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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: MCD on October 02, 2013, 03:41:44 AM

Title: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: MCD on October 02, 2013, 03:41:44 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/n9PKLZh.png)

Rest in peace Vita.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Damian79 on October 02, 2013, 03:47:57 AM
Vita is already dead it should be:

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Rest in peace 3DS.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: MCD on October 02, 2013, 03:56:00 AM
3DS is not an indie handheld.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 02, 2013, 04:33:10 AM
When is this out? I need this.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: MCD on October 02, 2013, 04:35:04 AM
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/1/4791942/logitech-iphone-game-controller-leak

Nothing so far. Just pics leak.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 02, 2013, 04:41:01 AM
Pfff dammit.

This will make mobile gaming so much better.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: huckleberry on October 02, 2013, 05:24:09 AM
what are the odds logitech will make a version for the 4 or 4s?

i wonder if the ios controller api allows for dual analog stick (not like they are absolutely necessary - just curious)
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: huckleberry on October 02, 2013, 06:29:30 AM
Thanks Oscar, I had tried to find information about that this morning but had come up empty.

This is going to be great - really hope the ipad controllers aren't janky shit - my (upcoming) ipad mini will probably live in something like this.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: chronovore on October 02, 2013, 06:52:55 AM
I want a separate controller for my iPad. Is that so hard to do?
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 02, 2013, 07:33:09 AM
I expect a lot of new ports once this hits.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 02, 2013, 08:09:07 AM
3DS and Vita am rosebud total
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 02, 2013, 08:28:49 AM
Well, devs are still required to include touch controls, so there might be an initial lull while that gets slapped together for some games, but 6 months from now the games section of the app store is gonna look like a whole different animal.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: ToxicAdam on October 02, 2013, 08:35:18 AM
I want a separate controller for my iPad. Is that so hard to do?

I'd like to see someone do a one piece case that  lays over the bezels.

(http://cdn2.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/19838711/controller.0_cinema_960.0.jpeg)


Something like this, but with a smaller footprint and no analogs. Just a D pad and some buttons.

Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 02, 2013, 08:39:15 AM
I'm ready for this to take off, even though I don't own an Apple device.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 02, 2013, 08:42:49 AM
I can't wait for this to come out.  I want Nintards wailing as the momentum of the 3DS outside Japan slows to a halt.  I want Iwata bowing his head in shame as he announces Virtual Console titles for the iOS.  #hating
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 02, 2013, 08:50:35 AM
There will be a shit-ton of companies doing various controller configurations. Apple's official "partners" are Logitech and another company whose name I can't recall right now, the best devices will probably come from them. I'd imagine everyone will be able to find one to suit their individual tastes by this time next year.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 02, 2013, 08:55:36 AM
Here it is, Moga is the other company:

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=40310.0
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 02, 2013, 08:55:50 AM
Vita is already dead it should be:

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Rest in peace 3DS.

Should be:

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Rest in peace traditional consoles
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 02, 2013, 09:01:44 AM
Is there word on whether there will be a dock that will allow you to plug in a controller and hook your iOS device up to a TV?
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 02, 2013, 09:16:55 AM
Only a matter of time.

I think Apple TV already does this through streaming, but dunno if it works with every game.

Imagine the battery life though... 1 or 2 hours tops...
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: bork on October 02, 2013, 09:25:59 AM
Is there word on whether there will be a dock that will allow you to plug in a controller and hook your iOS device up to a TV?

Nope, but you can buy an Apple TV and mirror your iPhone to your TV.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 02, 2013, 09:46:58 AM
But does it work with every game and whats the latency?

Can we trust Apple to deliver a Nintendolike seamless experience?
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 02, 2013, 12:19:38 PM
Is there word on whether there will be a dock that will allow you to plug in a controller and hook your iOS device up to a TV?

Nope, but you can buy an Apple TV and mirror your iPhone to your TV.

There are also direct cables that do it at least for the ipad.

(http://android-ios-video-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Apple-Digital-AV-Adapter_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: CatsCatsCats on October 02, 2013, 06:51:22 PM
Can't wait til the one device future hits
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: chronovore on October 02, 2013, 06:59:44 PM
Is there word on whether there will be a dock that will allow you to plug in a controller and hook your iOS device up to a TV?

Nope, but you can buy an Apple TV and mirror your iPhone to your TV.

Stoney beat me to it, but there are HDMI cables for the device from Apple itself, so, yeah. .
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: tiesto on October 02, 2013, 08:08:38 PM
Still don't get why IOS gets all the games/peripherals when Android apparently has a much bigger marketshare:
http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/07/android-nears-80-market-share-in-global-smartphone-shipments-as-ios-and-blackberry-share-slides-per-idc/ (http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/07/android-nears-80-market-share-in-global-smartphone-shipments-as-ios-and-blackberry-share-slides-per-idc/)
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 02, 2013, 08:11:59 PM
Still don't get why IOS gets all the games/peripherals when Android apparently has a much bigger marketshare:
http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/07/android-nears-80-market-share-in-global-smartphone-shipments-as-ios-and-blackberry-share-slides-per-idc/ (http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/07/android-nears-80-market-share-in-global-smartphone-shipments-as-ios-and-blackberry-share-slides-per-idc/)

There's a lot of shitty android tablets/phones out there.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: chronovore on October 02, 2013, 08:13:41 PM
Because there is so much hardware variation in the android world, it is difficult to provide any kind of consistency across experience. It is very easy to program for Apple hardware is 100% consistent across them, any given generation. Android, in contrast, has wildly varying hardware specs.

There's also a fairly well-known problem across developers that the android marketplace is basically Mos Eisley. Piracy is rampant, commonly available to even standard, locked android phones, and Google is doing nothing to correct the marketplace of the design flaws which allow this to happen every day. For many developers, developing on android is simply not a priority because they will not see money for it.

Edit: Joe, with the conciseness.
Title: Re: Logitech iPhone Controller
Post by: bork on October 02, 2013, 08:23:17 PM
But does it work with every game and whats the latency?

Can we trust Apple to deliver a Nintendolike seamless experience?

Works with everything AFAIK.  I messed around with it and played some games without any real noticeable lag a while back.  But I'm sure using an HDMI cable directly is much better for this.