The Xbox One already has an expensive controller tailor-made for competitive gamers,
but Razer believes there's room for another one. Today at PAX, the
company announced its new $150 Wildcat controller for Microsoft's latest
console. Razer says that it built the controller under the direction of
competitive gamers, something that led to a 25 percent weight reduction
over the standard Xbox One controller. The controller also has four
additional buttons that can be remapped in any way you see fit and a
"quick control" panel along the bottom of the controller to let you
quickly switch profiles, adjust chat volume or muting audio.
It also includes the expected step-tracking and sleep tracking features
as well as some notifications, but Razer's also releasing a new
companion app for iOS and Android, and Razer says that the band will
work with "connected apps" like Google Fit, Facebook, Instagram, and a
few others. How exactly those apps will interface with the Nabu remains
to be seen, but we should find out more when it finally launches in
October. It'll cost $99.99 and pre-orders start on September 15th.
