Sony's PlayStation motion controller patents venture into abstract realms

We've seen plenty of PlayStation motion control patents from Sony, some of them surprisingly similar to what we've actually observed of the as-yet-unnamed controller. This new one, however, gets a little odd. The basic structure seems familiar, but Sony's recently-filed patent application deals with add-ons in wild ways that not even the peripheral-happy folks at Nintendo have envisioned. Our favorite is probably the double-ender (Fig. 6B for those of you following along at home), which is probably the most assured recipe for a little brother's bloody nose to be run by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office since the longstaff was invented. So, does this mean more cash to shell out for a "full" PS3 motion control experience? We can't imagine Sony being gung-ho about that strategy in the face of the (as yet) add-on free Project Natal, but we suppose we'll just have to wait and find out.

[bill cant fart Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:33PM]

Oooh, nunchuks!

[Wwhat Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:12PM]

No chain between them, so no

[bill cant fart Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:22PM]

@Wwhat

Still, you might be able to do some damage.

[erik1080 Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:30PM]

@bill cant fart

Yeah, to your TV. Where are the straps on this thing?

[aaronaut Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:34PM]

are these XOXO kitchen utensil design rejects?

[poematik14 Posted Dec 9th 2009 3:41AM]

@aaronaut haha i was gonna say that. i went to their store and the stuff was way way way overpriced for what you were getting

[NHAnimator Posted Dec 9th 2009 8:33AM]

@aaronaut

I think that bottom image is of two grasshoppers mating.

[glenskey Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:37PM]

if these weren't labeled playstation or sony, what would you be thinking right now?


Rhetorical question!!!

[NAME Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:38PM]

@glenskey

Dollar store rotating LED baton crap.

[Dava Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:41PM]

@NAME

Hahahaha

[NAME Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:38PM]

patent Trolls are now checking to see if they have anything that vaguely resembles said product so that they can cash in on Sony $$$

ching ching!

[N900 Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:57PM]

Christ..

[Wwhat Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:14PM]

@N900
What is that suppose to mean n900?

[MJGAMER 1991 XBL Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:36PM]

@Wwhat

God holds the patents for everything in the universe?

[Wwhat Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:42PM]

@MJGAMER 1991 XBL
I think he forgot to renew, and pay the fees.

[jon Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:38PM]

Guys this is Sony. Instead of just buying the controllers you need, you get all 12 of them in one package for $499.

[Laughton Posted Dec 8th 2009 9:58PM]

@jon
Right. Like the total rip-off WiFi adapters, non-standard overpriced proprietary hard drives, pay to play online, frequent trips to the post office to mail in coffins that you had to pay for...right...right?

[Almo Posted Dec 8th 2009 10:22PM]

@Laughton

Well said.

[jon Posted Dec 9th 2009 12:05AM]

@Laughton

I'm not sure something can be both non-standard and proprietary.

Come on guys, the PS3 is fricking sweet, but the SDF bull is kinda pathetic.

[southern78 Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:38PM]

Set phasers to stun

[vVv Posted Dec 9th 2009 5:28AM]

I'm setting mine to shun

[jepzilla Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:42PM]

Looks like something I'd expect to see Kirk carrying around on TOS.

[FasterThanC Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:49PM]

This sort of looks like one of those diagrams you see of various sex positions...except with controllers

[ExoCreme Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:30PM]

@FasterThanC

I think they just look like various sex toys, but thats just me

[New Reformation Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:49PM]

It looks like Nikola Tesla designed these things (which is just happens to be awesome).

[mano Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:50PM]

6b: should be bundled with Requiem for a Dream BluRay the interactive version. coming soon.

[aztek Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:51PM]

Sony is into the sex toy biz now.

[iPaul Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:05PM]

@aztek lol forget dualshock3, this thing looks like and vibrates like a dildo. lol Sony PlayStation DualShockVibrator3

[BigD145 Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:13PM]

@aztek Lesbian sextoys.

[Joshua Przygocki Posted Dec 8th 2009 8:46PM]

@aztek Dual-Dildo

[Slvrgun Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:52PM]

Lesbians now have a legitimate reason to love the PS3 especially with that double-ender (figure 6B).

[Wwhat Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:26PM]

Is a lesbian who wants an artificial penis really a lesbian?

[MJGAMER 1991 XBL Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:34PM]

@Wwhat Does it really matter so long as I can watch?

[Wwhat Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:43PM]

@MJGAMER 1991 XBL
Good point.

[chicagowiseguy Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:56PM]

@Wwhat
Scissor fest!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jeremy99 Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:54PM]

Definitely looks like a personal "massager."

[scratchfury Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:10PM]

Fig. 6B is for the video game version of Requiem for a Dream.

[Brak Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:18PM]

This will inevitably lead to more "interactive" virtual girlfriends
/sad

[poematik14 Posted Dec 8th 2009 8:01PM]

They look like one vibrators.

[Gregorian Posted Dec 8th 2009 8:16PM]

@poematik14
Yeah, my first impression was of Kinky Controller Sex, the little devices coupling in all sorts of Karma Sutra positions.

[BongMate Posted Dec 8th 2009 8:10PM]

Hmmm... I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing yet. The wife will finally see the greatness that is my Playstation. On the other hand, if she starts to hog the PS3 all to herself I'll divorce her sammich-making ass!

[nate345 Posted Dec 8th 2009 8:24PM]

@BongMate
I am pretty sure another $299 PS3 would be cheaper than divorce.

[Slvrgun Posted Dec 8th 2009 9:09PM]

@BongMate Theres always eXtenze...

[BongMate Posted Dec 8th 2009 9:35PM]

@nate345 ... I stand by my statement.

[Nightwheel Posted Dec 8th 2009 8:44PM]

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/nightwheel/sonymeetsstartrek.png

Sorry, but I couldn't pass up the chance to make fun of the controller

[NYNY Posted Dec 8th 2009 8:56PM]

@Nightwheel Trekkies dream come true?

[fokka Posted Dec 8th 2009 9:16PM]

@NYNY what? buttplug enterprise?

[Mjefferson Posted Dec 8th 2009 8:51PM]

Aey sony... I may have a 400 dollar video game console in my living room but that dont mean im gonna be nunchuckin in front of family and friends and such ima grown ass man... how much this thing gonna cost anyways

[fokka Posted Dec 8th 2009 9:15PM]

wow, almost as hideous as the ps3 banana-controller-prototype

[Lowest Ranks Posted Dec 8th 2009 9:20PM]

figure 7a and 7b are for dp enthusiasts...


....dual players (what do you think I was gonna type?)