{"id":6492,"date":"2026-06-17T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/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\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:26:00","slug":"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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/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\/","title":{"rendered":"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"},"content":{"rendered":"


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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<\/a>, you might wonder why on earth Sony would want the rights to some of these ideas.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I’ll warn you now; it’s very difficult to read you the description of this patent without my immature sense of humour forcing a giggle or two, but I’ll try and keep it together and be professional for you. (If you want to have a giggle to yourself, I’ve put the funny bits in italics for you)<\/p>\n

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“This operation device is provided with an operation member<\/em> that receives an operation<\/em> from a user. The operation device is provided with: a contact part<\/em> that is disposed on the surface of the operation member<\/em> and receives a force applied by the user for the operation<\/em>; and a hardness control unit<\/em> that changes the hardness<\/em> of the contact part.”<\/em><\/p>\n

I know, I know, it sounds ridiculous, but I swear to you that’s the actual description of the patent. The patent was originally filed back in November 2024, but only published in May of this year under the name Operation Device, Information Processing Apparatus, Control Method Thereof, and Program<\/a>. It’s since been spotted by Cheat Happens<\/a>, but has been reported on by numerous gaming outlets.<\/p>\n