How Backbone turned controller comfort into a science for the new BackBone Pro
Backbone created over 9,000 iterations of BackBone parts, designing its new BackBone Pro controller over three years. I spoke with Backbone CEO Maneet Khaira about how it made the controller happen.
Backbone was a company built around a confluence of two separate ideas. On the one hand, there was the incredible rise of high-performance mobile gaming, and the need for better controls than just a touchscreen.
On the other hand, there was the rise of cloud gaming services, offering access to vast libraries of games powered by remote servers, yet displayed on any number of local devices, from your TV to your smartphone.
While there are plenty of mobile gaming controllers on the market that offer a comfortable control system for mobile gaming, there aren’t really any devices that manage to act as both a robust mobile gaming controller and a partner for cloud streaming.
For Backbone CEO Maneet Khaira, the Backbone Pro is the device for both. Designed from the ground up, the Pro is not only designed to feel like an exceptional games controller, it has a range of features designed to make it the only controller you require.
