Rabid feline news now, with the erroneously spelled peripheral maker announcing "a new range of premium Cyborg gaming mice" expected to be in(side?) consumer's hands by Spring 2010. We feel like we can confide in you: we also assumed
Mad Catz had finally done it, actually blended human flesh with a traditional gaming mouse to create a new class (and species!) of PC gaming peripheral. Alas, no – it's just the addition of four mice, ranging in price from $50 to $130, to their currently keyboard-heavy existing Cyborg PC gaming lineup. "The Cyborg mouse range was developed entirely in house and I believe they are the most comfortable gaming mice you'll ever use," said Mad Cat Darren Richardson. "Also, upon contact with your hand, it will merge with your DNA and create an entirely new appendage blending the greatest aspects of the human body and the gaming mouse." Alright, we made that last part up ... but how about actual half-robot-half-rodent tech ...
posted January 6th 2010 3:01PM
AUUUUGH, MY EYES!
@Solidstate89 Ze GOGGLES, THEY DO NOSING!
@Solidstate89
RED: Mouse Edition
@Solidstate89
AWESOME!
I have a couple of questions. Is resistance futile? Will it assimilate your hand?
Where is the friggin bluetooth logo !!!! NO WIRELESS = NO GOOD !
@Alaind Dude, its a gaming mouse. Most pc gamers don't want the hassle of maintaining a wireless mouse.
@Alaind
Wireless = Lag
Probably not what you'd want in a gaming mouse, eh?
@Alaind A wireless mouse and its latency do not mix for serious hardcore gamers.
@Alaind
Wait... You want a wireless gaming mouse?
What the hell have you been smoking man?!
(Granted though, the Razer Mamba is pretty damn cool, though I'm fairly sure I'd rarely use the wireless mode)
Also, this looks pretty badass, hardly ergonomic, and probably not that great for actual gaming, but still badass. (Kinda like the Droid/Milestone, not the standard definition of pretty, or even "cool", but it's still attractive in some way... It simply shows raw power through and through)
@Alaind
Two of those shots DON'T show cords. So, one of them could be wireless. Also, if it was, no way in hell would they use BT. To power hungry. I could see them using something similar to what Razor used in their Mamba.
The one thing about Cyborg products, they usually make them adjustable for how the user wants them. So, i could definitely see movable parts on these happening.
Here's your wireless...ripped from nexus404.com
Mad Catz has launched a new line of gaming mice featuring a striking, complex design factor and adjustable functionality. The Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T. mouse range features an adjustable weight system with form-fitting ergonomics and laser sensitivity up to 5600dpi.
Mad Catz’ new line of Cyborg mice range from the basic Cyborg R.A.T. 3 Gaming Mouse, a USB-powered laser mic, on up to the fully adjustable and wireless Cyborg R.A.T. 9 Gaming Mouse. The Cyborg R.A.T. 5, 7 and 9 models feature the aforementioned adjustable ergonomics and weight system, exhibited by the sectional plates and twistable knobs in the image above. The base unit, the Cyborg R.A.T. 3 gaming mouse, features a 3200dpi laser, the R.A.T. 5 features a 4000dpi laser while the R.A.T. 7 and 9 both feature the most precise 5600dpi laser of the bunch. The Cyborg R.A.T. 9 Gaming Mouse is the only model in the 4-mouse line that runs wirelessly, the others are USB connected.
The Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T. gaming mouse line is expected to ship this spring, for prices between $49.99 for the base model on up to the fully adjustable and wireless Cyborg R.A.T. 9 Gaming Mouse for $129.99.
Read: Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T. Mouse Unveiled [Cyborg R.A.T. Mouse Features Adjustable Ergonomics, 5600dpi Laser] » TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities
doesn't look very ergonomic
@(Unverified)
No, it looks like it kicks ergonomics ass!
@(Unverified)
it looks like it could fly, then transform into a robot and kick your ergonomic arse
Meh, looks like a futuristic hover-tank project.
@kitsune
or the batmobile from the newer movies, more obviously.
@(Unverified)
agreed, you can even see the exhaust on the back and the amunition storage for the gatling on the left side.
@kitsune
it doesnt have wheels...it hovers!
Ummm... Is that the a new mouse or a rejected model of the batmobile?
@Condiment : That, my friend, is what the batmobile should have been.
i think it looks pretty cool, honestly.
@owdee
Yeah, that shit looks hardcore! I would not want to get hit with this thing.
Dad, Can I buy this car, please~?
Yeah, this better have a wireless version or no interest here. Either bluetooth or super small USB dongle
@Lions
"GAMING" mouse.
@Lions
what is your IQ 7? or 8? because DAMN you've got to be extremely stupid to not read the comments before you and realize that everyone is in agreement that it's a GAMING MOUSE and that wireless creates lag. therefore since its a GAMING MOUSE there will be no wireless.
@trevinlovett Actually i'm a gamer and I still prefer wireless. If Razer can make a decent wireless mouse (Mamba) I expect others to also.
Expecting people to keep using wired accessories is ignoring the evolution of technology (hello phones).
@trevinlovett feeling sheepish yet about your comment on wireless gaming mouses? ;o)
wtf is that thing?
@mcfine
i don't get these kind of products..i mean why?
engadget is so witty today.
Someone was playing Arkham Asylum one weekend and thought to themselves: MOUSE
Haven't you heard the song?
o/~ "A human and a mouses' DNA just won't mix!" o/~
Mad Catz Decepticon Mouse
Lol i love the last line
Did Michael Bay design this thing?
I doubt this is even half as good as the image it's trying to pull off. Great gaming mice don't have a million buttons on them, and they don't look that uncomfortable.
If you want a gaming mouse, use the Razer series.
@dedparrot agreed, Razer in general is the only PC gaming enthusiast company's that doesn't seem to think that all PC gamers have a taste for cheap gimmicky peripherals with terrible ascetics. But then again, the cheap gimmicky peripheral stuff is pretty well liked by many PC gamers (just take a look at all the fugly case mods), so there is defiantly a market for this mouse.
@SirNoDroin
I would normally agree with your sense of style. I don't like all that teenage angst ridden alienware style PC design crap out there. But I'm also not a gamer.
That said, this mouse design makes my heart flutter. :)
Reminds of something out of the movie Aliens or yeah even the new batmobile.
I would love a bluetooth version just for photoshop and webbrowsing.
one Wireless SKU RAT 9 with 5600DPI, the other are USB 5600DPI & 4000DPI & 3200DPI.
the Bluetooth version will be the Eclipse line-up with touch tech Mice and Keyboards, maybe announced tomorrow.
2 requirements to be a hardcore gamer.
1. Bad taste in music
2. Bad taste for gaudy Ascetics (computer case mods included)
@SirNoDroin Bro..."ascetics" are monks, hermits who give up the pleasures of the flesh, don't drink, barely eat, and meditate through their lives. "asthetics" are the properties of attractiveness, design, and beauty relating to something.
Sorry to be the roving pedant patrol and all, but that is one of the more gratuitous mistakes in English!
@SirNoDroin yup, and I've said it like 30 times today, now i feel like an idiot
@INsano and it's actually spelled "aesthetics"
it is a Saitek acquired by Madcatz NOV. 2007.
Left-handed version...please :)
OOOH, steampunk perhipherals go mainstream.
So does the big red PANIC button on the side of the mouse spray mace out of the scroll wheel?
Finally, now I understand why I use my left-hand for mousing !