STN Writes:
There is no doubt that the Razer Onza Tournament Edition controller is a high quality addition to the hardware line-up of the Xbox 360. Not everyone gets on with the official controller, and if you are one of those people then there is no doubt about it, this is the controller for you.
Rating: Excellent
Bit-Tech: Perhaps the biggest surprise was that the tide of console gamers is a cultural phenomenon which does not appear to cross every border. According to NPD's research, while the UK has the highest incidence of console usage out of all the markets analysed Germany boasts the biggest number of PC gamers.
France, meanwhile, is clinging on to dedicated hand-held consoles like the Nintendo 3DS and Sony PlayStation Portable at a time when NPD's analysis shows that gamers in most other nations have ditched theirs in favour of getting their portable gaming fixes on smartphones and tablets.
"when NPD's analysis shows that gamers in most other nations have ditched theirs in favour of getting their portable gaming fixes on smartphones and tablets."
you mean like japan, europe or the US where the 3ds is breaking records?
People are ditching the 3DS so fast in the US, 3ds sales have doubled over ds first year sales and the year isnt even over.
No source, no truth
who approved this garbage?
but 250 million global online PC Gamers say other wise.
Everyone with a Gaming PC can play Wii Games so does that mean the world is a Wii Nation?
I think people just enjoy Games and it really doesn't matter the platform.
Console Nation, PC Universe, iPhone Realm, doesn't matter just enjoy your Games.
Considering most PC Gamers will own 1 or more consoles , declaring the UK as a "console nation" is complete and utter bollox.
owning a console and playing the occasional game once in a blue moon doesnt make you a console gamer. Just like owning a pc and maybe playing some random flash game doesnt make you a pc gamer. Alot of pc gamers bought ps3s, its a blu-ray player and media hub that plays games.
I'm from the UK and game on nearly every platform I can think of.
But yes in general I'm more thumbs than fingers when It comes to my games.
Remember in December of last year when Paul Christoforo became the pariah of the internet? Ocean Marketing was at the center of a scandal that took the internet by storm after Christoforo exchanged rude, angry emails with a customer of Avenge Controllers, for whom Christoforo was providing customer service. I recently had the chance to speak with Paul about the whole ordeal and what his life has been like since.
With the upcoming release of the Star Wars Themed Console, GameExchangeShop.com takes a look at reasons to get excited for the game and looks of the console.
That does look sick and the sound is even more awesome. Too bad the darn Xbox 360 is so expensive still.
When the Wii U drops the xbox prices will take a serious nose dive. Hopefully they still have that particular one floating around retail.
Nice review!
Nice controller.
I just got to get this one!
Adjustable sticks. top notch buttons, good comfort, responsive high res/sensitivty on the sticks. yes Its a buy.
Its not like the original. the stick on that got a pretty bad dead zone compared to this and the dualshock 3.
Every controller got its con though.
I would say the thing with Onza TE is its not wireless.
Would be awesome to just unplug the cord and chill out.
And I would a love a ps3 version with full sixaxis support.
This is a must buy for me. sleek, sexy and hardcore.
Ive been wanting to buy the Onza BUT so far only amazon has the controller in stock. The downside is that it ships in two weeks...............i might as well wait till they have one day shipping.
I got this controller last week and I do love it, I much prefer it over the default 360 controller but I do have some niggles.
I think the d-pad is raised up a bit too much and it takes a bit longer to push down which is okay for menus or weapon select but it's a bit dodgy for fighters.
The guide button looks tacky, it's just got a sticker on there and mine isn't even central, it's off by some degree which lowers the overall build quality of it.
The shoulder buttons don't instantly click in, they've got some way to go before they do and it's almost as if it "clicks" twice before the actual button press, I hope you understand what I mean by this.
Also, the triggers are a bit too long and can be quite hard to grasp as times, and it feels as if my fingers gravitate towards the end of the triggers which doesn't feel as great, I'm making this controller sound awful but honestly, even with these niggles it's one of my favourites, if not my favourite controller that I've used.
Here are the good points rounded up, the hyper response face buttons are amazing, they make a huge difference during gameplay, the analog sticks are raised up and I feel like this makes it much much easier to aim, specially on fast paced FPS games like Call of Duty and they're smooth as Hell, the extra shoulder mapped buttons are a huge help but take some getting used to, and I still sometimes get confused on which shoulder button to press to reload but that's just down to my incompetency ;) The texture of the controller feels really smooth which makes it nice to grip and hold.
If Razer can get rid of these niggles with a second iteration, I will be over the moon, at the moment it's an 8/10 controller from me, I hope you liked my mini review :P