Sony sold just 3.9mn PS5 in festive quarter of 2021
Sony's crucial image sensor division had a good quarter, with sales increasing 22 per cent year on year to 57.8 billion ($504 million).
Sony has already confirmed that soon it will be launching its next-generation gaming console ‘PlayStation 5’, but a new patent that surfaced recently claims that the upcoming console may feature a microphone on the controller for voice assistant on-board.
The feature will take the device to a whole new level where it will be capable of interpreting commands and requests while it is in use, Gizmochina reported on Thursday.
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As per the reports, Sony recently filed a patent for a new PlayStation controller with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the latest model adds two new buttons to the design. The latest design also shows a USB Micro-B charger, suggested that this new controller could work with the PlayStation 4.
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It looks remarkably similar to the current DualShock 4 but with a couple of extra buttons on the rear and one major omission – the PS button on the front.
On the other side, the back is exactly the same but includes two new configurable buttons, which means one can program them to perform the same function as another button.
(With input from agencies)
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