What does the controller icon in the top right corner mean in MGS 5 Phantom Pain (PS3)?

I've noticed that during the cutscenes in the Prologue part, sometimes a controller icon would pop up in the top-right corner of the screen. What does it mean? Is it to indicate that the cutscene is about to transition back to gameplay?

Sometimes I turn off the controller during cutscenes as MGS is notorious for having some fairly long/drawn out ones. Could it be that?

1 Answer

When the Controller icon appears, it simply means you can affect the scene (usually by simply moving the camera).

In my experience, its a visual / aesthetic option only, and you should be perfectly fine to ignore your controller during these moments.