Hyperkin DuchesS Wired Controller with Hall Effect Joysticks - Officially licensed S Controller replica for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10|11, PC , with Audio Jack, Impulse Triggers, Gaming Gamepad Plug and Play Black

(Skip to the end for TL;DR paragraph)Review from an Xbox user since 2004:I bought mine February 2025, and I said I would write a review after 90 days if I was still using it, and the best news, is yes, it's still working exceptionally well. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this, especially since Microsoft's officially licensed controllers are so cheaply made. This Duchess controller has been one of the best decisions I've made for controllers, and eventually I will buy another one for backup, and because I like what Hyperkin has done.Now the controller will take you some getting used to, as you gotta just let your muscle memory return to you gradually; I remember when I first started using it, I thought this wasn't the bright idea, because things feel off and weird, and the sticks feel way too sensitive, but that went away after 2 or 3 days later. Speaking of comfort also, the buttons are a nice layout, you're not gonna accidentally click anything, and every button has a distinct sound so you know when its pressed. The other compliment I have for the buttons is the triggers and bumpers themselves, as they're so comfortable pressing, that even after 8 or more hours of me using them for gaming sessions, my fingers don't feel tired or puffy, in fact they be feeling quite relaxed, thought that was kinda neat. I will say though, you might not use the black and white buttons too much this time around, as the bumpers act also in place of those buttons, but you can remap them for other buttons if you want, I went ahead and just made them extra Back and Start buttons instead of LB and RB.I'm trying to think of a negative, and the only major negative WOULD HAVE BEEN STICK DRIFT, but not with Hall Effect sticks man, these sticks stay on point, and you can just completely zero out your Deadzone, and theres no movement until you make things move yourself, and that's been the best feeling in a long time. Take it from me, an intermediate gamer who works just as much as I game in my free time, it's a solid buy for anyone wanting to reconnect with the OG controller, but using it for modern games instead, and Hyperkin I'd say, did just that. So yes, 10/10, and I'm really trying to be brutally honest and think off some negatives, but there's nothing at all, which is a great thing, so I'm going to close this out.TL;DR: 100% BUY THE CONTROLLER, GO GET IT. If you worried about money, then get it on sale, and make sure it's not defective, because they will help get you another one if thats the case. This controller fits for any gamer, from Casual, Intermediate (which is me), to the real Hardcore competitive players. Let your muscle memory return to you, because it will take some adjusting too, but it will feel natural in due time. Enjoy gaming with this, and make sure to leave a review so that Hyperkin knows how much people like it.Side note: Thanks for reading this, know I wasn't asked to write this at all by anyone, I wanted to write this after I had alot of time with the product, and I'm not disappointed at all with it, and will be buying more in the future. I also played Marvel Rivals alot with it, and this helped me get to Celestial 3, so real happy I did that with my Duchess. Microsoft seriously needs to stop being so cheap with their officially licensed stuff, because I'd say this is a way better buy than any of their Elite controllers. Like seriously, get this to negate Stick drift if that's the main thing you worried about. Anyway, have a nice day, and thanks for reading all of this.

If you used the S-types on the original Xbox back in the day, you'll find your muscle memory comes back almost instantaneously. The new bumpers, few new buttons, and the shiny new Hall-effect sticks are somewhat exceptions to this.The buttons feel great, but Back & Start being in the bottom-left again rather than centered as they are on a modern controller can take a few hours of retraining to grow used to again. The Black & White buttons do the same things the bumpers do so they're ultimately optional, but they're pretty much mandatory for many modern titles as designed imo, since they're so much easier to depress than are the Black & White buttons, and you're able to do so without removing your fingers from the analog sticks or dpad/ABXY face buttons. These new bumpers are also easy enough to get used to, but I must admit they're hidden a bit farther away back there than are bumpers on a modern official Xbox controller, though the entire controller isn't built to the smaller child-suited form-factor of newer official controllers. We did fine with them as kids, regardless. I cannot imagine anyone without incredibly small hands finding even these bumpers uncomfortable for even longer sessions -- they feel just fine to reach, being a typically-sized adult man myself, and they're hardly much farther back there than on the official controller I have side-by-side with it right now as I write.By my reckoning, the biggest functional change from the OG S-type has to be the new Hall-effect analogue sticks. They're almost entirely resistance-less, and the little bit of resistance you're able to detect feels as if there's nothing pulling back at you -- only a constant, slight resistance. Feeling my old genuine S-type relic next to me now, I have to say, the old analogue sticks were VERY stiff to move -- as though rubber-bands are fighting you. They have a lot of resistance as you shift them around. Newer official Xbox controllers have far, far less resistance than the old S-types, but these new Hall-effect sticks have even less resistance than that, and its resistance is of a more consistent, almost digitally pure resistance for the sake of resistance. It's difficult to describe, but it feels more consistent, rather than changing depending upon where and how extended the stick is in its range of motion. I quite prefer it to either of the alternatives myself, but it is a slight departure which may take a bit of getting used to. You can feel a bit of deadzone in the center, as with the OG S-types. How much of that his hardware vs software, I can't say, but it's not an issue for me. They do say Hall-effect tech is virtually immune to the sort of stick-drift which has plagued the major companies for decades now, so I'll take this constancy over a progressively deteriorating stick drift or stick wobbling which tends to happen with the old tech.It's wired, too, so that may be a con to some, though I don't really notice it as the cable detaches, and the one it comes with is so imperceptibly light when plugged-in, as well as long enough to make it a non-factor. Feels to be a quality cable. Solid, fabric exterior, with their own branding.The Xbox sticker is a button as well. The logo not blinding you at nighttime is lovely, as there's no luminescence to it after it's fully connected and the LED on the face turns itself off (on PC, at least -- I can't say for the consoles).That being said, all of the buttons are satisfying to use and almost perfectly emulate the look and feel of each of the buttons on the original S-types. ABXY+B/W have that translucent raised bubble effect, and feel hefty to press, with that thudding actuation you can't miss. Back/Start (or whatever they're called now) don't depress far at all, and are very clicky. Triggers give good resistance. Bumpers feel more like the ABXY buttons than the clickiness of Back/Start.The D-pad is objectively better than on the old S-type while still being *that type* of d-pad. Less mushy, easier to discern when it's pressed. It's shaped the same and travels that longer distance just as the old S-type, but has more of a sharper thud to it -- but it's definitely not clicky like some newer d-pad designs. It doesn't begin to depress until you put a good bit of pressure on it, at which point it depresses to max with a dull thud. I can't imagine anyone disliking it, it's great.They clearly put a lot of effort and painstaking engineering into this thing. I don't regret it one bit. It's my new go-to, and I don't feel compelled to put it down for any uses in particular, as though it were a gimmick not suited to certain tasks. I can't say I'm disappointed by any of it, and it has plenty I greatly prefer.

I've had an Xbox since the first one launched. Hated the "Duke" aka hamburger controller, so I got the S controller when it released. I loved that gamepad.Anyways, I recently got this gamepad. It took me a while to get used to the start and menu buttons being on the side. But after a few days of playing with it, I went back and used a regular Xbox Series X controller and started mashing on the side of it for start and menu. It was crazy how fast I'd adapted to the old school control scheme.Wonderful gamepad. Highly recommend if you liked the Xbox S controller for the OG Xbox and if you're within 10 feet of your console, since it is a wired gamepad. But at least you don't have to worry about batteries.

Have been using it to play Morrowind on PC. Feels just like the OG Xbox controller! Only complaint is white/black can not be mapped to function independently of RB/LB. If they could be mapped to function like back buttons that would make this a 5/5.

Hyperkin outdid themselves with this one. I like this controller a lot, and have been using it in a bunch of games recently. At first I was turned off by the wired-only functionality, but after awhile I grew to appreciate the simplicity of plug-and-play instead of fiddling around with bluetooth or other wireless options.If you ever played with the original Duchess & want that nostalgia blast - or, if you want to get a feel for what the Duchess felt like back in the day, look no further. I ended up purchasing 2.