In the gaming world there are few things as annoying as not having the right tools to keep up in your favorite game. Just ask any gamer about trying to play with a bad internet or LAN connection, or a slow keyboard or a buggy mouse and you will get an earful. Because of this an entire new industry sprang up a few years ago just to address this. This is the eSports industry and it is a monster. Right now we have a ton of items that are listed as “for gamers”, but the question is: what is really a gaming peripheral and what is not. In most people’s minds a gaming peripheral should be high-end in terms of performance and build quality. It should have features that benefit gaming in multiple ways while having a sense of style and customization. Today we check out a peripheral from Genius named DeathTaker that is allegedly meant just for gaming. Let’s find out if it really deserves the name.
Value - At $52 (on NewEgg) the DeathTaker is an inexpensive product compared to other current products. That having been said there are other gaming mice that are more comfortable with the same (and in some cases better) that are only a few dollars more. Genius really needs to work on adding in more value (pronounce that feature set) or drop the price of the DeathTaker if they really want to compete in the eSports market.
Conclusion - We had high hopes for the DeathTaker when we first unboxed it and gave it the once over. Even during our initial testing it was a solid product. It was not until we began our extended usage testing that we ran into the comfort issues that change our minds about the DeathTaker Sadly when you are talking about eSports you have to have a product that is comfortable in addition to having multiple buttons, colored LEDs and customizable features. In the case of the DeathTaker, the lack of comfort during extended use is a deal breaker for us.
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