LG were ahead of their time. They really weren’t afraid to try shit.
Yeah, but also their devices weren’t the best quality.
I loved the leather back on my g4
That looks way less practical than that flip-up prototype they were kickstarting a while ago that was clearly inspired by the Xperia Play. The dpad looks way too close to the bottom, and the slider sticks don’t look like they have enough room to move around in this one.
Do you have a link? Because this is fucking cool.
Here.
They seem to have missed their first deadline and they’re now saying they’ll be shipping before end of year, so trust in that at your peril.
Oh hey, I backed that one. Almost forgot about it 😅
Well that sucks.
It doesn’t mean that they won’t deliver. People have held these in their hands, they seem to work.
But… you know, it’s a kickstarter. You never know. And the worst part with these things is that they tend to be small runs, so if you don’t risk it they can be very hard to find after.
As someone who actually played tons of emulated games on phones in the past: These products sadly only sell the dream of a slick controller which integrates well with a phone. But the ergonomics will be so dogshit you will barely use them. Main issue is that modern phones got way to heavy and with these kind of setups the weight is pretty frontloaded. Even with Clips for a proper Xbox/PS controller you atleast want one were you can adjust it so that the phone is kinda in front of the controller like the linked one(linked only for demonstration sake, no purchase advice). I had one which didnt adjust when i even worked construction and had some muscles and it got tiring fast even though the xbox controller has some heft to its own to balance the weight out and some proper handles to hold onto.
We would actually need a Xperia Play successor where only the relativly light screen portion slides up. But even with the integrated controller the Xperia Play only weight like 175g. With a modern Phone and these controller concepts you frontload >200g. With this particular one you even cram together your hands and arms super tight. Must feel awful even after 5 minutes of play.
The only thing that atleast worked for me are those slidy phone controllers like the Razer Kishi, Gamesir G8, etc Issue with them is they’re either cheap and dogshit or expensive af. I caved for a G9. Maybe today there are better options with sensible prices, idk. But with them you dont have that slick pocketable stealthy experience. I always had to carry the controller in my backpack. Didnt get much use from me outside because it was just that tiny bit too much of an hassle to whip it out quickly and also wasnt stealthy enough and looked way too gamery. But it got tons of use on my couch and bed though!
I designed one of these that works with an XBox controller. It was clip-on, but would be easy enough to make magsafe with a $0.20 magnet ring.
