The number one question I get is can I use the backbone one
controller with this game or that game, whatever that game
that person's playing.
Backbone went through the trouble of listing every
game that's compatible.
So if you go to Backbone, XCOM, backslash, play, have every
game listed there, you fill in what the name of the game is
and it tells you whether it's supported or not.
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What is going on?
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Mike, welcome back to the channel.
We are talking about the backbone,
one game controller, playstation addition for you
fanboys of PlayStation.
I am no shame.
Here I am all about PlayStation.
Now this game controller is $100.
You can buy a couple different sites here.
I'll put links down description below if you want to pick
it up.
And this game controller is deep in that
PlayStation aesthetic, right?
It looks just like the Ps5 Dualsense controller.
It is functionally no different than the original version which
I have here.
What you see is really it's just the difference isn't the
color schemes and some light branding differences.
But for those of you who are new and you're not necessarily
sure whether or not this is the game controller for you, let me
tell you a little bit about it.
Now, the device itself is compatible with any iPhone six
S and forward.
And if you have an iPhone 13, pro or 13 pro max, it does come
with an adapter in the box which raises the cameras.
Now, this is needed on the 13 pro and 13 pro max because the
camera modules on the back of the phone are much larger than
they were last year.
Instead of using wireless connection, the MFI
connection does allow for ultra low latency zero
lag experience, giving you probably the best gaming
experience that you're going to find on an iPhone
with a controller.
Now, when you place the phone into the lightning port,
you will need to remove your phone from a case if
you have one.
That's a big thing that people continue to complain about.
The biggest complaint that I hear.
But you do need to remove your phone from the case in order
to use this.
Even if you have a thin case, it will change the way that
your device connects to the lightning port, adding undo
friction on that port which was going to impact gameplay.
This has a 3.5 millimetres jack here on this side and it has a
lightning port on this side which allows you to you know,
if you're playing a game, you can go ahead and charge
your phone while you're listening to it with a pair of
wired headphones, which should probably be a big concern
for people, depending on how long your gaming sessions are.
As for the physical layout, the backbone one has two
analog joysticks, and depending on your preferences, you may or
may not appreciate the positioning of where
these joysticks are.
To me, they more closely resemble an Xbox controller
than they do a PlayStation controller.
But depending on where you're going, where you're
coming from, and what your base of comparison is, this is
something that you're going to get used to.
Which leads to the second question that I get all
the time, which is how good are the joysticks or even the the
joy-cons?
People say that a lot too, because they resemble the
Nintendo Switch Joy-cons.
Now, that has a lot of negative connotation for people
depending on where you're coming from.
Again, I think that they joy-cons are not bad at all.
They actually are pretty responsive and you can even
calibrate them inside of the app.
But what I would suggest, if you already own a backbone
one and you're watching this video coming down below,
so someone who's thinking about buying this can learn from you
what your experience is.
Now below the left hand joystick is going to be
the directional keypad.
There is a mute button when you're playing a game if you
want to mute yourself, if you're in a chat and then
also the screen capture button, will your mind
capture a video or a photo that works in here as well?
Now, here you can see the device is clearly marketed
towards PlayStation fans like you as you find the same face
buttons on your PlayStation controller.
So there's really no need to look down and figure out which
button is it, which button do I need to push?
When you're playing a game, you don't have that problem
when you're playing on this game controller because you're
used to playing on the game controller.
Moving on the type of controller, we see two
shoulder buttons on the left hand and right hand side,
and these buttons are linear.
So as you push them down further, you get more
responsiveness out of the game depending on what kind of
game you're playing.
So if I'm playing racing or if I'm playing granturismo,
I'm able to push down on this button or push down on the
break button and give a little bit of a lighter break or a
lighter acceleration, which is good for gameplay.
I really wish you would have the adaptive triggers of
the dualsense, but that's just not possible.
We need to wait for Sony to make their own controller.
The additional buttons here on the right hand side is going to
be for the backbone one store and this is for the menu.
Now, moving on from the front of the device here on
the back, you see that there is PlayStation branding
across the spine.
When you open it up, it's only visible while the device is
inserted into the controller.
Otherwise it's not visible.
This really to me signals how much I think PlayStation thinks
that this delivers on the experience of playing games.
And I'm going to talk about PSN remote play in just a
minute here, which I think is really kind of the nexus of why
someone would buy the backbone one.
Now let's talk about the games because I get a lot of
questions about games.
The number one question I get is, can I use the backbone
one controller with this game or that game, whatever,
that game, that person's playing ?
And the short answer is, yes, you probably can.
As long as the game itself supports MFI game controllers,
which is made for iPhone game controllers, that means
you can play it with an Xbox game controller, you can play
it with a PlayStation game controller.
There's a very, very high likelihood that it's going to
work with this game controller.
And that leads on to the next thing, which is going to
be all the different software that is available for this.
Now, there's really, I think, four different aspects
of this controller.
So there's using it as a game controller with your iPhone.
And for that, if you want to, you can get the
backbone one app.
It's not needed in order to get get it, but backbone does
recommend it so that you can actually update the software on
the game controller because sometimes there's things that
need to be updated, new functionality.
Now if you just simply insert your phone into here, you can
open up the app store or open up your library and find any
game that you have in there.
And again, as long as it supports.
MFI game controllers you can use this with.
It's very simple, but if you open up the backbone launcher,
you can actually start there and find all the different
games that are already in your library and the backbone will
actually start recommending you games that you might like to
play based on previous gameplay.
P.S. Remote play is a service that is free runs on PS4,
runs on Ps5, and essentially allows your phone to connect
remotely to your PlayStation, whether you're on the same
network like I am here at this playstation's in the other room
or whether you are, you know, across town,
it doesn't really matter.
As long as your device has connectivity to the Internet
and you can reach it, you should be able to play it.
And it's going to be the connection or the
responsiveness of the connection will depend on the
quality of your Internet connection.
So right now I am connecting to that device here and shouldn't
take more than a moment or two for here.
And as you can see here, I'm actually browsing
my PlayStation, which is in the other room and I'm going to
play our game.
Is this oh, this is a great moment.
Now the next aspect of the backbone is going to be the
subscription service, which is completely 100% optional.
You get it free for your first year.
Backbone gives it to you when you purchase your controller,
but after the first year it is $50 per year.
Now, I will tell you, I think it's kind of worth it,
because when this was announced, I was able to
get $20 off this.
So instead of being 100, I got it for 80.
So that right there is, you know, taking up almost one
third of the cost of the subscription.
You get additional features like you're able to connect
your game controller to your Mac, your PC, your iPad
and use it as a game controller.
You're also getting some exclusive discounts on services
like stadia, X-Box, Ultimate Game Pass,
whatever they call it, and Discord Nitro as well.
So it's really not that bad of a value and you're getting
additional in-game perks that haven't been announced yet.
So something that they're working on.
So I wouldn't say that you have to have it.
You can still use your game controller without it, even if
you don't subscribe to it and even if you don't have
the app.
But it is a nice to have, in my opinion.
Now, I think for most people they're going to come back and
say the $50 per year subscription charge
for backbone, membership backbone plus is
not worth it.
And I think for the most part, they're probably going to be
right that unless you are playing games when your
controllers connect to your computer, maybe it's
connected to your Mac, to your PC or even your iPad.
There's not necessarily a tremendous amount of value that
you might find in it.
And I don't know if I necessarily agree with backbone
locking those features behind a paywall because the controller
can't physically work with that.
You just don't need the option of having the subscription
service to use it.
Now, if you're not going to use those features, you know you're
not going play games on your Mac with your iPad or even
a PC.
Then $50 is not going to be worth it for you.
All right, guys, thanks very much for watching my video on
The Backbone One controller.
PlayStation edition.
I have some videos here related to iPhone, iPad gaming.
Check them out and let me know down the comments below.
If you are picking one of these up, what is the game that
you are most excited to play for on your PlayStation?
I'll talk to the next one.