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In honor of the Xbox One reveal that won the hearts of developers and core gamers everywhere, I thought I would give away some random ideas for features you can steal for your PS4 games.  By extension the WiiU pad as well; come on people somebody make a game for WiiU please.

1. Nathan Drake and Lara Croft can sweep the dirt off of items they discover to unveil more details.
2. Brush it to clear out the cob webs or wipe your mask in an FPS game. (Metro?)
3. Tap it as a taunt/gesture in a game; non-critical type interactions.
4. Position the player's flashlight.
5. Scan the screen in 2D or FPS games.
6. Make sweeping gestures for magic spells, tied to visual icons on screen.  Perhaps like connect-the-dots type of spell casting.
7. 4 corners of touch pad can be 4 additional inventory or load-outs other than the D-pad.
8. RTS-like marquee selection for many top-down management games.
9. Drag finger to plot paths for AI in RTS view.
10. Give macro instructions to FPS companions without moving redicule onto target by tapping the touch pad.
11. BONUS! Use the touch pad X dimension [min,max] to orient an object you are inspecting or placing instead of fixed orientations or ambiguous analog stick rotation. Xmin=0 degrees, Xmax=360 degrees.  Dragging left and right will give a fixed known orientation instead of spin-to-win.