The Nacon Revolution X Unlimited was one of the controllers I was most excited to get my hands on this year. It’s not often that when a controller bridges the gap between Xbox and PlayStation, things are improved while on the journey. If a popular controller does make the leap, it’s likely that it’ll see some subtle redesigns to fit it into the mould of whatever platform it’s immigrating to, but it’ll essentially be the exact same gamepad when it arrives.
That isn’t the case with the Revolution X Unlimited, following on from Nacon’s impressive PS5 controller, the Revolution 5 Pro. This new iteration for Xbox and PC players would use the same mould as the PS5 version, but it was going to harness an interactive screen, two extra bumper buttons, and a few more refinements, all the while. It also didn’t make the jump from PlayStation to Xbox overnight. Nacon let this sit in the oven for longer than I expected, and I think that’s because its engineers knew they’d have a serious battle on their hands when trying to make one of the very best Xbox Series X controllers.
