It’s no taller or wider than an iPhone, so it ought to slide right into a pocket. It’s bought a MagSafe sample of magnets to connect it to your magnetic ring gadget. You don’t must take away it to make use of your telephone like a telephone, as a result of the entire gamepad retracts beneath, a little bit just like the slide-out keyboard telephones (or PlayStation Phones) of previous — and now, it’s mounted on a spring-loaded arm that pops out on the push of a button and likewise barely angles your gadget in the direction of your face.
OhSnap even discovered room for a pair of Nintendo Switch-esque analog sticks, with drift-resistant Hall impact sensors, and pair of fold-out grips so you may (theoretically) maintain it extra like a full-size gamepad. The sticks are clickable buttons, and it’s bought a full set of shoulder buttons and triggers as nicely.
Two months in the past, Retro Game Corps got here away impressed with a prototype, and it appears King has been very busy since then. As he explains on YouTube, he initially tried to start out his personal firm across the gamepad, even attracted just a few buyers, manufactured some boards and was working towards injection molding, earlier than he began operating out of cash and reached out to OhSnap a few partnership.
Speaking of cash, we don’t have any concept how a lot it’ll price, significantly at retail — OhSnap is planning to launch a Kickstarter on January 2nd to lift funds. It’s taking signups right here for now.
I ought to be getting my very own palms on a prototype subsequent month at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, and I’ll let you know the way it feels.
