Logitech introduces G-series peripherals for gamers who need lots of buttons

Flush with the success of its G13 gameboard, Logitech is now creating a whole series of peripherals that will all work together to celebrate the seventh letter of the alphabet. The G-series line includes a new $199 G19 keyboard, offering a 320 x 240 color LCD mounted on top and 12 "G-keys" that can have up to three macros assigned to each. Next up is the $129 G35, a 7.1 surround-sound headset with integrated "voice-morphing" options for those who'd rather sound like a space squirrel than domestic gamer. Finally, there's a new flavor of the G9 mouse, dubbed the G9x, which loses the photo-overlay in favor of a maximum DPI of 5000 -- that's a whole 1800 more than before! Those extra dots will set you back $99 when the G9x releases in April, while the keyboard and headset should come about a month earlier.

[nanobis Posted Jan 6th 2009 12:59PM]

The only next best possible thing would be to have them all wireless

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 1:12PM]

Wireless works like crap for gaming, unless you like lag...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 1:17PM]

Wireless in gaming = fail.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 2:32PM]

Wireless = fail?

Been using a Logitech MX1000 for nearly four years now with no lag. Or fail.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 3:34PM]

Logitech G7 (wireless) = NO Lag!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 1:00PM]

Seems you left out the info on the G13 Gameboard as shown in the pic?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 2:36PM]

The link to the two blurbs they've already written not good enough for you or something?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 1:05PM]

my only grief on this, are the keys .... why doesn't Logitech start using SLIM KEYS for the keyboards like creative ....
the Fatal1ty keyboard feels way more responsive...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 1:18PM]

indeed

[Hckngrtfakt Posted Jan 6th 2009 1:19PM]

lulz

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 1:09PM]

I like. Form and function together is a good thing. I'm 43 years old and proud to be a gamer, have a wife, two kids (boy 19 years and girl 6 months), and a life. I don't have much time to game nowadays, with the baby and life, but it was another avenue to keep communications and a great friendship open with my son. Wife thinks I'm a "hot geek", which is cool. The family that plays together...has things in common.

[Reisa Posted Jan 6th 2009 1:29PM]

I, for one, welcome our new Input Device Overlords. LOGITECH FTW!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 1:49PM]

Nice... Except that someone should tell Logitech that before releasing a product like this, perhaps they should take a look at what games (if any) are being made for PC these days. It's not 1998 any more. I'm not spending money on something like this so that I can play 1-2 decent (not great, just decent) games that MIGHT come out for PC in a year. Back in the time of Wing Commander and Tie Fighter this could have been useful.

[Zoinks Posted Jan 6th 2009 2:06PM]

I hope you never played TIE Fighter with a keyboard.

[magallanes Posted Jan 6th 2009 2:36PM]

PC market is around 5 or 10 times biggest than the console market, the detail is this market is fragmented and piracy run rampant.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 2:11PM]

lol... using WASD via Dvorak would be impossible....
http://www.chimoosoft.com/Images/dvorak/dvorak.jpg

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 2:25PM]

Right? And ,AO; just doesn't have the same ring.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 7:19PM]

@ Christian Martin:

you mean ,AOE wouldnt have the same ring

[Grey Acumen Posted Jan 6th 2009 2:54PM]

Why is it that the $80 gameboard (the one on the left with the joystick) the only one I'm interested in, and it's the only one that engadget felt was unnecessary to mention?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 3:02PM]

Because they've already made two full posts about it?

Try clicking the link.

[Grey Acumen Posted Jan 6th 2009 3:06PM]

hrmm... now how do you suppose I figured out both what it was called and how much it costs.

oh yeah, maybe I DID click the link.

Or I could be a psychic being with mental prowess far beyond your mortal ken.

your choice, really.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 3:31PM]

I use to buy every new razer mouse variation that came out, but after they kept crapping out on me i stopped( copperhead was my last). Now am using my 2 year old Microsoft Comfort optical mouse 1000 which cost me 20$ and my 1st gen saitek light up keyboard witch new cost me 60 $ new. I regret ever falling for this gamer perephenalia. You have enough buttons on a regular keyboard for macros unless its a much more button intensive game, but this is mainly aimed towards the fps gamer. Please don't buy this crap, get yourself an old ibm keyboard, a nice pair of sennheiser headphones, an optical mouse that feels comfortable, and buy a 15$ headset and put it around your neck with the microphone aiming at your mouth. You'll be happy and so will your wallet. If you suck at games, " gamer" gear wont fix that problem.

[Wwhat Posted Jan 6th 2009 5:18PM]

Meanwhile logitech is looking into firing some people because of the economic crisis, yet they make a simple thing like a keyboard or mouse 200/100 bucks, yeah I wonder what the problem is with their company..

[Zoinks Posted Jan 7th 2009 12:30AM]

If these were the only products they sold you might have a point.

[Wwhat Posted Jan 7th 2009 3:33PM]

Every new product they release is more expensive than the previous one, if this continues only gates and nations and saudi sheiks can purchase logitech devices by 2011, it's their choice though.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2009 6:27PM]

I seriously hope "Space Squirrel" is a real setting for this...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2009 3:56AM]

Wireless mouse is too heavy

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2009 2:59PM]

This is some serious ricer shit.