Razer's first officially licensed pro controller for PS5 held a lot of promise. The Wolverine V2 Pro never became my favorite gamepad though, because its back buttons were all over the place, its build quality felt like a Hasbro toy, and its price was through the roof. When it launched, its suite of features was hard to ignore, but compared to a burgeoning market of PS5 controllers that swiftly followed its arrival, it fell by the wayside, and Razer went back to the drawing board.
The original Razer Raiju was one of the very first officially licensed PlayStation 4 controllers, and it helped to bring a new wave of pro controllers to Sony's platform as well as the mainstream market. We haven't seen a Raiju launch this generation, and I'm so glad Razer kept it in its back pocket until now. You see, Razer really did go back to the drawing board after the Wolverine V2 Pro. The Razer Wolverine V3 Pro launched on Xbox back in August of 2024, and since then, the brand's gamepad division has been on a tear.
