Despite a price tag that’s a literal joke, this is still a cool collector’s item for gaming nerds.
Unique throwback design. Top-of-the-line specs. PU leather-wrapped body. Ambidextrous shape with mirrored buttons. Wireless charging. Includes an exploded mouse in a backlit frame.Absurd price. Shape doesn’t feel great if you aren’t nostalgic for it.
100-plus grams. No Bluetooth connectivity. No USB charging I was surprised. Everyone I mentioned this to was surprised. Even the Razer representative hosting the press conference seemed surprised. It’s not made of gold. It doesn’t even have real leather on the leather-wrapped components. It’s a plastic-based polyurethane leather, attached to a transparent plastic shell. For $1,337. According to Razer, you aren’t paying just for the throwback shape. You’re paying for the prestige of what the brand calls the “exotic supercar of mice.” It’s something they admit will be, for most buyers, a display piece more than an actual, functional mouse—they even send you a framed, broken-down version with each functional mouse.and comes with a display case? For many, there was; I received this mouse only a day before preorders started, and the 1,337 units sold out almost immediately. If you want one now, you’re likely going to be stuck spending nearly $2,000 onThere couldn’t be a better time for Razer to release a reimagined version of its first mouse: The transparent, rounded, and futuristic designs of the early 2000s have swung back around to being cool in the public eye, and a retro mouse like this is exactly the kind of thing I expected every brand to be pushing for.The Razer Boomslang was originally released in 1999, making this a bit late for the “20th Anniversary” it’s supposedly celebrating. The Razer brand was first founded as a subsidiary of Kärna LLC in 1998, shutting down only two years later when Kärna filed for bankruptcy. The brand was revived five years later, rereleasing the Boomslang as theRazer claims the Boomslang to be the first gaming mouse ever made. It introduced a 2,000 DPI sensor, gaming-focused shape, and precise functionality that was previously unheard of in gaming Is it worth buying one? With the Boomslang, though, that’s not really a question. It's clearly not worth the money as simply a mouse. There is no waymouse, from a performance or functionality perspective, can be worth $1,337, or anything near it. It is not a “good deal” by any means. It’s not even a sensible way to spend the money.More than anything else, this is a collectors’ item: The value it provides is not based on any kind of functionality, or usability, but is instead in the cultural space it occupies. For wealthy nerds who recall the early Razer mice from their LAN parties, this is more a piece of art than an actual device to use. For many buyers it represents both nostalgia for the “simpler” times of one’s youth and prestige and exclusivity at the same time. I am sure a myriad of video game streamers would love to have one of these behind them in the LED backlit frame. Yes, this mouse is deeply, deeply absurd. But how much more absurd is the rest of the status quo? There is a huge culture of limited-run, artificially-scarce products that sell for significantly more than they are worth, and there are obvious critiques to be lobbed atI am not saying to go out and buy a ridiculous, expensive mouse. But I am saying we might see more and more of these tech products as millennials age and get wealthier. There are so many fields that seemingly get a pass on ridiculous, aspirational pricing, and it seems that this will also spill over to technology products in more ways. I don’t think an everyday mouse should cost this much, but I also don’t think this is an everyday mouse. As a collectors’ item, I can let it be.is a WIRED contributor specializing in mechanical keyboards and PC peripherals. He also reviewed hardware for Input and Inverse. He graduated from Miami University, where he studied journalism, media and communications, and photography. He resides in Cincinnati. ...
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