Jonathan gives YOU his edge....
Another show and yet another gaming mouse for the public to go ‘ooh’ over… This time it’s Jonathan ‘Fatal1ty’ Wendel who reckons he’s got the next big thing for gamers with his new gaming mouse.
Click for larger imageAt first glance, the Fatal1ty gaming mouse doesn’t look too different from any other mouse out there but it has a few features that gamers might be interested in, though these look like becoming the standard for gaming mice now anyways…
Click for larger imageFirst off, we’ve got the whole switchable DPI thing, something RAPTOR GAMING and Logitech have been doing for a while with Razer following along too, so although it’s nothing new, it’s nice to see it there. What is different, and perhaps not in a good way, is that this is an optical mouse and not a laser mouse, so the max DPI is only 1600… but that should be plenty to satisfy even the twichiest gamer.
Click for larger imageNext up are the buttons themselves… Creative say that this is a ‘whole hand’ mouse and where you might find a fourth button as one of a pair under your thumb on the left side or perhaps even over on the right (as with the Razer Copperhead), the Fatal1ty mouse has this button mounted on top next to the right mouse button meaning all four fingers have something to do. How this would work in non-games apps with right clicking wasn’t tested by us as we were too busy taking the mouse apart to see the final feature.
The middle of the mouse pops out on a press and release spring system to then be completely removable. You can then slot in varyingly weighted centres to give the mouse the right weight and balance for your gaming needs… again, not a new innovation but at least they’re trying a different way of doing it. One has to wonder at this ‘quick customization’ lark that mouse manufacturers seem to love… why would we want to keep customising our mice once we’ve set it up the first time? Ah well…
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