New PlayStation 5 feature will champion backseat gamers against woeful streamers

Published 22:43 10 Oct 2026 GMT+1 Sony is going all out with its new wave of patents. We all know that one backseat gamer, constantly telling you to ‘go there’, ‘watch out’, and other useless callouts. Perhaps you’re even that person, turning your infinite gaming wisdom to teach Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok streamers how not to be complete failures. Now, these armchair co-stars are getting more influence. A new Sony patent has been discovered that could soon give the tapped-out player so much more control by introducing an adaptive cursor that can give online viewers a way to point them in the right direction. Streamer watchers are getting the power with PlayStation 5’s latest patent With streamers becoming increasingly annoying to watch, given a heightened skill level in recently-released games, Sony is putting viewers to good use. A new patent will introduce new cursors that viewers can place on a content creator’s PlayStation console that will replace spamming instructions and directions into Twitch chat. According to the patent, which was filed in 2023, the feature will include “game-specific screen share features can be provided to viewers of a video game livestream. “The viewers can control a themed or adaptive cursor
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