With hefty price tag and a long list of unique features, are Sony's new controllers really worth buying? And more importantly, will they raise your game? Maybe these reviews will help. There's also the £149.99 Razer Raiju, which available in GAME stores now, but is sold out online.
With a December 23 release date, the Nacon Revolution pro controller can be pre-ordered from ShopTo for £89.86. Sony teamed up with Razer and Nacon to release pro PS4 controllers that have been designed with eSports players in mind. Sony has launched new PS4 controllers that might just make you better at games. You’ve got to take the time to set them up, and how useful they are will vary from game to game, but they definitely help lift the Revolution Pro above your typical DualShock 4.Sony launches the Nacon Revolution Pro controller and the Razer Raiju (Image: SONY) They’re a little too shallow for your ring fingers, but if you use your middle fingers then you’ve got to juggle the L1/R1 and L2/R2 buttons with your index fingers. The triggers aren’t in the best location, either. At least you can toggle between four distinct profiles on the fly, using buttons on the back of the controller.
Unfortunately, the software isn’t all that intuitive, and it takes times to plug it in, make your changes, and swap back to your console to test them. It’ll definitely give you an edge, if you take the time to set it up. That could mean having one button to pull of a Street Fighter special move, or to switch weapons instantly in Call of Duty. The PC software lets you set any button, combination, or macro to the four buttons. They let you keep both thumbs on the sticks, but use D-Pad or face buttons at the same time. You can’t swap out the physical hardware like you can on an Xbox One Elite controller, and PC software isn’t as convenient as being able to program on the fly, but there’s no doubt this is as fine-grain flexible as PS4 controllers get.Īnd that’s before you see the four extra buttons on the back – it’s these that are supposed to make all the difference to FPS fans. It can make all the difference in racing games – it’s like taking an entire turn of steering wheel lock away with a few button presses.
You could slow down responsiveness for small nudges, then boost it to the max at full tilt, or have a smooth response across the whole range of movement. Plug it into a PC and you’ll be able to tweak it using software – changing all kinds of things like trigger actuation points and stick sensitivity. This is where the Nacon stands apart from Razer’s Raiju. The right stick has a lot more travel than a DualShock 4, so you can pull off more precise movements, but, again, you’ve got to retrain your thumbs before it’ll click and your online scores will start seeing an improvement. It’s supposed to help with precision when you’re aiming in an FPS, but it took me a while to get used to it. The left stick has a convex shape, but the right one offers a bulging, concave one. That’s not the only sticking point, either. I didn’t find it too hard to make the switch, but anyone that’s dead set on Sony’s preferred layout will either have to stick with their DualShock, or make the jump to Razer’s Raiju. That is definitely going to divide opinions. Rather than stick with Sony’s standard setup, the Revolution sides with Microsoft’s layout instead. In case you hadn’t noticed already, Nacon has swapped around the joysticks and D-pad.