As surfers are to the next big wave, so are mouse makers to the next big must-have finger-feature. They're always looking for it, eager to find it and ride it out. For the surfer, it translates into a great day at the beach, but for the manufacturer, it can mean sales, sales, sales. But this is where surfing, which isn't always a competitive sport, parts metaphors with mouse manufacturing, which is. For companies that rely greatly upon the success of their peripherals, riding the crest of each big, trendy feature is key, before most of the competition catches on. Whether the feature is important or not doesn't matter; as a marketer would say, it's all about . So when the Mouse Resolution/DPI Holy Wars began, it wasn't as though any gamer could possibly make use of a 7,000dpi, 12,000dpi, or 16,000dpi setting. The idea was simply to impress with ever-upticked numbers. To quote Mel Brooks in , "Your Schwartz is as big as mine!" And we can't have . After hyper-resolutions peaked, R...
Interchangeable side grips are a good idea, but it's Corsair's CUE2 software that's the Glaive RGB's biggest draw. Dedicated gamers may want an extra side button or two, however.
Refreshed version of CUE; Three interchangeable thumb grips; Unlimited game-specific profiles; Five dpi settings; Sniper Mode; Excellent macro editor
For righties only; "Only" six buttons; DPI button rather than a toggle; Textured grip isn't overly grippy