Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great purchase, must have for travels, easy to charge while playing, convenient to hold for hours.

Huge gamer and provably one of the most convenient pieces i have. I can literally game any where and the quality is really good!

Works Great! Fits and holds the phone amazingly. Doesn't slip and has awesome control.

I wanted the PS Portal , but instead about this and I have to say I’m happy with it , easy to use , comfortable! And I bought cheaper on Black Friday !

This was a gift for my husband. He usually spoils me so it was his turn. He reverted back to a child on Christmas morning opening up a new toy.

Super cool for people who want to play a game but only have access to their phone!

The console is nice. Didn’t know what to expect. Bought the wrong type for an older model iPhone will be exchanged but is nice. You do need a membership to play it

bought this as a gift for my man, he’s always playing games on his phone and i’ve heard him talk about this item before. long story short, it’s awesome and he loves it. i even use it sometimes. only thing id say is the bumper buttons are a bit sensitive!

Bought for my son, seemed easy to set up but he doesn’t really use it.

The best product I've ever bought for remote play with my PS5, highly recommended

This thing is pretty awesome. I had to knock off one star because it didn't work with the case that I had on my phone when I bought the Backbone. My clear Otterrbox Symmetry case was too thick where the USB-C plug of the Backbone plugs into the phone (iPhone 15 Pro), so it would not connect to the phone at all. It seemed like it was just shy of making the connection. I ended up having to buy another case for my phone (3 in less than a month) to be able to make it work. Thankfully, I had just bought a lightning version of the Backbone for my son's iPhone 12 mini one day before buying mine, and it worked great with the case he had on his (JETech Magnetic Case bought on Amazon), so I just bought one of those cases and now the backbone works as advertised. If I had one suggestion for Backbone, it's to make the USB-C plug protrude a sixteenth of an inch or so farther so than it can work with thicker cases. That being said, the improvement they made from Gen 1 to Gen 2 of adding the included swappable magnetic adapters to allow for phone with cases on in the first place was my deciding factor in buying this controller. The Gen 1 Backbone not supporting a phone with its case on was a deal breaker for me. Seriously, who wants to take their case off every time they want to play some games more conveniently? It kind of defeats the purpose. So, I'm glad they addressed it, but they do need to address the small flaw I mentioned above for Gen 3. Overall, it is a very good product, and I would recommend it.

It’s dope. I only play Call of Duty with it but I need glasses on my Pro Max because screen is still too small for my once prefer vision set of eyes. Just wished it came with usbc extension cord

The product was great worked flawlessly but I did have one issue with the manufacturer of the product itself. It didn’t have anything to do Nothing with Best Buy themselves but this is my 3rd backbone I’ve had too buy. Around 6 months eventually one of the buttons will stop working and I have not dropped it or had any type of accidents with the backbone(I’ve tried recalibrating it etc multiple times) then eventually within that same day multiple buttons stop working. WHATEVER YOU DO BUY THE WARRANTY FOR THIS PRODUCT

Great product. Does everything the base model does plus adds Playstation Remote Play support which is amazing.

Love the backbone, was skeptical at first because ive tried other similar items, but thlhe backbone feels like an actual console controller. Definitely recommend.

Awesome away from home gaming system to have handheld for anywhere I am easy to use feels like I'm home gaming

The Backbone is an awesome mobile gaming controller. Pair it with an AAA game streaming service like XBox's Clouding Gaming or NVidia's service and you're all set. One major negative is the need to subscribe to their service to use features other gaming controllers (Razer Kishi v2 anyone) offer for free. That's half of a star deducted. The Backbone feels good in the hand even though textured grips would have been perfect. While the face buttons have a nice concave shape and are comfortable under the thumb, the travel is long but functional. Then bumpers are good if not anything special and the triggers could have a more pronounced curve to nestle your fingers in. Let's take half a star for that. Overall, this is a great controller and one I still enjoy.

Great device, as long as your phone can hang. Very sturdy. You don’t necessarily need a subscription but to unlock the full potential you do.

its compact and travels well and easily...i can play anywhere i go and there is zero delay with gaming input....

Great controller option for remote play and android gaming. Half the price of PS Portal. $70 price point would be ideal