It does not have the pivot from factory, becose Nintendo has the copy right for that design. That is also the reason for back in the day, Sega and Playstation controllers also didn't had pivot designs for their d-pads.
I ordered a Razer Raion off ebay 5 days ago, the day you posted this video... it just happened to autoplay after I was watching more reviews on the controller. Thank you! I watched this and immediately ordered that pivot from the Etsy store. I'm glad I did because the controller was an older model and didn't have the pivot! I would have wanted to love this controller so much but know I would have hated it if I didn't see this video. I just put the pivot in and it feels awesome! Thanks again!
H....HOLY SHIT, this guy never misses, i have asked several channels who got the bad raion to try the revised or modded version but none of them have, but ofcourse this guy, this fucking guy, i wish i could subscribe twice
I think with this mod and considering the prices you can get these pads, this is simply he best fightpad that is out there at the moment. You even can use it on a PS5 without adapter. The only thing I would consider a taste thing are the buttons, but the d-pad and shoulder buttons are the best for fighting games I have seen on any pad. (Also the Raion actually had a revision with a pivot, but they do seem to be more scarce then the ones without.) You are right though, how it is mind boggling when you look into the controller and how they could have missed the fact that their controller doesn't have a pivot and that this is a problem. It literally looks like a pivot is supposed to be put in there.
So I bought this exact mod from Etsy, and installed it the way you described in this video and the dpad is better, but you can still engage the switches by holding down in the middle and I still get the no input issue sometimes when doing half circles. Idk what the deal is but this is very frustrating
