Prototype controllers can go through dozens of iterations before a final design is decided upon. Here is a look at some of the wackier designs. These are all pretty unknown, so hopefully you find ...

Josh King’s viral slide-out MagSafe gamepad found a home at OhSnap and looks amazing Originally a teen’s 3D-printed prototype, it’ll soon go on sale.

To whet our appetites until then, an image depicting what appears to be a PlayStation 4 controller prototype hooked into the PS4 dev kit has been leaked, and the controller is something of a mutant.

Summary The Nintendo PlayStation prototype controller sold for $35,000 at auction. The controller is a rare piece from the canceled Nintendo PlayStation project, never released to the public.

A prototype Nintendo PlayStation sold for $360,000 at an auction back in 2020, and now Heritage Auctions has sold a Nintendo PlayStation controller prototype for a cool $35,000.

Another prototype experimented with motion controls. Rather than a freestanding wand, however, Valve made a two-piece controller that was attached by magnets so it could break away to allow for ...

Hands on with Valve's redesigned Steam Controller Valve is showing off its newly redesigned Steam Controller prototype at GDC 2014, and Joystiq just tried it out. As avid Joystiq readers are ...

This prototype added handles to the PlayStation 1 controller bringing it ever-closer to the final design for the original PlayStation controller.

It’s taking signups here for now. I should be getting my own hands on a prototype next month at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, and I’ll let you know how it feels.