[Nibel]

Check It Out!

Mobile gaming now offers pocket-sized versions of Grand Theft Auto 3 and Minecraft, but the barrier for many remains a lack of decent analogue controls. Meet the GameKlip, a product designed to end the curse of the terrible on-screen joystick. GameKlip allows Android phones to nestle up to a PlayStation 3 DualShock controller. Connected wirelessly, the gadget (and the Sixaxis app) allow you to control mobile games with a proper pad. Inventor Ryan French is selling the GameKlip via his site, with models to fit most major Samsung Galaxy and HTC phones. It costs $15 (about £9.60, plus £10 shipping to the UK). Tablet versions are also on the way, as is a version that alternatively fits an Xbox 360 controller.

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The future is here

[Kyoufu]

One glance at that and I'm sold. Kickstart this shit.

[shagg_187]

One glance at that and I'm sold. Kickstart this shit.

Why? It already exists. $15.

http://thegameklip.com/

[Vorg]

Been able to do this on my phone through bluetooth for years now. It also supports wired controllers.

[Kyoufu]

Why? It already exists. $15. http://thegameklip.com/

Is that just Android phones?

[DGRE]

The Minecraft control scheme looked awful.

[Ryuuga]

A sixaxis and an android! I have both those things! Bought!

[I-hate-u]

I am not going to carry a dualshock around me outside and if I am inside the house and want to game, I will probably play the ps3 instead of my phone

[MAtgS]

I rather get something that's still portable.


Like this for example.


Heck, even suction cup buttons seems a better idea.

[THE NO LIFE KING]

I've seen a different variant of this idea before. I'm surprise that hasn't been brought to the market til now.


#Vitakiller

[butter_stick]

The whole point of mobile phone gaming is that it's easy to play the games anywhere out the house.

This is taking the entire reason why it's successful and acting like it needs to compete with Vita and 3DS, which everybody says are failing because of mobile gaming.

What's the point?

[waypoetic]

But i don't like mobilegames.

[onQ123]

So this is for people who want a Vita but don't want a Vita?

[Jarmel]

Is there a reason why this won't work with an iPhone?

[Chû Totoro]

I rather get something that's still portable. Like this for example. Heck, even suction cup buttons seems a better idea.

That's not a Nintendo system and there is Nintendo games so it can be assimilated to piracy. Of course having a portable device with free games is nice but it's not the future devs and editors need to make great new games.

Please pay for the things you like so it can keep existing.

[butter_stick]

That's not a Nintendo system and there is Nintendo games so it can be assimilated to piracy. Of course having a portable device with free games is nice but it's not the future devs and editors need to make great new games. Please pay for the things you like so it can keep existing.

bubu I bought the game on cartridge in 1992

[Metalmurphy]

I rather get something that's still portable. Heck, even suction cup buttons seems a better idea.

LOL, are you serious? Not only do those things not work properly, they obscure 50% of the already small screen.

[michaelius]

Ahh so people who don't want to carry handheld around can play angry birds on gamepad if they bring dual shock 3 with them

...so mobile...

[Tenki]

But a DualShock 3 is too big for my pocket.

[fluffydelusions]

This is rather old. I posted this a while back in offtopic during Google I/O week.

[Chû Totoro]

Ahh so people who don't want to carry handheld around can play angry birds on gamepad if they bring dual shock 3 with them ...so mobile...

This is teh FUTAAAA !

[nubbe]

Why aren't there more phones like the Xperia Play, but with a good SoC?

*cries*

[Square Triangle]

Android only? Only the good games are on iOS though.

[EVOL 100%]

The device is pretty neat, but this really won't actually change anything.

Most people who play iOS games are perfectly happy with how they are, and people who don't simply don't like most of the games for whatever reason. It would probably carve a decent niche though.

[Kafel]

but where's the kickstarter page?

[mr_nothin]

Just get a freakin vita/3ds then.
I'd rather carry 2 devices over a phone + a dualshock

[Spierek]

but where's the kickstarter page?

There's none, it already exists.

Seeing this has made me somewhat moist. The price is satisfactory, too. I'm only concerned about whether it works well with the available games.

[infinityBCRT]

Why aren't there more phones like the Xperia Play, but with a good SoC? *cries*

Yup. Give me a Lumia running WP8 and a slide out Xbox controller along with a Halo 2 or 3 or 4 port (including multiplayer over Wifi) and I'm there day 1.

[Matt_C]

That's not a Nintendo system and there is Nintendo games so it can be assimilated to piracy. Of course having a portable device with free games is nice but it's not the future devs and editors need to make great new games. Please pay for the things you like so it can keep existing.

Cost me $100 and it reads my existing games and supports adapters based on other consoles. This means I can back up my collection as ROMs. It is called the Retrode. It is no different from ripping CDs into a digital format. Heck with an USB OTG adapter, Android emulators can load the ROM file from the cart. There are even modded NES systems that are read over USB.

[butter_stick]

Cost me $100 and it reads my existing games and supports adapters based on other consoles. This means I can back up my collection as ROMs. It is called the Retrode. It is no different from ripping CDs into a digital format. Heck with an USB OTG adapter, Android emulators can load the ROM file from the cart. There are even modded NES systems that are read over USB.

Sounds shady.

[Metalic]

Some games are already controller compatible if you connect the controller via Bluetooth. I think Shadowgun is one of them.

[Snuggler]

Just get a freakin vita/3ds then. I'd rather carry 2 devices over a phone + a dualshock

Who says you have to carry it with you? It's not like you have to fuse the dualshock to your phone. It's something that you would probably only use when playing mobile games at home.

[MoogleWizard]

Why would I want to add a controller to my phone? It's not portable so if I have to use a controller I might as well play on a console/real handheld, I see no point in playing phone games with a controller at home. All this does is prove that touch screen-only controls are crap.

[shinobi602]

At least post the damn picture.

[Cartman86]

It's cool and all and probably the best way to do this with a sixaxis, but I just can't see myself carrying around a dual shock with my phone. If snapping in the phone is quick and easy maybe I could play it in bed like I do with my Vita and 3DS. The problem of course is that there are no mobile games I want to play that require a controller. The best games use touch the right way and most of the "real" games are like Shadowgun and Dead Trigger. Why the hell do I want to play those games. I don't want to play full console titles that are even less generic. I always liked the idea of emulators, but I never actually put any honest time into any games. The last time I did was probably 6 years ago. Give me some achievements and I'll play through Mario RPG again. Also where's my Nexus 7 clip?

PS: Sony should've had the Vita run on Android. Possible even make it a tablet of sorts. Now I will run away as people throw fruit at me.

[Snuggler]

Why would I want to add a controller to my phone? It's not portable so if I have to use a controller I might as well play on a console/real handheld, I see no point in playing phone games with a controller at home. All this does is prove that touch screen-only controls are crap.

There are lots of good games that are exclusive to mobile devices. I own a "real" handheld, but it gets less attention then my phone, even when I'm at home.

Some people like to play games on their mobile devices, but don't own a dedicated handheld gaming system.

Those are two reasons people would play a mobile game at home.

And since you don't seem to know the difference, this is not intended for all touch-screen only games, just games with virtual controls.

[matics]

Heck, even suction cup buttons seems a better idea.

C'mon son.

[Canis lupus]

Sony quick hope you read my Vita suggestions:

Make a Vita smartphone/tablet
Bundle it with dualshock
=profit

[deim0s]

Is that just Android phones?

Android phone only IIRC. You'd have to download an app to pair with your controller.

Only problem with this is that he could've have planned for an adjustable 'klip' to fit any android phone that the user might have or upgraded sometime down the line.

[plainr_]

Too bad this doesn't work with the iPhone.

[drspeedy]

[thumbies.jpg] C'mon son.

iPhone, probably not.

iPad... maybe cool

[Gannd]

Wait wait wait. I thought people liked cell phone gaming because they don't have to carry around an extra device? Or that playing a DS/PSP looks stupid or something like that. Isn't brining a controller and a device to hook into your phone more cumbersome than carrying a DS/PSP?

it also doesn't do away with the problem that the game itself has to support it. if 99% of iphone/android gamers are not using these devices will the developers support the 1% who attach a gamepad?