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Backbone One Xbox Edition | Mobile Gaming Controller

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Backbone One - Xbox® Edition | Xbox

Backbone One - Xbox® Edition is the universal gaming essential that levels the playing field, putting great game play into the hands of everyone.

www.xbox.com

$109.99

This does nothing for me, and I find it ugly. But I guess options are good. What are your thoughts?

 

[Arachnid]

I'm good. You guys couldn't properly handle/support your actual console. Sure as shit not buying your trash handheld or any other "this is an xbox!" gear.

Unless a PS5 pro is an xbox, anyway.

 

[Bond007]

"This is dumb"

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I thought the backbone was just like an accessory that is connected to your phone. Does this iteration include the screen?

 

[Zacfoldor]

Xbox is getting weird guys.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

I just can't anymore with this bullshit PR, constant spinning and buzzwords.

Fucking MS man...

 

[Three]

I thought the backbone was just like an accessory that is connected to your phone. Does this iteration include the screen?

No, it's still an accessory that connects to your phone. This just has an xbox logo on it now, that's it.

 

[Kacho]

I guess if you're really desperate for Xbox branding this is a cool accessory?

 

[Magic Carpet]

Outlook looks 'cloudy'.

 

[Esppiral]

MS has definitely lost track, also I hate this slogan.

 

[Punished Miku]

I said this when PS Portal was announced. You can stream to your phone. Been that way for a while now.

 

[skit_data]

Haven't these been out for years already?

 

[Topher]

Eh.....ok. This isn't anything new.

 

[Kurotri]

Ugly as fuck

 

[acm2000]

you people trying to slate this realize theres already a playstation branded version right?

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

Backbone: use your own hardware
Xbox games: Currently multiplat
Next "Xbox": probably licensed to 3rd party hardware developers.


Hey MS, stop piggybacking on everyone else and do your own thing. Get the marketing guys back from the 360 days and stop giving people reasons to leave.

This Backbone POS will be the Xbox version of Zune.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

As I predicted, that “Xbox” icon logo is going to be used by all kinds of OEM devices going forwards

 

[Kilau]

Really wish Xbox console streaming didn't have to go through the internet even for in home.

 

[Breakfast at Noon]

"This is a xbox"
Nah bro, "This is a turd"

People brought xbox because they wanted awesome looking shit on their 61" tvs and this they've been failing on since kinect slipped out Microsofts battered and bleeding vagina, the people playing on their phones are not playing your games on that device, let alone using that ugly ass shit.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

As I predicted, that “Xbox” icon logo is going to be used by all kinds of OEM devices going forwards

As everyone predicted.

Anyway, I thought there already were Xbox and PlayStation specific versions of this. Guess that’s something else.

 

[RoadHazard]

No, that's a phone. Pass.

 

[Kacho]

Haven't these been out for years already?

Yeah, it's just a new marketing push.

 

[Diddy X]

Microsoft turned Xbox into an underdog by never truly stepping up to compete, and now trying to expand it elsewhere isn’t going to cut it.

 

[Gambit2483]

So it's a Xbone...

 

[Dorfdad]

No thanks I’m only interested in a controller that will work with any case attached. I’m not constantly removing my case to play a game.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Boy, I just love massively discharging battery for something that holds all my cards, contacts, work related stuff, etc.

Hey, Microsoft:

 

[MandingoMcThickens]

I bought a ROG Ally X as I didn’t care for the Backbone experience

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

The back bone devices are well constructed. And I like the see through green case this model has.

 

[user friendly]

Death Wail

 

[damidu]

 

[mitch1971]

Those asymmetric sticks on a device like that ain't gonna work. They look uncomfortable.

 

[Esppiral]

As I predicted, that “Xbox” icon logo is going to be used by all kinds of OEM devices going forwards

I don't know why people act like this is new, I have one of these from 5 years ago and it has the Xbox logo, official, it even came bundled with gamepadss, people act like if this is the something new and the consequence of Xbox dying or something....

 

[poppabk]

The price of these is ridiculous. $110 for a split controller.
Also didn't this already exist, along with a Playstation one?

 

[StueyDuck]

Didnt Sony first do a thing with backbone way back when? Also i couldn't think of a worse life than gaming on my cellphone, that piece of shit invades my life enough as is, last thing i want to do is also play games on it.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

JFC it looks horrendous.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Who told MS that we are dying for their brand name Xbox to the point we want to buy a specific Xbox brand controller ? This will work like any other phone controller . Just because it has Xbox sticker on it doesn’t make it special .

Super pass. Especially that these controllers don’t have hall affect sticks or triggers.

Hell I bought one from aliexpress for 45$ Canadian and it has the xbox support / iOS / android support and hall affect sticks and triggers.

Super pass

 

[FrankWza]

 

[Punished Miku]

The price of these is ridiculous. $110 for a split controller.
Also didn't this already exist, along with a Playstation one?

I got a plastic clip for $10. Clips the phone to my Xbox controller. Bluetooth links it.

 

[Kvally]

The price of these is ridiculous. $110 for a split controller.
Also didn't this already exist, along with a Playstation one?

Yes. They updated it with the Xbox logo and a new theme and new branding with their slogan. Here is the OG:

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

That might be the worst purchase I ever made. I bought one of these when they were on some steep sale, and I used it like twice.
Just get a Portal and/or Steam Deck.

 

[damidu]

Didnt Sony first do a thing with backbone way back when? Also i couldn't think of a worse life than gaming on my cellphone, that piece of shit invades my life enough as is, last thing i want to do is also play games on it.

its one of those ideas, that only looks good on paper.
the shitty streaming, the cumbersome way of wrapping-unwrapping it around your phone each time, whole setup cutting through your battery-life like butter.
you try it once for novelty and then forget where you put the $100+ backbone within a week.
maybe if you dedicate an old phone just for this use-case, but doubtful even then. its just a horrible experience all around

 

[StueyDuck]

its one of those ideas, that only looks good on paper.
forget the shitty streaming, the cumbersome way of wrapping-unwrapping it around your phone each time, whole setup cutting through your battery-life like butter.
you try it once for novelty and the forget where you put the $100+ backbone within a week.
maybe if you dedicate an old phone just for this use-case, but doubtful even then. its just a horrible experience.

also i imagine the experience is like once per gen then the next phones shape or size makes the peripheral obsolete.

like i stupidly have the z5 fold or whatever it is which is that dumb foldy phone (such a piece of crap i hate it) , i imagine now that causes issues with it's side and dimensions because it's irregular

 

[Kvally]

That might be the worst purchase I ever made. I bought one of these when they were on some steep sale, and I used it like twice.
Just get a Portal and/or Steam Deck.

Would be nice if the PS Portal would unlock and expose the browser. I could then stream my PS5 Pro games to it, and Xbox Cloud games. The PS Portal is a slick looking unit.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Would be nice if the PS Portal would unlock and expose the browser. I could then stream my PS5 Pro games to it, and Xbox Cloud games. The PS Portal is a slick looking unit.

I think there is some way to send a link message to your ps account to do that, I've never done it. I just followed the instructions to add Xcloud to my Steam Deck.
This is actually how I play most Xbox games now.

Xbox Cloud Gaming in Microsoft Edge with Steam Deck - Microsoft Support

How to set up Xbox Cloud Gaming on a Steam Deck device using the Microsoft Edge browser.

support.microsoft.com

 

[MandingoMcThickens]

That might be the worst purchase I ever made. I bought one of these when they were on some steep sale, and I used it like twice.
Just get a Portal and/or Steam Deck.

Agreed, I didn’t like the backbone. I ended up buying a ROG Ally X and it’s def a better experience for me.

 

[coffinbirth]

As I predicted, that “Xbox” icon logo is going to be used by all kinds of OEM devices going forwards

They have been doing this for YEARS, Nostradamus.

 

[coffinbirth]

Those asymmetric sticks on a device like that ain't gonna work. They look uncomfortable.

? I don't think I've ever even seen a moga controller with symmetrical sticks.

 

[Loomy]

That right stick is going to be a pain in the ass to use for humans with human hands.

 

[MALpractice311]

I got the PS5 branded version last Xmas when it was on sale for like $50. At that price, it has been well worth it. I wouldn't pay more than that though.