Handheld gaming consoles have most likely by no means been extra widespread than they’re immediately. Nintendo (re)opened the floodgates with the launch of the Change console a couple of years in the past, and now, even PC producers need a piece of the moveable gaming console market. Apparently sufficient, even Samsung entertained the concept.
A patent software filed at WIPO in 2022 and registered internationally in November 2024 reveals that Samsung has no less than considered designing a conveyable console. And in contrast to all different moveable gaming units, Samsung’s design has a foldable display.
The WIPO software (through 91mobiles) considerations an “Digital video games console.” The applicant is Samsung Show.
From what we will see within the connected patent sketches, the Samsung moveable gaming console sports activities two analog sticks which are offset, much like the Nintendo JoyCons.
This Samsung console design additionally has d-pads on the within and outdoors. The 2 internal d-pads are sunken and permit the console to fold with out the analog sticks getting in the way in which.
The opposite two d-pads are on the skin. They counsel that the system may have twin cowl screens.
Different particulars we see are upward and downward-firing audio system and what appears like a collection of shoulder buttons. There additionally appears to be a SIM or SD card slot on one aspect.
A foldable moveable gaming console for the cloud period?
As the most well-liked foldable cellphone maker and largest foldable show provider, Samsung is in a singular place to create a conveyable gaming console that might really stand out from the remaining.
A foldable show may enable Samsung to realize that, however in the long run, the query on each gamer’s thoughts is, what sort of video games may a Samsung foldable moveable gaming console run?
It is exhausting to make certain, however we’re guessing this might be an Android cellular gaming system. In spite of everything, Samsung is the world’s largest Android producer. And final week, Samsung launched the primary cloud-based cellular gaming service in North America.
The cloud-based service in Gaming Hub lets customers play even essentially the most demanding cellular video games by streaming them from the cloud with out downloading GBs of information first.
Earlier this yr, the corporate additionally launched a digital gamepad app that lets Galaxy cellphone customers play Gaming Hub video games on their TVs and not using a bodily controller. We’re guessing this foldable gaming console may work even higher as a controller for the Gaming Hub TV app.
Given Samsung’s latest efforts within the gaming market, it is smart that the corporate may need to launch a devoted console — particularly a foldable moveable one. However on the finish of the day, and as is the case with all patent functions, this is likely to be one that can by no means grow to be a industrial product.
There’s by no means a means to make certain which patent software will materialize, so we advise protecting your expectations low. That means, you will not be disenchanted if Samsung by no means releases a foldable moveable gaming console.
If we discover out extra, we’ll maintain you posted.
