| curl-6 said: Sony already collaborated with Backbone on a PS Remote Player controller for phones last year: https://playbackbone.com/au/playstation/
This costs $99 USD for just the controller bits, since the screen and internals are provided by the phone. |
The problem with phone controllers for streaming is the screens are just too small. When you're streaming a 16:9 game you end up with around a 5.5" image with big black bars, and that's on the larger phones. It's small for modern console gaming and not a great experience as these games weren't designed to run on a display that small. I did complete Borderlands 2 and a bit of AC Origins this way streaming it to my phone but yeah it's not something I'd really recommend. A dedicated device will be far superior in both build quality and display. Plus you can still use your phone while gaming to respond to messages/calls or browsing the internet for something.
So phone controllers are something I have used for streaming but it's quite a compromised experience you have to accept to use hardware you already own. They're more useful for emulators and some native android games.
