That was my thought initially too, but on further reflection, there are plenty of games that have input that's not time sensitive (or not that time sensitive) t

That was my thought initially too, but on further reflection, there are plenty of games that have input that's not time sensitive (or not that time sensitive) that having a built in (mediocre) controller is better than not having one and needing to put finger over the display screen for the same controls. And you can still pair a controller. I think that maybe makes this "better than other phone devices for xcloud" at least, which is something.