An account has become an essential part of gaming on consoles, but you may not need to login to your account on PlayStation 5. The DualSense controller could just know who's holding it and automatically log you in.
As SegmentNext reports, Sony was recently granted a patent entitled "Apparatus, System and Method of Authentication." It details a system whereby the sensors in a controller can be used to detect the movements of a user and therefore form and store their profile for future detection. That way, the controller could learn and know after a few seconds who was holding it.
The diagrams included with the patent suggest it's not just the DualSense controller this could work for. Sony may choose to integrate the functionality into a TV remote, a mouse, keyboard, and microphones, for example. However, the DualSense seems to be the most likely candidate for the feature seeing as it will contain some very sensitive sensors, has an easy way to store movement profiles on the PS5 console, and the PS5 relies on player's logging into an account for access to PSN so it would prove very useful.
As long as it was optional, I'm sure gamers wouldn't have a problem with Sony rolling out this convenient feature. I also suspect most, especially those who share a console among family members, would turn the feature on as it could help protect their account.
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