Sony on tehnyt patentin saman tyyppisestä ohjaimesta kuin Stadialla eli paikallisen laitteen sijasta ohjain ottaa yhteyden palvelimeen. Tämä oli varmaan odotettua, jos Sony meinaa puskea PS Now'ta eteenpäin seuraavan sukupolven aikana.
US20190270019 Network Connected Controller for Direct to Cloud GamingA controller device for user interactivity with a server of a cloud gaming system is provided, including the following: at least one input device that generates inputs for the server; wherein the controller device communicates directly to an access device for connection to a network that connects the controller device to the server without connecting to a client device; wherein the server receives and processes the inputs to render gameplay video that is transmitted over the network for rendering to a display device that is local to the controller device.