This new Xbox controller looks like a lawsuit waiting to happen, but it could be one of the best gamepads of 2025 | GamesRadar+
If you're still waiting for the PlayStation Banana gamepad to sweep into our list of the best PC controllers though, I have some bad news for you. Most of the patents the company is awarded never see the light of day as finished products, and it seems more like Sony really just bags ownership of ideas to stop rivals from making them first. It's bizarre then, that at CES this week, the latest Xbox Series X controller has been announced, and it looks like a bona fide rip-off of the official PS5 gamepad. The Hyperkin Competitor has caught a lot of attention for its DualSense-like looks, and for good reason. There are transparent buttons, tiny textures on the controller's grips, and even a similarly placed mute button to Sony's flagship. The D-pad buttons are the exact shape of the ones found on a DualSense, which feels totally out of place for an Xbox controller since they usually feature 8-way directional circles instead of four distinct buttons.
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