Intel appears to be building its own version of the DualShock four controller which will harness the powers of cloud play.

According to a style patent filed by Intel Corporation and printed by u. s. authority (via LetsGoDigital), the corporate is functioning on a "game controller having a game controller touchpad".

The styles hooked up show a controller terribly almost like Sony's DualShock four controller, with symmetrical sticks, a D-pad on the left, four buttons on the proper, a button within the middle and 2 a lot of on either aspect of the slightly pad at the highest of its face. There also are trigger buttons at the highest yet as a small USB port.

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The controller appearance terribly almost like the DualShock four, however it will appears to be a small amount chunkier than Sony's giving, with a number of a lot of buttons at the lowest.

There's additionally seemingly to be one major difference: cloud play capabilities.

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 This isn't the primary time Intel has free a controller; the corporate launched the Universal Wireless controller to accompany the failing On Live cloud play service back in 2011, and it appears to own cloud play in its sights once more now.

Intel is presently concerned in each Google Stadia and parent company Tencent's new cloud play service begin. With its fingers in numerous cloud play pies, it might be for Intel to unleash its own cloud play controller for of these services.

The controller patent was registered in China 1st, suggesting it's (or was) meant for the mass Chinese market wherever Tencent focuses its operations. it had been then registered within the US last year, suggesting the corporate could also be wanting to unleash the controller for different cloud play services it's ties with.

This is all speculation up to now, however it appears that Intel is dipping a toe into the sport pad market once more. TechRadar has contacted the corporate for comment.