Razer Onza Professional Gaming Controller

 (44 customer reviews)

When I first got my Onza I was so happy. It felt great. It wasn't as slippery if you had wet/sweaty hands, the two MFB made playing games like Battlefield Bad company 2 and Gears of War much smoother, the face buttons felt much faster than the normal controller, and the D-pad was much more accurate.
The problem was that the right control stick started dragging down when I'd make slight horizontal movements. So I sent it back.
Got another one, and it developed the same problem 2 weeks in. Asked for another one(3rd times the charm right?) and Amazon wouldn't send it to me, which I don't blame them, because they felt it'd fail again.
I wouldn't buy these products until the find a fix.

After owning the Razer Onza for about three months, it's hard to want to go back to the original controllers. Everything feels a little bit bigger in my hands and it generally feels more ergonomic than Microsoft's. I would agree with other reviewers, however, that the controller feels more cheaply made. It's lighter and everything has a plastic-y clicking noise. It just doesn't feel nearly as sturdy.
This apparently belies a larger problem: The controllers are simply poorly made. It seems that I am not the first to have a razer controller fail. In my case, the left thumbstick was not registering a forward action and the right thumbstick would randomly move down. I tested this on multiple games on my PC and Xbox, only to find that the problem is with the controller alone.

The worst part of this is that it doesn't seem to come from wear. I just picked up my controller this evening, after setting it aside for over a week (working perfectly at the time) to find that both...Read more

I've been looking forward to the Onza for a while, and after getting one and playing with it, I can say that it almost lives up to the hype. It's not quite perfect, but it's still the best controller you can buy for the Xbox.

Compared to the standard 360 controller, the joysticks are slightly taller, which gives you a fair amount more precision with your movements. The standard edition of this controller doesn't have the adjustable tension that the pro edition does, but honestly, I think the tension is perfect as it is. It's a bit less tight than the standard 360 controller, and there's also much less wobble around the center.

The face buttons are great, also, and click with very little effort or travel distance. There's a pretty noticeable difference in how quickly I can press buttons due to the decreased tension and distance.

The d-pad is great also, but it's also the one area where the Onza really falls short. The original 360 controller uses a...Read more