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THE STEELSERIES STRATUS WIRELESS CONTROLLER CHANGES THE GAME
Console-Style Controller Advances iOS 7 Gaming on the iPad – Featuring Pressure-Sensitive Buttons, Multi-Player Connectivity and More

LAS VEGAS – Jan. 6, 2014 – SteelSeries, a global leader in the gaming peripherals and accessories market, today introduced the SteelSeries Stratus Wireless Gaming Controller, specifically designed for console-style gameplay on iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch® running iOS 7, as well as on your HD TV via AppleTV® using AirPlay® Mirroring from your iOS device with supported games.
“The Stratus Wireless Controller, the first wireless gamepad controller ever to be supported in iOS 7, forever alters the mobile gaming landscape,” said Bruce Hawver, SteelSeries CEO. “With Stratus, gamers have easy and direct access to a growing roster of great games on iPad that were intended for an immersive, controller-enabled experience. We’re incredibly excited to be the first gaming peripherals company to develop a standalone controller for iOS devices and are thrilled to see an abundance of high quality game titles rolling out from publishers everyday.”

A Game Changer
iOS 7 features embedded controller support—and as a result a new platform of gaming is emerging. For the first time on iOS, developers can create games that use traditional console control schemes to provide for an immersive and challenging gaming experience on iOS devices. The Stratus Controller from SteelSeries is the first Bluetooth controller for iOS devices; its sleek, lightweight design has a comfortable grip with 10+ hours of battery-life and features that are ideal for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch gaming.

Complete Control
The Stratus Controller features a familiar console-style layout with the a pressure-sensitive directional pad (D-pad), 4 pressure-sensitive action buttons and 4 pressure-sensitive shoulder buttons, in addition to dual analog sticks, a dedicated pairing button to connect to iOS devices via Bluetooth and a convenient on/off switch to save on power. The battery life is estimated to be approximately 10 hours on a full charge, with an average full charge time estimated at 2 hours. It charges with an included USB connection cable.

The red LED indicator lights found in the middle of the controller display the number of controllers or player connections during multi-player gameplay – allowing up to 4 controllers to connect to a single device. There are a growing number of game titles available on the App Store that support game controller functionality in iOS 7 and more titles are likely to be added over the coming months.

Pricing & Availability
The SteelSeries Stratus Controller is available beginning today for pre-order on SteelSeries.com for $99.99 MSRP.

Available today for pre-order on their website for $99.99
Batterytime is 10 hours with charging taking up to 2 hours.
Allows for up to 4 controllers connected to a single device.
Pressure sensitive D-Pad, 4 Pressure sensitive buttons and 4 pressure sensitive shoulder buttons. Also comes with dual analog sticks for greater precision.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loUtgWRiYBY

Hands on: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mkivhlwbGe4

 

[EscapingJail]

Oh neat.

$99.99

lol no

 

[Nirolak]

You know, if vendors insist on charging $100 for each of these, there aren't going to be any games that support them because no one will own on.

 

[Fuzzy]

$100? No thanks.

 

[Thoraxes]

I'd love to buy one for my iPad Air, but $100 is way too much.

 

[Kysen]

Who keeps designing these beasts and why do they always have some variation of the 360 button layout with different color ordering?

 

[ape2man]

way to expensive. 29.99, max 39.99

 

[Brannon]

99

Bunch of bloodfuckers can kiss my ass with that price.

 

[TheSpoiler]

This is a next gen controller guys. Of course it'll cost 40 dollars more than a PS4 or PS3 controller. I just makes sense!

 

[GhostTrick]

Since when bluetooth controllers became that expensive ?

 

[Oni Link 666]

Looks like the offspring of a 360 and Genesis controller.

 

[simples]

I'll pay them 99

cents that is

 

[Ensirius]

I'll past ar that price thanks you

 

[SmokyDave]

I just don't understand where this $99 price has come from. All the iOS controllers are $99. It's bollocks and it's going to hamper any sort of decent adoption. If they don't drop the prices ASAP, the whole thing is stillborn.

I play a lot of mobile games and I really want a controller. No fucking way am I paying more than about £40 though.

 

[Oni Link 666]

I'm guessing we're going to be seeing a lot of these things pop up this week. $100 controllers to play 99 cent games.

 

[pswii60]

I just don't understand where this $99 price has come from. All the iOS controllers are $99. It's bollocks and it's going to hamper any sort of decent adoption. If they don't drop the prices ASAP, the whole thing is stillborn.

I play a lot of mobile games and I really want a controller. No fucking way am I paying more than about £40 though.

Licensing fees I assume? Or are these not licensed?

 

[GhostTrick]

I just don't understand where this $99 price has come from. All the iOS controllers are $99. It's bollocks and it's going to hamper any sort of decent adoption. If they don't drop the prices ASAP, the whole thing is stillborn.

I play a lot of mobile games and I really want a controller. No fucking way am I paying more than about £40 though.

You also wonder why anyone else didn't took the opportunity to be competitive by making those 29 to 39 dollars...

 

[AcceptableGhost]

I assume there has to be something forcing all these bad controllers to be 100$.

 

[Enkidu]

Who keeps designing these beasts and why do they always have some variation of the 360 button layout with different color ordering?

Apple has an official specification for how controllers should work so they are compatible with the official drivers. This one seem to be following their suggestion very closely.

 

[Danneee]

If they could get these down to reasonable prices they could catch on. As of it's ridiculous that most iOS controllers cost $100. Who in their right mind buys one of these? Is't nearly the price of a real handheld console!

 

[Mindwipe]

I assume there has to be something forcing all these bad controllers to be 100$.

Apple's licensing process is notoriously awful and pushes prices up a lot, but there's still no excuse for these prices.

At least the others contained a battery. This has no excuse.

How hard is it to put out a lightning port connector that fits around an iPhone 5 reasonably closely and isn't pig ugly for $40? Seriously.

 

[Majine]

Why is it more expensive than console controllers?

 

[rezuth]

Apple's licensing process is notoriously awful and pushes prices up a lot, but there's still no excuse for these prices.

At least the others contained a battery. This has no excuse.

How hard is it to put out a lightning port connector that fits around an iPhone 5 reasonably closely and isn't pig ugly for $40? Seriously.

MFi is more of a certification program than a licensing one really.

 

[level44]

$15? Yes
$99? Hahahahaha, oh wait this isn't a joke.

 

[Kaako]

$99? Ahahaha these fools...

 

[Card Boy]

For $100 it literally better be made of steel.

 

[Ben Morales]

At first I was like yay it's bluetooth and it doesn't have a battery so it should have a reasonable pirce.... What is going on?!

 

[Uncle Rupee]

Available today for pre-order on their website for $99.99

I'd rather buy a PS Vita TV... come on, Sony press conference...

 

[TheNamelessOne]

We will never get some sort of standardized controllers for mobile gaming until they stop charging these ridiculous prices.

 

[solarus]

Someone please explain why these ios controllers are so damn expensive?

 

[VariantX]

do they want to fail? Why the fuck would I buy a 99 dollar controller to play 99 cent games?

 

[Killer]

It's overpriced like any other Apple product.