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'I think people have been looking at it for a while, but no one wanted to press the button'
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Since the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike launched a few weeks ago, one of the biggest questions has been how much it will change the market. As of right now, it's the only mouse with proper analogue switches that allow for super-light actuation and rapid trigger. It's not really been a question whether it will change the market—it will—rather the questions are when, and by how much? I've had my own speculations, but we've now got an industry insider's speculations to go off.
Ex-pro gamer and now-Pulsar marketing and sales specialist FrostyZK recently sat down with rodent boffins ManPhalanges and dazztrazak for their regular MouseCast podcast, and the Superstrike was, of course, brought up.
When asked by dazztrazak whether he thinks the Superstrike's haptic clicks will take over the industry, be 50-50, or whether the market will maintain mostly "normal" clicks, in three years' time, FrostyZK responds:
"I think it would be like a 50-50, because you have your gamers who don't want to use new things, like the hardcore CS pros, the heavy mice. The market is split right now, right? There's the enthusiasts and there's the hardcore pro gamers who like the old stuff... They like using the same old mouse pad from a year or two years ago... I think I would probably lean more towards the 50-50."
He has more thoughts about how it will affect the market over the shorter term, too:
"I think the market just has so many different trends. Obviously, lightweight mice have taken over now, and who knows what the next trend might be. It could be the Hall effect, now, that could be the next trend.
This is just my opinion, but I think Hall effect is amazing, but I think... after they try it, they're like, 'Okay, I'll wait until my favourite brand or my favourite shape has this.' So I think they're going to wait a bit. I think that's how the market is going to sway, for now."
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Interestingly, he suggests that other companies have been considering doing what Logitech has done with the Superstrike for a while, but were scared to pull the trigger:
"I really respect that Logitech was the first company to do the haptic switches. From what I know, this is not anything new. I think p...Read more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com
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Since the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike launched a few weeks ago, one of the biggest questions has been how much it will change the market. As of right now, it's the only mouse with proper analogue switches that allow for super-light actuation and rapid trigger. It's not really been a question whether it will change the market—it will—rather the questions are when, and by how much? I've had my own speculations, but we've now got an industry insider's speculations to go off.
Ex-pro gamer and now-Pulsar marketing and sales specialist FrostyZK recently sat down with rodent boffins ManPhalanges and dazztrazak for their regular MouseCast podcast, and the Superstrike was, of course, brought up.
When asked by dazztrazak whether he thinks the Superstrike's haptic clicks will take over the industry, be 50-50, or whether the market will maintain mostly "normal" clicks, in three years' time, FrostyZK responds:
"I think it would be like a 50-50, because you have your gamers who don't want to use new things, like the hardcore CS pros, the heavy mice. The market is split right now, right? There's the enthusiasts and there's the hardcore pro gamers who like the old stuff... They like using the same old mouse pad from a year or two years ago... I think I would probably lean more towards the 50-50."
He has more thoughts about how it will affect the market over the shorter term, too:
"I think the market just has so many different trends. Obviously, lightweight mice have taken over now, and who knows what the next trend might be. It could be the Hall effect, now, that could be the next trend.
This is just my opinion, but I think Hall effect is amazing, but I think... after they try it, they're like, 'Okay, I'll wait until my favourite brand or my favourite shape has this.' So I think they're going to wait a bit. I think that's how the market is going to sway, for now."
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Interestingly, he suggests that other companies have been considering doing what Logitech has done with the Superstrike for a while, but were scared to pull the trigger:
"I really respect that Logitech was the first company to do the haptic switches. From what I know, this is not anything new. I think p...Read more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com
What do you think about this?