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Originally Posted by
Ellis 
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Originally Posted by
KyadCK 
"Gaming" headphones are not the best. Few ever pass 20-20k, etc.
"Gaming" keyboards are not the best. Most are still rubberdome.
Things like the X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty is just a massive price hike, being the same thing as the X-Fi Titanium. It's also not the best card, even looking at only Creative cards.
However, due to marketing, shiny boxes, and store salesmen pushing for them, the misinformed may very well think that they are the best of the best.
Oh, this was exactly what I thought - but I read your post as saying the opposite.
So you're saying that one view people take if they can't afford some expensive "gaming" branded type item is to just glorify it beyond its worth?
It's usually those who
do get the "gaming" thing who do that. Mostly to justify the purchase, even if it is a pretty good one when compared to other "gaming" things and not the best of the best. Like a Logitech G110 vs I dunno, a Ducky Shine or something. Or a K90 if you're looking at macros. Or to point the gun at myself, my Tactic Sigmas vs just about any studio headphone out there. (although I do get to use the excuse that mine are very comfy

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They already spent a lot of money without knowing what exactly was best (same in my case with the Sigmas). Once they do learn, then they fall into one of the other categories, wishing they could have the "actual" best, ignoring it, hating it, etc. I probably should have separated Misinformed from the rest because it is a temporary one. Or at least I hope it is.
I suppose there are some exceptions to the rule about "gaming" things though. Logitech put out the G710, and while it may not be the very best, It is a mechanical that is marketed straight at Gaming.