r/pcmasterrace • u/Nullhitter 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/CumbDawgz 19d ago

Fuckin why? If you're already paying for games wouldn't you have a card on file anyway? How would that even drive more sales, it just adds extra stupid bullshit for no reason

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u/shayed154 18d ago

The main reason is to prevent others from using the ideas. It's not the only stupid patent they have, there's also ai controllers, spherical controllers, interactive ads

Hopefully they just sit on it like they do with the others

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u/BrickBuster2552 15kW Inline 4 Cylinder Internal Combustion 18d ago

So now no one else is gonna do the ad thing either? I'm never gonna be yelling McDonald's at my TV...

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u/shayed154 18d ago

Sony lawyers would probably be very happy if someone else tried

Ripping off a specific example from a decade old 35 page patent sounds like the easiest lawsuit win ever