Now that gaming is providing a living for increasing number of individuals, we have seen a boom in gaming
related peripherals. There are gaming keyboards, gaming mice, gaming cases, gaming mousepads, gaming
TFTs etc. In most parts the products do improve your gaming but there are ones that have nothing to do with
playing games.
Most gamers will agree that the mouse is one the most important pieces of input hardware one can have
when gaming. Mouse is also the main input device in most game genres so it is easy to see why
manufacturers would like to find the Holy Grail of gaming mouse design. Today that company is Logitech and
their G9 Laser Mouse. Does it have The Right Stuff?
Package and content
Logitech is very consistent when it comes to packaging. It is easy to associate the packages to
Logitech even when you don't spot the name on them rightaway. Two sides of the package are held together
with a magnet. This kind of small details make the whole brand easier to remember, so props to the
marketing department.
Inside we have the G9 Laser Mouse, Wide Load and Precision grip, CD containing the product manual, couple of small
printed instructional papers and finally the weights. Not the most exciting bundle; where are the wrist
and head bands, mouse skates etc?! It is nice to see that Logitech decided to focus on the most important part
and not to bundle anything useless with the G9.
When I talk about useless, it is hard to ignore these weights. I'm not saying that they should have
been left out, as I do know that many gamers do like to tweak the weight of their mice. Manufacturers like
to bring up the possibility to tweak the balance of the mouse so that one get the best possible kill
ratio. I believe there is no right or wrong here and if you feel that your scores depend on the balance of
your input device, tweak it as long as you want. When we move from casual gamers to professional ones,
"the head game" starts to play ever increasing role. Logitech was the first one to offer this possibility
to adjust the weight and the weight distribution on a gaming mouse and as G9 continues this tradition, user
input must have been positive from the previous models.
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