Friday, September 1st 2017
Razer Takes Aim at FPS Market with Customizable Basilisk Mouse
Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the Razer Basilisk, a customizable mouse with state-of-the-art features for first-person shooter (FPS) games. Razer's rich history of purpose-built mice is getting its next major entry with the Razer Basilisk for FPS gaming. The Razer Basilisk comes equipped with a 5G true 16,000 DPI optical sensor, the same sensor used in the celebrated Razer DeathAdder Elite and Razer Lancehead Tournament Edition, proven to excel under the demanding accuracy and precision needs of FPS gamers. What's more, the Basilisk features Razer Mechanical Mouse Switches with an industry-best 50 million click lifespan.
The mouse offers a continuum of scroll wheel resistances to choose from. The scroll wheel can be adjusted via a dial on its underside for increased or decreased resistance to fit the preferences of each gamer. This can be especially useful for gamers who bind jump to their scroll wheel and are looking to adjust the jump activation to a preferred level of resistance. The Razer Basilisk is equipped with a removable clutch for easy access to additional mouse actions. The default clutch setting allows gamers to temporarily lower their DPI to instantaneously switch between high DPI close-quarters fighting and low DPI precision shooting. The clutch is fully programmable and can be set for push-to-talk, item pick-up, or any other actions. The clutch comes in two different lengths (short/long) to cater to different hand sizes. A rubber thumb cap is also included for players who prefer the mouse without the clutch."The customizability of the Razer Basilisk sets it apart from other FPS mice, and is something that we're incredibly proud of," says Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder and CEO. "This is a mouse designed for tweaking that last ounce of performance out of each gamer's specific FPS playstyle. For games like CS:GO, PUBG, Quake, and the likes, there's nothing better."
The Razer Basilisk is powered by Razer Synapse 3 (Beta), a software configurator that acts as the control center for the mouse. Button remapping, surface calibration and Razer Chroma lighting effects are all controlled by Synapse 3 (Beta), which is able to store personalized settings on the mouse itself or in the cloud via Hybrid On-board and Cloud Storage.
Price: U.S. $69.99 / EU € 69.99. Available on Razerzone from September 2017, elsewhere Q4 2017.
Product features:
The mouse offers a continuum of scroll wheel resistances to choose from. The scroll wheel can be adjusted via a dial on its underside for increased or decreased resistance to fit the preferences of each gamer. This can be especially useful for gamers who bind jump to their scroll wheel and are looking to adjust the jump activation to a preferred level of resistance. The Razer Basilisk is equipped with a removable clutch for easy access to additional mouse actions. The default clutch setting allows gamers to temporarily lower their DPI to instantaneously switch between high DPI close-quarters fighting and low DPI precision shooting. The clutch is fully programmable and can be set for push-to-talk, item pick-up, or any other actions. The clutch comes in two different lengths (short/long) to cater to different hand sizes. A rubber thumb cap is also included for players who prefer the mouse without the clutch."The customizability of the Razer Basilisk sets it apart from other FPS mice, and is something that we're incredibly proud of," says Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder and CEO. "This is a mouse designed for tweaking that last ounce of performance out of each gamer's specific FPS playstyle. For games like CS:GO, PUBG, Quake, and the likes, there's nothing better."
The Razer Basilisk is powered by Razer Synapse 3 (Beta), a software configurator that acts as the control center for the mouse. Button remapping, surface calibration and Razer Chroma lighting effects are all controlled by Synapse 3 (Beta), which is able to store personalized settings on the mouse itself or in the cloud via Hybrid On-board and Cloud Storage.
Price: U.S. $69.99 / EU € 69.99. Available on Razerzone from September 2017, elsewhere Q4 2017.
Product features:
- Razer 5G optical sensor with true 16,000 DPI
- Up to 450 inches per second (IPS) / 50 G acceleration
- Gaming-grade tactile scroll wheel with customizable resistance
- Two removable clutch (short/long) buttons and a rubber thumb cap
- Eight independently programmable Hyperesponse buttons
- RazerTM Mechanical Mouse Switches
- Ergonomic right-handed design with enhanced rubber side grips
- Razer Chroma lighting with true 16.8 million customizable color options
- 1000 Hz Ultrapolling
- Razer Synapse 3 (Beta) enabled
- Approximate size: 124 mm / 4.88 in (Length) X 75 mm / 2.94 in (Width) X 43 mm / 1.69 in (Height)
- Approximate weight 107 g / 0.24 lbs
24 Comments on Razer Takes Aim at FPS Market with Customizable Basilisk Mouse
Haters gonna hate, I have had Logitech and Razer products die on me. Shit happens, get over it. Though I will rest easily in the shade here.
4th agreement with the "Razer is crap and does not even last a full warranty without 1 or 2 RMA" i had my share with them ... now i am plenty happy with Roccat and Logitech (more feature for the money and better build) Nyth and G410
heck even my Roccat Alumic does way better than the Razer Vespula for a cheaper price (differences between them? if i except the price? well ... not much, the Alumic offer all the Vespula offers but better ... )
and to add for the Razer Blade, for the laugh, all i did find in second hand was : defective unit, various reason but none in working state :laugh: the sellers probably got fed up with RMA'ing it and thought it would be more profitable to sell it (around at last 4 pieces found) also BNIB price is a blatant thievery. peripheral failures for me : all were Razer, various kind from mouse mat to headset, never had a logitech or Roccat (or even Trust and A4) die on me ... it's not shit happens : it's Razer happens :laugh: (the only thing i still have from Razer is a mouse bungee, but that would be weird if something so simple got an issue ... well it did have one issue : overpriced for what i is :laugh: but i got a 50% discount on it, so that make it up for it.)
just in case, the Diamondback (alongside the Copperhead and Boomslang) were the only good product from Razer, after that : whole crapfest.
oh edit: and they got the sh!ttiest software ever :D Synapse is a p.o.s, i rather have my macro and shortcut in internal memory and be able to use it on any computer i plug it (without needing to install the soft anywhere else than on the main computer ofc), than rely on that cr@p
At least their newer stuff are better quality-wise compare to older SKUs/models.
for me, well their actual product are slightly under or on par with Trust and Bloody but 2 time the prices, which put them into the "worse of the worse"
Have a cheap Anker mouse and zero issues in 3 years....
Microsoft mice are also good quality.
you really don't read what i write as i write it .... so fun ... okay as you wrote : whatever :pedit: on a second thought... you actually did read the way i wrote it ... :roll: :laugh:
oh well
Tbh your reaction is really weird, and yes I just read it the way I understand.
Whatever mate ;)
I have a Boomslang, Naga, Naga Epic, and Spectre that are all still working fine after heavy use.
The worst issues I've had are needing to clean a couple switches in the NE and the top shell went to crap when I forgot to clean it and left it alone for a few days.
All that said, I won't touch a mouse that requires Synapse. Razer can bugger off with that garbage.