Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Nyko Raven Controller Unboxing & Overview”.
Yo, what’s up folks, we got another product for you and before you go all crazy and say holy, your hands have completely morphed. This is not me. These are the hands of a guest, dumb boxer, a mystery man. Who’S gon na remain nameless for the time being, but that’s not what you came here to hear about.
No, you came here to hear about the raven from niko, which is a third-party controller for your playstation 3. and at first glance, it’s obvious that this controller has taken some of its design cues from the xbox 360 controller. So i’d imagine it’s going to appeal to gamers who have migrated from the xbox 360 over to the playstation 3 or on both consoles or just prefer the profile of the xbox 360 controller. Here’S our gigantic user manual, slash single sheet folded, a million ways, and it’s going to tell you how you can configure this controller, etc, etc. Next, we have a little mirrored box, which i’d assume holds the accessories. Yes, it does and it says, do not discard on it. So i’m assuming that at some point somebody chucked this out and complained, but that seems hard to believe whenever you buy something you think you’d check inside before you start throwing things out. Who knows just crazy people out there, i’m telling you anyway, here’s a usb cable so that you can do everything you normally do with a usb cable. Most importantly charge this controller, but i’m not gon na.
Stop you from doing anything else with it. You could charge anything that uses mini usb to usb. That’S the beauty of uh that platform there it’s ubiquitous as hell. Next we’ve got the usb dongle and you’re, probably saying why the hell do i need that.
Well, you need that, because this controller is not bluetooth, meaning it’s rf and rf controllers or remotes, or anything like that, require their own dongle, their own interface and that’s what this is for. So, if that’s a big issue for you, this might not be the controller for you. It’S going to be hanging off the front of your playstation for as long as you want to use it next, we’ve got the controller itself and see if i can shake it out of here. The first thing, that’s noticed is the weight of it.
It’S not super heavy, in fact, i think it’s lighter than the regular sony controller. The right thumbstick does stick a little bit. It’S not 100 smooth, and i guess it’s obvious that the fit and finish here is not you know top notch. Then again it’s a 30 controller, but from a comfort standpoint it is totally comfortable in the hands. You’Ve got your triggers that are similar to the xbox 360 triggers as well, and you got an a b switch on the back so that you can swap those buttons in the event that that’s more comfortable for you. It’S always nice to have options.
The material is a smooth rubbery finish and, like i said, the feel, in the hand, is almost identical to that of the xbox 360 controller. Anyway, here’s a closer look: you can get an idea for the finish. You’Ve got some different icons on the buttons and, as you can see, the triggers are made out of a slightly different material than the rest of the controller. Here’S a close-up on that a b switch and the only other thing left to do is compare it to the original, so size wise.
It’S a little bit bigger as you’d expect anyway check out our channel .