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Sony has enlisted accessory company Backbone to make a PlayStation-ified version of the excellent Backbone One<\/a> mobile controller for iPhone that\u2019s available now from Backbone<\/a> and Best Buy<\/a>. It gives off PS Vita vibes, except somehow, Sony was okay with Backbone keeping its Xbox-like analog stick arrangement. The $99.99 controller, which can be pulled open to fit iPhones as small as the 13 Mini and as big as the 13 Pro Max, comes in a new mix of white and black, just like the PS5\u2019s DualSense controller. Sure, this is a pricier workaround than strapping one of Sony\u2019s controllers to your phone, but it\u2019s a more elegant-looking way to play PlayStation games via Remote Play, Sony\u2019s mobile app that streams games from your PS4 or PS5 console. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s identical in price and design to the all-black 2020 Backbone One<\/a> that\u2019s still on sale, save for one big change: cross, circle, triangle, and square face buttons in place of A, B, X, and Y to match in-game button prompts you\u2019ll see in PlayStation games on mobile. You can<\/em> use it to play games on Apple Arcade, Xbox Game Pass, and Stadia, but the button prompts won\u2019t match up with what\u2019s on-screen unless a developer has programmed its game to support PlayStation button icons.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve spent a few hours with the PlayStation edition of the Backbone One, and it\u2019s the same great controller as before, with comfortable grips, a logical button arrangement, good trigger responsiveness, and convenient features like Lightning passthrough charging and a 3.5mm headphone audio passthrough port. Plus, its orange Backbone button doubles as the PS home button within Remote Play when you hold it in.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat PlayStation games on mobile,\u201d you might be asking? Unlike Microsoft, Sony doesn\u2019t have a robust cloud-based offering<\/a> for PS Plus subscribers on phones, and we may be waiting a while for Sony to deliver on any of its promises to bring several games from its PlayStation catalog to mobile<\/a> between now and 2025. So at launch, Sony and Backbone are leaning on this controller as being the most faithful way (outside of just pairing a DualSense to your iPhone<\/a>) to play PlayStation games from your existing PS4 or PS5 console. <\/p>\n

For the uninitiated, Sony\u2019s Remote Play app for mobile lets you jump into your PS4 or PS5 games while roaming around your house. It sounds great, and it is<\/em> capable of delivering a decent experience. I could load up Tetris Effect: Connected<\/em> just about anywhere and have a pretty good time while streaming via Wi-Fi at home, which is how I imagine most people may use Remote Play. Now, you can also play Remote Play outside your home via LTE or 5G, too (if this is your first time hearing this news<\/a>, you aren\u2019t alone) \u2014 though fast-paced games like Returnal<\/em> didn\u2019t play so hot over LTE or even 5G for me. Your enjoyment may vary depending on your Wi-Fi hardware and network coverage.<\/p>\n

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I can get over Remote Play\u2019s latency, but there are some other persistent annoyances here. Backbone\u2019s orange button can be pressed and held to take you back to the PlayStation 5\u2019s homescreen to switch games, which is great. Though, doing so bypasses the toolbar that lets you easily put the console in rest mode. So, you\u2019ll need to use the iPhone\u2019s touchscreen to pull up the virtual PS home button and navigate to the option, or when manually disconnecting from Remote Play, you can set the console to automatically go into rest mode. That feels a little more annoying than it should be. It\u2019s also bothersome that if you switch away from the Remote Play app \u2014 even briefly \u2014 you\u2019ll need to reconnect to your console.<\/p>\n