SteelSeries has unveiled the latest addition to its peripherals line-up; the Stratus is a Bluetooth wireless gamepad designed specifically for use with iOS 7 devices.
Distributor of SteelSeries products in South Africa, Megarom has no local pricing and availability information at this point.
Internationally, pre-orders have gone live although no shipping date has been announced, and the Stratus gamepad will cost a whopping USD99 (R1,050).
The layout will be pretty familiar to gamers, with 4 face buttons, 4 should buttons, dual analog sticks, and a 4-way D-pad.
The Stratus charges via USB and SteelSeries promises up to 10 hours of life.
The dimensions are as follows:
- – Weight: 75 grams
- – Height: 33 mm
- – Width: 60 mm
- – Length: 110 mm
Compatibility: iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPad Mini, iPad Air, iPad 4th Gen, iPod Touch (5th Generation).
Stratus blueprint
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Erm, it looks a bit cramped IMO, and the lower set of triggers looks a little too much to the centre, being a stretch to get to, copnsidering the more natural/traditional setup we’ve come to like over these last few gens. From what I can see, it doesnt look like theyll have any additional traction/friction on the pad its self, and that super shiny plastic looks like you’ll sweat for days. What would have been nice is cross compatibility, its not like PC has a slew of decent controllers avail other than the odd logitech or MS controller.
Maybe because this is probably aimed at the more “casual” gamer. Still though, with Steam now pushing loads of games onto MacOS/Linux, I cant help but to think that they missed out on a decent opportunity here, considering the API is already used with in the UNIX environment.