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During its WWDC keynote yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple\u2018s tvOS would now support<\/a> third-party controllers such as the PS4\u2018s Dualshock and the Xbox One S gamepad. Later, game companies confirmed iOS 13 would also support said controllers \u2014 meaning Apple\u2018s upcoming game service, Arcade, just got a whole lot easier to play.<\/p>\n Sony confirmed via the PlayStation Twitter<\/a> that the Dualshock 4 would be supported by iOS and iPadOS (also announced yesterday<\/a> during WWDC). The primary emotion accompanying the reveal is mostly relief.\u00a0Finally<\/em> you don\u2019t have to pay for yet another controller just for the sake of not having to struggle with touch controls. Given the number (and complexity) of games now available on the App Store, the ability to use a familiar controller will no doubt be a boon to the players. I can imagine there are several thousand\u00a0mobile\u00a0Fortnite\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0PUBG<\/em>\u00a0players who\u2019ll be cheering after iOS 13 rolls out.<\/p>\n But the real winner here is Apple Arcade. When Apple revealed the service<\/a> earlier this year, it also revealed that it would have over 100 games, some of which would likely require careful control. I shudder at the thought of playing the planned\u00a0Sonic Racing\u00a0<\/em>game with touchscreen controls. So the idea that you can pick up a controller \u2014 and not a proprietary one, but one you likely already own \u2014 and start playing an Arcade game is infinitely more appealing than the alternative. Considering Apple had, up to now, not supported any popular game controllers, it would have been a huge dent in Arcade\u2019s appeal.<\/p>\n iOS has supported some gamepads in the past, but mostly those licensed by Apple themselves (unless your device was jailbroken, of course) \u2014 and speaking as someone who currently has five different gaming controllers littered around them right this moment, it seems like a waste to have to buy\u00a0yet another<\/em> device just for one service. For comparison, that was one of the \u201cmeh\u201d moments in Google\u2019s Stadia presentation<\/a> \u2014 as much as I liked the Google Assistant integration<\/a> in the optional Stadia controller, I didn\u2019t like the idea of buying it. I thought the appeal of Stadia was supposed to be that you\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0<\/em>have to get space-taking hardware in order to play.<\/p>\n I\u2019m curious to know if it\u2019s just going to be PS4 Dualshocks and Xbox One controllers supported. If both are available via Bluetooth, other similar controllers should in theory be supported as well. We\u2019ve contacted Apple for more information.<\/p>\n \n Read next:<\/b>
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