Asus heard you want OLED so it slapped one on an Xbox controller

On Jan 6, 2023

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Asus simply hit us with an formally licensed Xbox gaming controller for CES 2023, the ROG Raikiri Professional. Not solely does it maintain a bunch of neat configuration options, it goes all out with an OLED panel slapped on the highest.

That is not an OLED for gaming on, nonetheless. It is a 1.3-inch OLED show that may play customized animations, present mic standing, or point out battery life—the latter being our principal concern in including an OLED panel to something wi-fi.

The little show is tucked neatly on the prime of the controller, and comes as a part of a just a few design options for personalising your gameplay. The ROG Raikiri Professional additionally includes a bodily swap to vary the set off actuation, in case you like a shorter journey to your pew-pews. It even comes with a mute button, in-built ESS DAC and three.5 mm headphone jack.

By way of the Armoury Crate app you may remap the Raikiri Professional’s buttons, alter joystick sensitivity and useless zones, and naturally add some cute animations to its titchy OLED show.

Each gamer wants a controller. It is a truth of life. Finally you are going to want to change over out of your trusty mouse and keyboard if you really feel like a fast lap in F1 22 (opens in new tab), or get fed up with the keyboard controls in The Witcher (opens in new tab). Whether or not we want an OLED panel on it one other matter, however I’m very excited in regards to the different options.

We’ll have to attend and see about battery life, and if the worth is correct you might effectively discover it sneaking its manner onto our greatest gaming controller (opens in new tab) roundup. For now we are able to safely say it is probably the most additional controller we have seen at CES 2023.

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