Backbone’s mobile gaming controller gets an official PlayStation edition

The backone one is getting a new look

The company behind the Backbone One, a really-dang-good controller accessory for the iPhone, has introduced a new variant of its device.

For the uninitiated, the Backbone is a device that allows you to slide your phone into its expanding grip and play games on the go. Matthew Panzarino reviewed the Backbone One.

It's the same game as the original Backbone One, but it's been changed to look like a PS5 controller.

Heres what else there is to know:

• The company will sell both devices; the original Backbone One isn’t going away.
• This version of the controller identifies itself as a PlayStation controller to the operating system, allowing compatible mobile games to use the proper PlayStation glyphs (Triangle, Circle, etc.) instead of ABXY in its menus/tutorials/etc.
• As with the original Backbone One, it’ll cost $100.
• It’ll start shipping today.

It would be easy to write this one off as the Backbone One but white, but it is a pretty big stamp of approval for a relatively young startup like Backbone to get to release a Sony edition.

The image is of the backbone.