I’ve been waiting forever for GameSir, one of my favorite controller brands, to launch a gamepad with more than two additional buttons. It feels like we’ve been getting close for a while now - the extra face buttons on the Tarantula Pro aren’t what I want, but they’re a step in the right direction. This peripheral maker has been the king of back button placement for years now, so what I don’t understand is why it seems so reluctant to give us more than two at a time.
The GameSir G7 Pro still refuses to give us four back buttons, unlike a lot of the best Xbox Series X controllers lately. But we do get two back buttons and two additional shoulder buttons. This design was initially shown off at CES at the beginning of the year, and its wireless play as an officially licensed Xbox controller is going to turn a lot of heads thanks to its relatively low price.
