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    Truth that licensed Razer products = Epic Fail

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by garetjax, Mar 10, 2011.

  1. garetjax

    garetjax NBR Freelance Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    I had to laugh when reading my March 2011 issue of MaximumPC. I flipped towards the back of the mag as I usually do to read their hardware reviews, when I saw a series of reviews on Razer's newest line of gaming peripherpals for StarCraft 2: the Razer Spectre gaming mouse, the Razer Marauder gaming keyboard, and the Razer Banshee gaming headset.

    Maximum PC | Razer StarCraft II Peripherals

    Needless to say, some of the comments regarding these products were spot on with what I and many other people have been saying about Razer products for years. Here's a couple of excerpts regarding the Razer Spectre gaming mouse:


    The best part?

    So true, and in the same regard, so sad.
     
    garetjax, Mar 10, 2011
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  2. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    As mayor of Vikingland I approve of this message.

    P.S. Baka wants to buy the marauder keyboard :/
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Mar 10, 2011
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  3. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    If you ask me, licensed products like this are silly to begin with. I never thought the SC2 lineup looked any good anyway. The Tron series didn't really appeal to me either. Now they've got some Dragon Age stuff as well, although it's just their original products with some artwork.

    In my opinion, they shouldn't bother with this licensed crap to appeal to a sliver of their audience. I can't speak for the quality of any of the SC2 or Tron stuff since I don't own any and don't care to, but that's a shame if they're poorly made. You can laugh all you want, but Razer generally makes good quality stuff, at least in terms of their non-licensed products.
     
    Mastershroom, Mar 10, 2011
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  4. kfruit

    kfruit Notebook Consultant

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    If it sells, why not? Aside from whether the products are good or bad its silly to call them silly for making things that obviously sell well enough to justify them making them. Of course, their sales people could just be retarded but I doubt that..
     
    kfruit, Mar 10, 2011
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  5. ssssssssss

    ssssssssss Notebook Evangelist

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    I think you are suffering from quite a fundamental misunderstanding of capitalism.
     
    ssssssssss, Mar 10, 2011
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  6. Hirohata

    Hirohata GBF Danchou

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    Baka likes shiny lights. Enough said ._.

    The Dragon Age Black Widow caught my eye because of the black and red color scheme, but I'm not too sure of the keyboard quality itself though...
     
    Hirohata, Mar 10, 2011
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