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Sony patents slew of motion controller add-ons

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Sony's gone ahead and patented a lunatic amount of add-ons for its upcoming motion controller. Kotaku's got a decent précis.

Basically, if you can imagine something that you can stick on the end of a stick, Sony's probably just patented it. The patent itself is for an "Expandable Control Device Via Hardware Attachment".

It's all bollocks, obviously. The motion controller itself is planned for a spring release.

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