Sony files a patent application for a new PlayStation controller that has buttons which include a strange and unique feature.

Buttons could harden when a character hits solid ground and soften in mud or water, with the PS6 a likely candidate if the ...

Sony patents a PlayStation controller with adaptive buttons that can grip players' fingers and change resistance in game.

The patent also describes how the theoretical controller could create a ‘finger grab’ effect, where buttons soften to let ...

Sony has filed a wild 'button hardness' patent, that's somewhat similar to past DualShock controller functionality, with a few additional wrinkles.

Sony has patented a new PlayStation controller that has the ability to change the hardness of buttons in [...] ...