This is probably the best mobile controller you can buy. The analog sticks feel great, the fave buttons are tactile and responsive, the triggers have good travel, and irs very easy to put a phone in the grip, and includes adapters if you havw a bulky case, so no need to take your phone out of its case like other controllers. The only major downside is the D-Pad is a bit mushy, and the capture button doesn’t support iOS’s native screen recording and you have to “broadcast” to the Backbone app to record gameplay. Speaking of the Backbone app, irs a very well made launcher for your mobile titles, but dont waste time on the pointless subscription service, and rhe social features are pretty half baked with no users. Overall a great controller. Highly recommended.

I did a lot of research before buying the Backbone 1. I knew that the Playstation Portal was about to come out but it was going to be $100 more. I read about the Portal's limitations and decided to buy the Backbone. The portal is harder ro find, more expenaive and you'd need a very good quality wifi connection in order to even load your game. The decision was a no brainer. I would recommend this to a friend (as a matter of fact, I did!)

So the Backbone One is absolutely fantastic as a normal phone controller, and most importantly it works with every remote play service that's available on phone (including PS Remote Play, but that may only be for the Playstation edition). It comes with two different kinds of phone spacer to give it a snug fit with most phones even with their cases attached (the Samsung Flip phones may not fit due to their length) and works pretty much out of the box without even needing to download the optional Backbone app.However, and I can't find a way to fix this, it doesn't seem to have a "guide" button present. The Xbox or PS button that you would usually use to bring up the console menu while in a game, or to bring up the Steam overlay. The big orange button only seems to ... MoreSo the Backbone One is absolutely fantastic as a normal phone controller, and most importantly it works with every remote play service that's available on phone (including PS Remote Play, but that may only be for the Playstation edition). It comes with two different kinds of phone spacer to give it a snug fit with most phones even with their cases attached (the Samsung Flip phones may not fit due to their length) and works pretty much out of the box without even needing to download the optional Backbone app.However, and I can't find a way to fix this, it doesn't seem to have a "guide" button present. The Xbox or PS button that you would usually use to bring up the console menu while in a game, or to bring up the Steam overlay. The big orange button only seems to work with PS Remote Play, and only if you hold it down for a second. For the other services it doesn't function at all, and if you install the Backbone app it just opens that app instead of performing a useful function. There's no button reassignment feature too, so you have to just switch to the touchscreen when you actually want to use the guide button. It's not the biggest issue, but it's a constant annoyance.