PDP Riffmaster Wireless Guitar Controller Now Available in Switch and Switch 2 Versions
Blog Andrew Joseph 18 Oct , 2025 0
Turtle Beach has been released updated version of PDP Riffmaster Wireless Guitar Controller and nintendo switch and switch 2. For those unfamiliar, PDP previously released the same guitar for Xbox and PlayStation consoles – IGN gave it a good review In fact, to the PlayStation version. Like those controllers, this one will cost $149.99.
The new controller can maintain a 30-foot connection to the Switch or Switch 2, providing up to 36 hours of gaming time on a single charge. (It charges via USB-C.) Like other versions of this controller, it's foldable and comes with a shoulder strap. The Riffmaster has an analog stick, strum bar, strike bar, and 10 fretboard buttons – five at the top of the neck and five closer to the body for all those sick playing sessions. On the pickguard (the part that holds the strum bar and percussion bar), there's also a home button, plus and minus buttons, a shoot button, and a D-pad. Alas, there's no GameChat button.
But wait, where are you going to do all this smashing? Yeah, so if you don't know fortnite festivalwhich is essentially a rock band internal mode fortnitecreated by the folks at Epic-owned Harmonix, the folks behind these classic rhythm games. as IGN's comments But what we found was that the game didn't quite reach the heights of those hallowed games at launch.
Turtle Beach isn't the only company to release a guitar-shaped controller recently. CRKD also released a pair of officially licensed Gibson Les Paul controllers, Discovered by IGN's Jacqueline Thomas It's great, in part because they've made some improvements to the formula, including features like tactile and mechanical buttons in the pick, at least in the pro version. Plus, it's a cheaper controller, Starting at $114.99 Suitable for multi-platform (ie: compatible with Switch) Encore version.
The PDP Riffmaster Wireless Guitar Controller for Switch and Switch 2 is now available on the Turtle Beach website or Amazon $149.99.
Wes is a freelance writer (they call him Freelance Wes) who has been steadily covering technology, gaming, and entertainment content since 2020 for Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, Hardcore Gamer, and most recently, The Verge. There were two wolves inside him: one thought it would be nice to start collecting consoles again, and the other thought the same thing, but more strongly.