Sony Interactive Entertainment described, in a patent application published on September 17, 2026, a PlayStation controller that could read a credit card, gift card or smartphone to complete a purchase without typing details on the console. The filing, titled Video Game Controller-Driven Information Transfer (US20260273403A1), was submitted in March 2025 and reported by Dexerto and TechSpot.
What the application describes
The console requests payment and alerts the controller. The player brings a phone or card close. Detection may use NFC, Bluetooth, physical contact or, in some versions, an image sensor reading a QR code. The controller confirms with light, sound or vibration and forwards the data to the system.
Besides games and digital content, the text mentions gift cards, merchandise, tournament credits and buying a demo title at a store or expo so it lands in the library for download at home.
Not only payments
The same link could share a player ID, join multiplayer with a tap, and send screenshots, clips or chat transcripts from the console to a phone.
What is not confirmed
A patent is not a product. There is no DualSense with NFC and no current-generation feature. Drawings resemble the PS5 DualSense, but the idea is more plausible on a next-generation pad. Payment security and privacy remain open until Sony ships an official implementation.
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