/news/113988-sony-patent-shows-playstation-controller-could-accept-tap.html
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u/vitek6 18d ago

How is that different than storing payment info on Sony account?

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u/Argnir 18d ago

It's not. All it would do is give another easier way to play with a different credit card. This doesn't unlock the concept of "paying to obtain stuff" so 90\% of the comments here are uust Redditors being Redditors

Plus a patent means next to nothing. They do patents all of time for things that never get implemented