Sony knows that there is a market niche in the world of video games that it is not taking advantage of. There is life outside of video game platform PlayStation, and Sony is not doing business in either Apple's or Google's App Store. And since he wants to take a piece of that cake, dozens of Sony programmers have been porting some reference games from the PlayStation to iOS and iPadOS for a few months now.
And yesterday it has presented a weapon that undoubtedly reveals the intentions of the Japanese company. Sony has just launched a controller type Dualense, but not for your PlayStations but to dock on an iPhone. Without a doubt, a declaration of intent.
Sony has just introduced a game controller, with the news that it is not compatible with any of its PlayStations. It is a PS5 DualSense-style controller, but with the peculiarity that it is designed to be attached to an iPhone. And by having a Lightning connector, only and exclusively in a iPhone.
A DualSense for iPhones
In collaboration with Backbone, a company dedicated to the manufacture of gaming peripherals for mobile devices, Sony has just launched its DualSense for iPhones. With a design very similar to the PS5 controller, this Sony Backbone One It has an adjustable width, so that it can be adapted to the different iPhones that exist on the market, from an iPhone mini to an iPhone 13 Pro Max.
It has a connector lightning on the right side to connect it to the iPhone. It does not have its own battery, so it will draw on the energy supplied by the mobile.
In principle, the idea of this peripheral is to be used with the service PS RemotePlay and play our PS4 or PS5 games remotely. Of course, you can also use it for games that run directly on the iPhone, or on other gaming platforms like GeForce Now.
Sony has only presented it today, without specifying its specific release date. What we do know is that it will cost 99,99 Euros. It certainly isn't cheap...