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hi I'm Scott Stein and you've ever wanted to play games on your iPad with a controller just like a Nintendo or a Sega or Sony system well at long last there is a controller the SteelSeries Stratus you can play with wirelessly and play Sonic the Hedgehog like I'm playing right now right here on this iPad you can also use an iPhone how is that possible well they may have heard of m-phy compatible game controllers but Android has had the ability to use game controllers with their tablets and phones for a while and Apple has finally allowed this on iPads and iPhones there are a couple of controllers out there the Moga ace power and the Logitech PowerShell or two that plug in your iPhone and act as a battery pack and a controller all in one the SteelSeries Stratos is the first that I've seen that is a standalone Bluetooth controller that works not only with iPhone or iPod Touch but also with an iPad and is particularly great if you stand it up on a table right here and use it like a little game console and this thing is tiny fits in your pocket really small in fact maybe you find a little bit too small it's kind of a micro controller and it's based on the SteelSeries free design that Android users already know about that's out there how many buttons does this have the full package this is everything that you'd expect in a game console controller you've got shoulder buttons you've got trigger buttons you've got dual analog pads right here you have got four buttons here you've got a d-pad and a pause button that's a lot of buttons on one little controller they feel pretty good there's no Rumble or anything like that let's not go crazy but and the trigger buttons here are a little bit cramped but it all feels pretty nice for this size and it gets about ten hours on a charge with a little micro USB attachment on the bottom so how much is this cost $20 $30 no $100 yes $100 that's a lot of money that's a lot of money most people wouldn't expect that this costs $100 and that's the downside to this type of iowa's gaming accessory unfortunately but that's par for the course right now in fact every iOS gaming controller accessory for some reason costs $100 right now the Logitech PowerShell the Moga ace power take your pick the advantage here is that while you don't have the hard lightning connection it does have the universal compatibility with any iOS 7 device you don't have to deal with lightning connections and it has all of the buttons so that's a big plus but if you're hoping to play like a like a Game Boy or a PlayStation Vita on the go this is just not going to be as convenient because you're gonna have to prop up your device somewhere and play like this now the SteelSeries Stratus does support multiplayer games so you could actually have two of these paired at once I haven't seen any games that support that yet in fact finding games to support my game controllers is a pretty big challenge right now there are supposedly hundreds out there already that use it but it's a trial and error process we found some that advertise it pretty prominently like grand theft auto san andreas which does a fantastic job and there are other games that are working it in almost in a stealth fashion like Sonic 2 in its new remastered version which plays great and as for the others you know there are websites we list some of them other places list some there's an app I found on the App Store it's pretty haphazard and that's a bit of the early adopter process here you're gonna have to get on board and explore which of these games will use it there are bound to be a lot more and in the coming year you'll probably see a lot of games start to develop really Virtual Console or retro style appeal by having controller compatibility at the moment if you want the best most universal game controller that we've seen that works on iOS the SteelSeries Stratos is it but you are paying a premium for it it is pretty cute though I'm Scott Stein and that's the SteelSeries Stratos game controller for iOS