Care to laugh with me at MadCatz expense?

[Ragnorock]

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/14/mad-catz-launches-strike7-keyboard/




Apparently $300 for a "gamer keyboard" is a reasonable price to charge when it's got more flashing lights and doodads than even a Razer keyboard can provide. Don't worry though, the margins are good for them because its a membrane board.  ) ) ) )


I've yet to meet a pro gamer outside of MMOs that actually uses keyboard macro features and would actually give any f*cks over any of this keyboard's selling points. The video linked in the article was removed, so I've provided it here:

Lol Madcatz, lol.

[Vyr1s]

Macros are really handy! For probably everything but gaming.

[thegunner100]

HALF LIFE 3 O_O

otherwise... LOL.

[The_Beast]

Macros are really handy! For probably everything but gaming.

Autohotkey makes every key a hot key and it's free

[Ragnorock]

^This, you don't need it built into your keyboard to have the useful macros like media keys.

[FoxWolf1]

Looks really cheaply made, too.

[oTurtlez]

I liked their modular game controller that they did, but that's about it. Everything else they make is just bleh.

[Djuzuh]

[troll]Well, topre boards are more expensive, and don't carry half of madcatz' features ![/troll]

[Ragnorock]

LOL

[dorkvader]

Looks really cheaply made, too.

Logitech probably OEM'd it

This, to me, is the anti-keyboard. It's expensive, and everything about it that drives up the price just makes it worse. Is that spacebar ergonomically designed for better jumping? It's ugly, inefficient, and expensive. Features that can actually impact gaming (like 6+KRO) are absent.

It's also not at all symmetrical. Disgusting.

[Sifo]

I wonder how many poor souls are gonna end up actually buying this.

[Glissant]

Makes me really happy I spend my money on buying keyboards of better quality and customizing them instead of thinking I need a extra display to control what my OS already controls.

Maybe the modular thing was kind of interesting, but that was about it. What kind of switches will it be running? Some cheap membrane based switch I bet.

[Lanx]

madcatz will forever be a crappy company of inferior peripherals, they're lucky that most do not remember going to a friends house and having to use the most cheap pathetic 3rd party mad catz ps2/xbox/gamecube pos worst controller ever.

even tho they bought out saitek and tritton, they are still the epitome of suck, i can't believe ppl actually pay for and are silly enough to be dupped by the cyborg mice, the sensor is suck crap, it's silly, but fitting i guess that that madcatz will milk more money out of ppl.

say what you will about razer, but at least they have quality (ok not the pos razer headphones that sounded great but were made out of playdoh and broke on me in a few weeks).

[Djuzuh]

I'd love an extra display personally.

But I want it stand-alone, and opensource.

[The_Beast]

I'd love an extra display personally.

But I want it stand-alone, and opensource.

I've seen these before. If you looked more than I did, I'm sure you could find them even cheaper than than
http://www.mimomonitors.com/

[Djuzuh]

I'd love an extra display personally.

But I want it stand-alone, and opensource.

I've seen these before. If you looked more than I did, I'm sure you could find them even cheaper than than
http://www.mimomonitors.com/

cough…

Yeah, not exactly the price range I was looking for !

It'd be cheaper to buy a second monitor .

But thanks.

[The_Beast]

I'd love an extra display personally.

But I want it stand-alone, and opensource.

I've seen these before. If you looked more than I did, I'm sure you could find them even cheaper than than
http://www.mimomonitors.com/

cough…

Yeah, not exactly the price range I was looking for !

It'd be cheaper to buy a second monitor .

But thanks.

Not a touch screen

[Djuzuh]

who care about touch screen .

Here is something nice however:

http://www.crystalfontz.com/product/CFA533TMIKU

[rowdy]

I LOLed at the fisrt sentence of the review "Purveyors of positively potty peripherals ..." after gazing in disbelief at the keyboard.

Ugh.

I think they are doing it deliberately - wonder how many they anticipate selling.

[derb2k2]

lol $300 is way too much for a keyboard, not to mention over my budget.

It does look cool, but must feel like crap compared to mech boards. They've guts to roll this thing out though but I doubt it'll sell well. If that display isn't touch then it's fail lol

[DaClownie]

Isn't Madcatz the same company that is trying to release a mouse that has a built in USB mouse that sticks out the front of it too cool your game in this INTENSE MOMENTS?!?!? lol

[hazeluff]

Macros are really handy! For probably everything but gaming.

Not true. Macros are great for MMOs and arcade games.

$300 for a membrane. Lol.

That thing is kinda cool, but they should of just went all out and got some MX Switches.

[dorkvader]

Maybe they got some topre switches for the gaming market?

No?

Well, I can hope.

Anyway, I'd probably pay $300 for an M15, and it's membrane.
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I looked up MadCatz, and they make one of those mouses that looks like a spaceship. Also not my style. At least it's easy to know what brand to avoid.

[rowdy]

RICE!!!!1!!1

[josh6135]

Maybe they got some topre switches for the gaming market?

No?

Well, I can hope.

Anyway, I'd probably pay $300 for an M15, and it's membrane.
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I looked up MadCatz, and they make one of those mouses that looks like a spaceship. Also not my style. At least it's easy to know what brand to avoid.

While the MadCatz Rat 7 Rat 9 or MMO mouse looks like a space ship the quality is actually impressive and it is highly customizable. I personally did not like it because it is low profile like a claw grip mouse which I do not like. This keyboard is ridiculous.

[quake4mhg]

I'm coming from G15, G110, G510. I still miss those functionality. But for now .... I'll wait this one going to mechanical switches 

[DaClownie]

I'm coming from G15, G110, G510. I still miss those functionality. But for now .... I'll wait this one going to mechanical switches 

I'd rather wait for a quality mechanical G15/G19, in all honesty.

[jwaz]

I will never forget all those times playing N64 at friends houses and getting stuck w/ the Madcatz controller

[el2k]

This is THE most disgusting keyboard I have ever seen!

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Terrible. Gimmicky and useless features,300 dollars an no mechanical keys.Better keyboards are available for 1/3 the price.

Pretty much sums up my opinion on this.

And this one:

"understand your concerns about the price and comments about mechanical keyboards. We believe the S.T.R.I.K.E.’s tech and performance are unprecedented and will speak for itself." In regards to this you can either make the entire keyboard mechanical and have a remote chance of being successful with it or if the HARDWARE is truly unprecedented and the keys feel amazing when typing than you may have chance at success (like the feeling of Topre keys, or cherry brown keys - which are incredible). Who really cares about a small ipad looking thing on a keyboard, anyone? The touchscreen on my Brother printer makes things a little easier to navigate I doubt it will mean much of anything for a keyboard. The only thing remotely interesting is the removable number pad. Let's see you top a good/ MUCH CHEAPER mechanical keyboard. Good luck with your "tech" and "performance," make sure to put a quad core processor in the keyboard while your at it.

Yup, this keyboard = complete bull****.

[Icarium]

I don't know. I kind of like the idea of having a touchscreen available. It might open up interesting opportunities. It's an expensive experiment, though.

[Ragnorock]

WELL THANK-YOU Ragnorock

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Lol, it seems we shared the same dreams before this thread.good taste in cars yo.

[deleet]

Designed by 14 year olds for 12 year olds.

[Knoughts]

Waaaittt a minutteee!! It's got like 3 times as many keys as a HHKB at the same price. Haha................. Everything is overpriced

[DaClownie]

Price and Value are subjective. I find $300 to be too much for a keyboard, regardless. HHKB, this monstrosity, whatever.

[boost]

RUBBER DOME FTW!!

[Neo.X]

Looks nice if you have a RAT already. Too bad it's not MX switch, otherwise, I will get one. But I just can't go back to membrane.

[Okita]

Macros are really handy! For probably everything but gaming.

Not true. Macros are great for MMOs and arcade games.

$300 for a membrane. Lol.

That thing is kinda cool, but they should of just went all out and got some MX Switches.

I doubt anyone with a taste for mx switches would ever consider this board. Selling this one to rich little kids whose parents pay pro gamers $200 for lessons.

[deleet]

Should force a pro to use the keyboard he endorses.

[quake4mhg]

I'm coming from G15, G110, G510. I still miss those functionality. But for now .... I'll wait this one going to mechanical switches 

I'd rather wait for a quality mechanical G15/G19, in all honesty.

+1

[Lord de Seis]

i like the part where i googled the specs to check if it uses mechanical switches and all i saw was "mimics mechanical switches"

[1391401]

I've only owned one MadCatz product and that was enough to never buy from that brand again.

[DaClownie]

I've only owned one MadCatz product and that was enough to never buy from that brand again.

Didn't they make the knock off Sega Genesis and SNES controllers back in the day? If so, I hate them, SO MUCH

[feng]

I still remember how bad the R.A.T 7 feels like. Although it looks really good. That's my impression about Mad Catz's products. Good looking, and tons of of unnecessary functions.

[Rafen]

I've only owned one MadCatz product and that was enough to never buy from that brand again.

Same here. I purchased the RAT 7 mouse and I hated it. I returned it after using it for a couple of hours gaming and never bought another one of their products.

[RickyJ]

I filled out their questionnaire when they posted on HardOCP, but I guess marketing ignored it all. Typical crap from them.

[slytown]

Ribs.

This was pretty hilarious.

[N8N]

I still remember how bad the R.A.T 7 feels like. Although it looks really good. That's my impression about Mad Catz's products. Good looking, and tons of of unnecessary functions.

I'm using a R.A.T. 7 right now and I think it feels fantastic, looks like arse, and I wish that I could meld it with the Performance Mouse MX that I use at work.  The R.A.T. fits my hand so much better, and the pinky shelf is pure win, but I find it harder to use precisely than the Logitech, guess Logitech uses a better sensor or something.  I also don't understand why Mad Catz went to the trouble of putting the little thumb wheel in but mapped it wrong, so it doesn't side scroll by default.  (I've fixed that in Linux, but not sure how to do it in Windows.)

If the Logitech had the "shelves" like the R.A.T. did and also had a better side scroll mechanism (all my cheapie old Logitech mice had a detent when you pushed the scroll wheel side-side; the PMMX just feels wobbly and has no tactile feedback for that cunction) it'd be damn near perfect.

[Deekin]

If this is as good as they say it is I will soooooo buy this. I mean look at it, i looks so cool. Almost like a Blackwidow 2.0 but even better.

And its not mechanical!!! wow Im so glad I could buy a $300 keyboard thats so good and NOT mechanical!!

And btw Im super serious.

[doombug5000]

I know this is almost necro (last post is 16 days old!) but I just read through this thread and noticed that none of you mentioned this particular line from their blurb about the keyboard:

"...Replete with a specially engineered membrane which mimics the tactile feel generated by the mechanical keys often preferred by gamers - - without the resultant excessive noise - - ..." (http://www.cyborggaming.com/prod/strike7.htm)

Does anyone know if there is any truth to this? I somehow doubt it but I'd be really interested to see if there actually is anything special about the membrane they've used.

[stingrae]

Sounds like them things between the legs.

Excessive noise? From a cherry brown I NEVER.

I find it completely silly the tactile point is great for typing but the real selling point for gamers is that their actions are ever so slightly quicker due to the key actuating midway and in some cases guaranteed >2kro. I would laugh if the strike 7 is 2 kro.

Who knows perhaps they have created a rubber dome to rival topre? (but that seems about as likely as this keyboard becoming the next dell quietkey)

The best thing about this keyboard has to be the advert itself...

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