Source http://kotaku.com/mad-catz-sells-saitek-to-logitech-1786689563
Edit: Mouse and Keyboard and everything that's not "simulator" stuff Remains with Mad Catz. So basically Logitech only takes over the Joystick/HOTAS/Wheels business of Saitek.
As the title suggests, will it even happen? Did the deal fall through on the hotas and that's why we haven't heard a word for ages?
Or this has nothing to do with it and we will see the finished product, ready to preorder at CitCon?
It was the one SC related thing I was willing to spend money on in the near future, but if Logitech takes over I'll be keeping my distance until I'm sure they didn't apply their "magic" to it and dumbed it down to the lowest possible quality.
As you may have guessed, I don't like logitech products, because although their cheap ones are okay, the expensive "high quality" products are from mediocre in every possible way.
I've "broken" two Logicrap Extreme 3D Pros under 2 years of light use. On the first one the spring was manufactured wrong and was too hard, broke after a 2 weeks. The second's spring was much smoother, but it lost it's centering after a few months of playing WC and Freespace2 and eventually the X axis potmeter broke inside. Same centering issue happened on my really expensive MOMO FFB wheel. That still works atleast, you just can't drive straight with it anymore as the "center" keeps shifting. I've been using their cheapest mice at work, they last 2 years but for the price they are alright. Don't get me started on their laser gaming mice, the most unergonomic shape ever...
My first generation Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro on the other hand still works perfectly to this day, with the DIY USB adapter. It is still the smoothest joystick I ever held, including any high end saiteks (X52-55), and it has proper HAL sensor so it won't drift, it won't tire out with use, and it's much much more accurate then the analog crap you can get these days.
Edit: Mouse and Keyboard and everything that's not "simulator" stuff Remains with Mad Catz. So basically Logitech only takes over the Joystick/HOTAS/Wheels business of Saitek.
As the title suggests, will it even happen? Did the deal fall through on the hotas and that's why we haven't heard a word for ages?
Or this has nothing to do with it and we will see the finished product, ready to preorder at CitCon?
It was the one SC related thing I was willing to spend money on in the near future, but if Logitech takes over I'll be keeping my distance until I'm sure they didn't apply their "magic" to it and dumbed it down to the lowest possible quality.
As you may have guessed, I don't like logitech products, because although their cheap ones are okay, the expensive "high quality" products are from mediocre in every possible way.
I've "broken" two Logicrap Extreme 3D Pros under 2 years of light use. On the first one the spring was manufactured wrong and was too hard, broke after a 2 weeks. The second's spring was much smoother, but it lost it's centering after a few months of playing WC and Freespace2 and eventually the X axis potmeter broke inside. Same centering issue happened on my really expensive MOMO FFB wheel. That still works atleast, you just can't drive straight with it anymore as the "center" keeps shifting. I've been using their cheapest mice at work, they last 2 years but for the price they are alright. Don't get me started on their laser gaming mice, the most unergonomic shape ever...
My first generation Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro on the other hand still works perfectly to this day, with the DIY USB adapter. It is still the smoothest joystick I ever held, including any high end saiteks (X52-55), and it has proper HAL sensor so it won't drift, it won't tire out with use, and it's much much more accurate then the analog crap you can get these days.
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