There’s Already A Means To Mount Your Smartphone To A Steam Controller

Mechanism, the corporate behind a “gaming pillow” for the Steam Deck and a rising checklist of grips for handheld consoles and PCs, already has its first Steam Controller accent prepared. Valve’s new controller might be available to purchase on May 4, and that very same day Mechanism will begin promoting the Basegrip for Steam Controller, an adjunct that can allow you to connect the controller to a smartphone and loads of different mounts the corporate already sells.

The Basegrip for Steam Controller is contoured to suit snuggly over the again of the controller whereas leaving room for its magnetic charging puck to nonetheless connect. And since most of Mechanism’s equipment are designed to work collectively, with the Basegrip hooked up, you could possibly join the Steam Controller to numerous the corporate’s current mounts, together with a phone mount that permits you to magnetically connect a smartphone to the highest of the controller. With a telephone and controller collectively, you theoretically have a bit of handheld console for taking part in video games.

Or, properly, you could possibly, some day. Valve has been pretty clear that the Steam Controller is just designed to work with Steam and the Steam Hyperlink app, which is why Mechanism notes that “the controller would not work throughout all of iOS or Android but.” You possibly can use your smartphone, Steam Controller and the Steam Hyperlink app to stream your PC video games, however you would possibly wrestle to play greater than that. Future software program updates may enhance help, nevertheless it does make utilizing the Steam Controller with a smartphone proper now a bit much less helpful. That should not detract from the opposite equipment Mechanism provides, although, notably its deliberate Steam Controller Dock, which proudly shows the controller whenever you’re not utilizing it, and incorporates its charging puck to maintain it powered, too.

Mechanism says the Basegrip for Steam Controller might be out there on Might 4 for $9 or at a reduced priced when bundled with different equipment. The Steam Controller Dock would not have a closing worth but, however Mechanism says it can ship in June and you’ll be a part of a waitlist to purchase it now.