http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/ Engadget Comments for Sony patent application reveals universal, LCD-based game controller http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/
How so? Because it's shaped like a controller? ]]>Feb 19th 2010 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/
When using a game controller, we're usually looking at the game screen, not at the controller. So we can't rely on visual clues to place our fingers on the keys.
Now remove the keys (ie make them virtual on a LCD) and we'll miss tactile feedback as well.
Sounds like a tricky and frustrating gaming experience to me...

Maybe Sony got inspired by the fact that several touchscreen gaming platforms out there already use onscreen controls. But there's still a usability gap between this and their patent application : playing on a touchscreen device, we're still looking at the controller (visual clues, hm?) as it's integrated within the game screen. Better than nothing, but already far from the comfort of regular controllers if you ask me.

Now I would love to see a similar patent adding some decent tactile feedback solution...]]>Feb 20th 2010 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/
I can't stand touch screen button-less controls (looking at you iPhone). No Thank!!!

I want a real controller (Xbox 360 preferably) that say the iPhone (soon the WP7S) clips on to FTW!]]>Feb 19th 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/

Agreed. The only way to make this plausible is to include some particularly convincing piezoelectrics to synthesize the feel of buttons.]]>Feb 19th 2010 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/
The doom of the button with no less cramping, the worst of both worlds.]]>Feb 19th 2010 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/While I could care less about what sony does with regards to their game consoles as I refuse to buy them (hell, i dont think i own a single sony product), I would seriously hate to see the entire market move towards this format. LCD screens have zero tactile feedback, so there is no way to physically tell if you have actually hit the button you are looking to press.

I don't know about you, but I sure as hell make a lot more errors when I try typing on my iPhone without actually looking at it despite knowing the layout of a keyboard inside and out.]]>Feb 19th 2010 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/not only for twitch, but for being able to push buttons without looking at the controller. Also for being able to hold multiple buttons down at the same time, as well as the comfort and ergonomics of a curved controller. Even if this thing has a nice "skin" to hold onto, all the buttons are still on a flat surface.

I can't imagine this thing would be any good for anything but frustration while gaming.]]>Feb 19th 2010 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/
Any real game needs tactile feel... dare I say....so does any real Smartphone that anyone will type on with....]]>Feb 19th 2010 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/
LOL!!!!

"yo dawg...."]]>Feb 19th 2010 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/
Save the buttons, save the world.]]>Feb 19th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://sites.google.com/site/neotechni/Home/hires#TOC-PocketStation-II-PS3-]]>Feb 19th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/
He said Sony & MS was working on Controllers with LCD faces.]]>Feb 19th 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/
Maybe SONY has copied me?? :-S

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rS-A0FIXsM#t=2m40s]]>Feb 19th 2010 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/Feb 19th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/sony-patent-application-reveals-universal-lcd-based-game-contro/ If theyre going to make a multi- platform game controller it should at least have some buttons, if not all. Plus, a touchscreen controller would probably cost around $75-100 a piece. ]]>Feb 21st 2010 3:21AM