Razer Raion: The arcade stick experience in the palm of your hand

Robert Sole October 10, 2019

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Razer Raion, an arcade fightpad for PS4 and PC, with premium features for high-competition tournaments

Razer, the world's leading lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the Razer Raion, an arcade fightpad for PS4 and PC, with premium features for high-competition tournaments, and giving gamers the control and precision of a game. Full fightstick, but in the palm of your hands.

Designed from the ground up for the fighting gaming community, the Razer Raion comes with 6 front buttons, along with an 8-way D-Pad, as well as traditional shoulder and trigger buttons. This design offers a greater variety of options for players with a standard grip or “claw” mode style. A competition like disables the extra buttons to ensure uninterrupted gameplay, as well as the tacti front panel for PS4 ™ with all the console functions that gamers expect in a controller.

Fighting game fans are among the most passionate and dedicated gamers in gaming today, and they demand and demand the best in equipment. With games that are often decided by split-second moves, having the best command can be the difference between winning or losing. With this in mind, the Razer Raion has been designed with the help and feedback of members of the fighting game community, resulting in a fully dedicated controller for these games that combines the best aspects of arcade play with the fighting game. traditional controls.

"The Razer Raion gives me the kind of control and consistency that I need when I enjoy fighting games., ”Stated Mark“ MarkMan ”Julio, fighting game specialist and member of Team Razer. "The great comfort and responsiveness of the D-Pad and the front buttons allow me to concentrate on the game and enjoy how my combos hit the opponent. "

A FRONT WITH BUTTONS INSPIRED BY ARCADE STICKS

Inspired by the design commonly found on arcade sticks, the 6 front buttons on the Razer Raion are slightly larger than the buttons on industry standard controllers, and have an optimized clearance distance between them, allowing for pressed so those combos can be executed easily during the heat of battle.

To ensure that each press of these front buttons runs smoothly, the Razer Raion uses Razer Yellow mechanical switches for ultra-fast and accurate performance, and with an 80 million keystroke lifecycle, with the same industry-leading quality and features found in Razer keyboards. These Razer Yellow switches will provide an instant and positive response in the most demanding competitive games.

8-WAY MECATACTILE D-PAD FOR TOTAL PRECISION

The Razer Raion features an 8-way mechatactile D-Pad that provides gamers with the ability to perform fast and precise diagonal movements, essential in fighting games, where the perfect execution of quarter and half circle movements is vital to win those big games.

The hyper-responsive 8-way D-Pad also provides a satisfying cushioning feel, with tactile feedback allowing players to better feel the keystrokes needed when executing combos. Louder, more defined feedback provides a better sense of control, reducing the amount of lost movement when it matters most.