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Go ahead Android users, roll your eyes. But this is new territory for iOS gamers. A jailbreak app called Controllers for All makes the PlayStation 3′s Dualshock 3 controller compatible with all games use the controller support introduced in iOS 7. So all those new MFi controllers? You can forget about them now.

Assuming you already have a jailbroken device running iOS 7, all you need to do is download Controllers for All, pair your Dualshock 3 controller with your iOS device by following these simple steps and you’re good to go. Here’s a mouth-watering demo video from the app developer, Ori Kadosh:

All current MFi controllers cost about $100. A Dualshock 3 controller costs $35 (USD). Controllers for All costs $2. Jailbreaking is free. You do the math.

[via ModMyi via Touch Arcade]

SteelSeries opted to make their upcoming wireless iOS controller as small as possible, perhaps to keep it as portable as the devices it will pair with. A new company called Signal is taking a different route. Its RP1 is about the same size and form as gaming console controllers.

As you can see the RP1 looks a lot like an Xbox 360 controller, except its analog sticks and d-pad have a PlayStation-style setup. Aside from that, it has all the buttons and triggers you’d expect from a console controller, down to the triggers under the analog sticks. Like the Stratus, RP1 will connect to iOS 7 devices via Bluetooth, although Signal has not specified which of Apple’s devices it will work with.

With more and more console and desktop games being ported to iOS, I’m sure a decent number of iOS gamers will want to have a full-size controller like the RP1. But at this point I don’t think you should get one of these just yet, because like all announced iOS controllers the RP1 has a retail price of $100. This is Apple tax at its worst. Hopefully that number will descend from la-la land once more controllers are released.

[via Tom’s Guide & Laptop Mag]