Sony Patent Reveals Cloud Controller Sharing Could Bring Multiplayer Options To Single Player Titles
The patent was reportedly filed with the US Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) back sometime in 2018 and discovered by Dutch site LetsGoDigital. The patent filed references a “bifurcation of shared controls and passing controls in a video game”. In another description, Sony elaborates about the concept of multiple people being able to control the actions and movement of a single character. Shared across the board with other players. To get into the specifics of it, the idea would suggest that multiple people could take the lead on specific actions of a player character; one could control their movements, while other players can be relegated to handle simple button presses, handling the aiming, and pulling the trigger wherever required....