When talking about game hardware, players
are really picky. They know what they like and what work well, and they are
willing to spend an amount of money which is necessary to have the best
equipment.
Therefore, when Corsair decided to join the
game hardware market, such as K60 and K90 Vengeance keyboard, the company knew
they had to make worthy choices to compete with hardware vendors that are more
prestigious.
“We want to provide game community with
the ability and consistent options with their needs”, Stan Kwong – the product
manager of Corsair said.
Introduce Vengeance
Corsair
Vengeance K60
Corsair has sought to provide these options
with 2 Vengeance keyboards, as well as Vengance 1100, 1300, and 1500 headsets,
and Vengeance M60 and M90 mice. All Vengeance products were launched in the
middle of September, 2011 and available in December. Keyboards were extremely
attractive because they included Cherry MX Red key switches in a mechanical
keyboard design.
K60 is a FPS (first-person shooter) game
keyboard, while K90 is MMO/RTS (massively multiplater online/real-time
strategy) keyboard.
“MMO/RTS and FPS gamers have specific
demands and we want to design performance products for their unique needs”,
Kwong explained. “Our goal is to design products which enable gamers to play
well and win the game”.
Cherry MX Red
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Kwong said that designs of Vengeance needed
2 years and Corsair complied with similar process and theories with computing
products before.
“Our customers are also interested in
performance equipment like us”, he said. “We showed it in PC with the case,
memory modules, SSD and cooling device.”
Two Vengeance keyboards take advantage of
switches in most keys and they are gilt Cherry MX Red. Mechanical keys supply
faster responses than membrane keys which reduce latency when playing games.
For example, with Cherry MX Red keys, a keystroke is recognized when it is pressed
a half. Keys which don’t use mechanical switches compose of ESC, function keys,
macro keys, and INSERT, DELETE, HOME, END, PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN, which use
traditional rubber caps in membrane keys.
“Based on researches after trial time, we
decided to use Cherry MX Red switches for all typing and action keys”, Kwong
said. “We realized that many keystrokes are important in action keys but they
are not on other keys, especially macro keys. Accidental launching a macro
twice times may destroy a proper plan”.
Features of mechanical keyboard
Corsair has used "Cherry MX Red' switches in these keyboards
Mechanical keys are designed to recognize
your keystrokes before you press key to the bottom. Some people feel that press
to the bottom of the key causes them to be frustrated when using the keyboard
in a long time. Mechanical keys also make a keystroke double become easier.
Mechanical key has a physical switch which records when the key is pushed, and
the switch is activated by a pressure or weight of a specific key which can be
adjusted for different models of mechanical keys.
Cherry MX keys are considers as game keys
because their weight to start is light (45g). Cherry MX also creates other
high-quality keys. Cherry MX Clear weighs 55g, while Cherry MX Blue uses 50g.
Some high-level keys have their weight up to 70g.
When you press a key which is not
traditional mechanical, the switch with rubber cap goes to a hole in below
membrane, completes electrical connection to make the system recognize the
keystroke.
Switches in mechanical keys have lifetime
longer than dome switches in traditional keyboard. Keys in Vengeance are
evaluated 50 times of use.
It may take several minutes to practice to
get familiar with the feeling of extremely quick and they don’t make clicking
or striking sounds to show that the keystroke is successful for many users, as
other mechanical models. However, Kwong said the response with Vengeance
keyboard of Corsair points out that gamers appreciate the quality of Cherry MX
Red.
“It’s the reason and motivation for gamers
to upgrade their current keyboard”, he said. “Cherry MX Red switches have been
searched in a game keyboard for a long time”.
A new market
Corsair
Vengeance Gaming Keyboards
Corsair has a large number of customers who
always keep track of its different computing products and Vengeance keyboards
won’t affect to the development of other products. Kwong said that the
extension on Vengeance game products had become popular with both old and new
customers.
“Our join in headset, keyboard and mouse
market is a natural expansion for our consuming products. It is well-considered
by gamer community.”
Because Corsair is a new company in
keyboard market, it has to make some distinctive design ideas to be
competitive. A high-level design quality along with special features makes K60
and K90 Vengeance keyboards turn into an interesting addition for the market of
hardware game.
“The participation in a new category with
prestigious is never easy”, Kwong admitted. “Improving what we are having is
even more difficult but we are proud of products that we have launched”.
