This construction makes the Kishi feel more delicate than a premium controller should feel. It’s frustrating to have to stop and ensure your unit is not going to break when you have to stow it quickly. This takes away some of Kishi’s appeal as a grab-and-go controller. If these ears aren’t aligned, the Kishi will not snap together. This makes putting the Kishi together like making a sandwich by sliding the meat between slices of bread. Under these ears are two larger plastic ears that must slide below the opposite grip. These ears are at the center and are about 1/4” in width. This is because folding the Kishi requires the alignment of two plastic “ears” inside the unit. The Lightning port held the phone tight, but that wobble was enough to cause concern.Ĭollapsing the controller also revealed one of its pain points-durability. This wobble occurred when pulling the grip back toward the user. On top of that, the left side of the controller had a distinct wobble. The Kishi’s concave sticks and rubberized coating didn’t seem to help much here. The dual thumbsticks felt tiny even in medium hands, and the sticks didn’t provide much in the way of grip. Especially coming from something like a PS4 controller or a Scuf. While this issue may only affect this specific unit, it is something that took some getting used to. Just attach your phone to the controller, fire up a streaming service app, and play.ĭownload: Steam Link (Free) iOS | Androidĭownload: Google Stadia (Free) iOS | Androidįor starters, the triggers on the unit felt-for lack of a better term-mushy.

This means that if you’ve got a Windows machine as your main gaming rig, Kishi can help you untether. It should be noted that most Windows gamers have had no problem connecting to these online platforms. Though, to be fair, this limitation was more related to the M1 Mac used for testing than to the Kishi.

As a streaming unit for these services, the Kishi seems perfect. In the end, we weren’t able to get the popular gaming service working. Unfortunately, our Mac M1 did not allow the installation of the Kishi software supported by Steam Link. Razer also claims Steam support via the Steam Link app. Unfortunately, with Stadia, we couldn’t load any games despite an active subscription.

We wanted to test these services with the Razer Kishi to see if the hype was true.

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