CES 2025: Hyperkin Unveils DualSense-Style Xbox Controller Called The Competitor | Gaming

As part of CES 2025, peripheral manufacturer Hyperkin revealed a new version of The Competitor, which is its wired pro-style gamepad for Xbox consoles and PC. It’s geared towards competitive-minded players (hence, the name) and it shares similarities to the PlayStation 5’s DualSense, which we consider one of the best controllers for PC as well.

Like the previous model of The Competitor, a major design shift from traditional Xbox controllers is the stick placement – the symmetrical positioning of the analog sticks mimics what you find on PlayStation controllers. Whether or not that’s a good thing will boil down to preference, but a notable improvement over the stock Xbox gamepad is that the sticks are Hall Effect as opposed to regular analog.

Hall Effect parts are magnetic and…more

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