Although it does not impede on your controls, in fact not in the slightest, it does feel a little awkward as your fingers round the back of the controller fight for a little bit more room for optimum comfort. The fan sits at the back of the controller. The problem with having this fan unit in the controller results in the requirement of extra space. It is really nice to see a feature so well executed and not a feature just to look good on advertising but one that actually works and very well indeed. As soon as you feel a little sweaty and the fidgeting begins, you just hit the fan button and away you go with a crisp breath of air filtering to the palm of your hands. If you ever have long gaming bouts either on your own or on Xbox Live, this controller will certainly make your control more comfortable. Sucking air through to the sides of the rubber grips which themselves have vents to release the air actually performs incredibly well. So is this feature of cooling a gimmick, well I am pleased to say most certainly not. Below this sits the all important button that toggles between fan off, fan normal and fan fast. The buttons are all controller ‘S’ positioned except for the start and back buttons which are located in the center of the unit between the right analogue and the D-pad. The pad itself borders in size between the official Controller ‘S’ pad and the original much larger official controller which was first offered with the Xbox before the change was made to the smaller controller. After contacting NYKO I was promised that this was not the usual gimmick just to sell the product, but an actual feature that would make my gaming experience more enjoyable and more importantly ‘cooler’. This NYKO controller first had me baffled with the idea of a fan being situated within to cool your sweaty hands. I have reviewed quite a few controllers on the site varying greatly in quality and design.

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