There are gadgets you buy because you need them, and then there are gadgets you buy because the idea of them sounds so absurdly convenient that your brain immediately starts justifying the purchase before your wallet has even caught up. The Abxylute M4 was firmly in the second category for me. Tiny controller, MagSafe support, easy portability, proper controls for mobile gaming, it sounded like someone had finally looked at the miserable state of mobile controllers and thought, “what if we stopped making these things feel like carrying an Xbox duct taped to a brick?”