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so a couple months back Playstations European blog revealed two Pro controllers that are officially licensed for the PlayStation 4 this being one of them then a con revolution so we're going to open this up and check it out now live here really fancy box and that's pretty cool so this is you can tell right away looking at this that it's more based on an Xbox one design rather than ps4 right down to the grip button layout sticks where you know normal appears for you them down here Xbox one moves up here and different d-pad design as well but you can definitely tell it's for ps4 because it has this giant touchpad at the top that most games have stop using so this is a wired controller design which is better for a pro controller because it gives you the least latency possible so we'll set this up and hook it up in a bit got something else in here which are adjustable weights this is something you'll see in a lot of different procon trailers and like gaming mice meets mice and mouse mouse is whatever is adjustable weights you can have it have the right amount of heft that feels comfortable to you so track of these out and see which one feels right yeah let's go ahead and hook this up and try it out looking at it in comparison to the stock Dual Shock 4 aside from the clearly obvious difference in grips and stick layout you'll also notice the buttons on the revolution are larger and much more pronounced like the DualShock 4 you have a 3.5 millimeter jack to plug in your favorite headset and the revolutions light bar has moved to the bottom of the controller rather than the top one of the biggest things missing compared to the DualShock 4 though is using a micro USB cable for plugging into charge and thank the controller instead the revolution has its own power cable that screws on to make the connection secure and requires a constant plugin to be used with your system no wireless mode whatsoever now of course as for actual hands-on with the controller I got to say it is really really comfortable now if you are a longtime Sony fan you've only ever played on Playstation systems it's going to take a little getting used to because it does not match the form factor of ps4 controllers at all but honestly the grip design which is closer to an xbox one is a lot better for you there are a few little things about it that feel a little up to me I wish the triggers were a little lower though they do have just the amount of resistance and pretty much everything else all those controller feels grace buttons feel really good the six have a really great smoothness of motion I really like the idea they went with a concave control stick for the left because you're going to secure some on that at all times whereas the right stick uses a convex design which is a little better when you have to do sharps quick movements I also really really love this d-pad it's a great balance between a circular d-pad design where you can do quick rolls but at the same time there's a very clear definition of up-down left-right one thing that is a little weird about this controller though for me is the macro buttons that you have on the backside here these ones on the outside it feels perfect you can hold the controller and just flick them whenever you need to these ones though you can hit them but they feel like the kind of thing that it's awkward enough we're in the heat of the moment when you have to hit it right at the right time you might end up screwing up another thing that's cool too is that it does have adjustable weights in it so if you want to have it be just the right heft for you I like having a really heavy controller personally you can open up these handles right here to pop the weights out put in what you want and put it back away now since this controller is officially licensed but not made by Sony in hell all of the customizing is done through a PC app rather than using your ps4 directly with this you can adjust for different profile settings which are really easy to switch between on the controller just flip a switch on the back change from stock settings to custom and another button allows you to switch between four different profiles on the fly in each profile you can customize the right joystick deadzone and acceleration you can remap the buttons adjust the sensitivity of your triggers and even customize your own macros which is mostly handy for MMOs like FF 14 but can be used for other games as well for instance let's say you're playing a fighting game and you don't care to actually input commands yourself well you can set up a macro to do this so the nikon revolution is an interesting and definitely more powerful alternative to the traditional ps4 DualShock controller it's more comfortable the overall build quality is definitely higher and for those you who are deeply engulfed in competitive gaming the customization options can have a massive impact on your performance now right now this is exclusive to Europe but hopefully it'll make its way over here to the US if you do want to grab one though right away there are a few ways to import one for instance you could grab it on eBay then again maybe wait a bit