Reminder that "gaming" branding usually results in extra charge for an identical or inferior product
Why buy a $200 "gaming" headset when you could buy a good pair of $150 headphones and a decent $50 desk mic?
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Fck! He's right!
You're right in that "gaming" products are generally marked up and there are better generic alternatives, but there absolutely are professional headsets that have their advantages (and disadvantages) to headphones and a standalone mic.
Why buy a $200 "gaming" headset when you could buy a good pair of $150 headphones and a decent $50 desk mic?
i bought a mouse from russia the other day, it was really cheap.
so what did i get? a wireless mouse that connects with a very low latency protocols where possible. that connects to any device you can imagine. it has a total of 4 radio's inside. it has a 3 month battery life. it has the ability to function wired. it has a amazing ccd for movement detection detecting the surface even when lifted. it has a full set of customizable keys and profiles including the famous sniper button for fps players.
i don't see any gaming mice at that price with any of that.
if you're going to pay 200 dollars for a headset anyway why not just get the gaming one
why not just spend about $40 at most for headphones and a mic?
it'd be better to save that money on upgrades if you run a desktop setup, given that computer gaming is now based on hardware going obsolete instead of getting better...
This is also true of keyboards.
This is a quality prebuilt keyboard. It has an aluminum frame and pbt doubleshot keycaps with a standard layout. A similar-priced razer will be built out of plastic and have cheap abs caps that won't be in a standard layout (pretty sure the caps aren't doubleshot on the razers as well, which means that they won't last).