I Was Too Hard on the Razer Cobra Pro

Is the “gaming mouse for no one” actually a mouse for me?

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A little over a year ago, Razer launched their Cobra Pro wireless gaming mouse, and I thought it was baffling and a total miss. It seemed to completely ignore obvious market desires and previous sales successes, paving a road towards a product line that Razer decided would be the future while ignoring hundreds of hyped up fan posts online.

In the many months leading up to its release, myself and dozens of other Razer mouse fans online eagerly and intensely desired a wireless version of their wildly popular Viper Mini. That little forty dollar budget thing is still one of the greatest releases in the whole gaming mouse genre, combining solid performance and excellent ergonomics with a price that most people could actually afford.

A budget wireless model with the same design ethos seemed like a no-brainer.

Unfortunately, Razer took all that fan goodwill and hype and ran in a different money-filled direction with it. First, they launched the Viper Mini Signature Edition, a wireless monster carved out of a solid block of magnesium (yes really) and selling for an eye-watering $300 dollars. If there’s been a more blatant tech peripheral cash-in on fan expectations, I’ve never seen it. As if the huge price increase…