Rival Pro & Sensei Pro Series: SteelSeries’ new mice is my Thursday state of mind

It’s official - SteelSeries continues to stack up big W’s but with an insane month of September announcements - what better way to celebrate the start of October than with this game-changing and Culture-influencing Rival Pro and Sensei Pro mice? Oh yes.

The massive drops go down in a few weeks but with pre-orders live now and my obsession with the Rival Pro? What better way to turn up on a Thursday than celebrating greatness? Say less. Happy pre-T.G.I.F.!

With the culmination of the brand’s 25th anniversary, SteelSeries, the global leader in premium gaming and esports peripherals, today unveils a new generation of two of its most iconic mouse franchises: the Sensei Pro and Rival Pro Series.

While 8K is all the rage, gamers can’t necessarily take full advantage of 8K polling consistently because there is significant congestion on the 2.4 GHz highway, and 8K polling itself is power-hungry. Similar to the 5G mobile network wars, different brands claim to have the fastest network and best coverage, but with different metrics and implementations, making it hard to understand. The truth is, 8K polling is only as fast as the signal behind it, and the 2.4GHz band that nearly every wireless mouse relies on is congested with headsets, keyboards, phones, and every other device in the area, all fighting for the same spectrum. Ultimately, it all comes down to performance.

SteelSeries has developed design and engineering breakthroughs that combine three key technologies into its new line of premium mice to solve this issue and give gamers a game-changing advantage. Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless sidesteps all that 2.4GHz traffic by operating on a super-fast tier spectrum with roughly 20x the bandwidth. A True 8K (8000 Hz) polling rate provides up to 8,000Hz report rate for faster response times, more accurate tracking, reduced input delay, and smoother cursor movement. To fully unleash the power of 8K on UWB wireless, the Sensei Pro and Rival Pro Series mice are equipped with SteelSeries’ Infinite Power System, featuring hot-swappable batteries for uninterrupted gameplay, which equates to “8K all day.”