Xbox next-gen hardware leaks with a major PS5 feature – Xbox | Gaming

Microsoft has just filed a patent for a suspiciously familiar piece of PlayStation tech, leading many to believe that the next generation of Xbox hardware may be taking a leaf out of Sony’s book.

Thank you in advance to Shahmeer Sarfaraz over on Tech4Gamers who originally spotted this!

The “US20240419250” patent was found over on the World Intellectual Property Organisation site and was filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.

The patent is described as “a device configured to generate haptic feedback” and notes that the controller “includes a housing, a connector, and a haptic motor”.

As for what this has to do with Sony, the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller features something…more