Corsair Popularity

[james_s]

You have to remember who the target market is, gamer kids. These are mostly fairly non-technical people, the marketing works on them because they lack the knowledge to objectively evaluate the products. These people are impressed by pointless bling like RGB LEDs and cases with big windows in the side. They're the same sort who put a big spoiler, fake hood scoop and Type R badges on their slushbox equipped base model Civic.

[thm_w]

Razer is similar - lots of marketing, pretty packaging, inflated reviews and hype, but overpriced junky products and buggy software.
I took the Razer gaming mouse apart and it looked like something from the bowels of guangdong. Replaced capacitors and it lasted a few more months then the image sensor died. No warranty coverage, PCB looked very low end and top price $100, what a ripoff.
It's all about the product box being pretty, RGB LEDS everywhere, influencer reviews, gamer hype- all the while making the stuff as cheap as possible.

I haven't looked at Corsair keyboards, mice, headsets etc. they seem to not really be a manufacturer, they just contract it out.

Who pays $100 for a razer mouse, they are ~$40: https://www.amazon.ca/Razer-Viper-Ultralight-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B084RPZD6T/
If you bought one of the high end RGB/ultra dpi/wireless/whatever models with a greater markup that was your own decision.

Good luck finding anything comparable for $40 with optical switches.

[wraper]

Who pays $100 for a razer mouse, they are ~$40: https://www.amazon.ca/Razer-Viper-Ultralight-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B084RPZD6T/
If you bought one of the high end RGB/ultra dpi/wireless/whatever models with a greater markup that was your own decision.

Good luck finding anything comparable for $40 with optical switches.

Dunno about that mouse but anything I ever bought from Razer turned out to be overpriced junk and complete disappointment which does not last.

[thm_w]

Dunno about that mouse but anything I ever bought from Razer turned out to be overpriced junk and complete disappointment which does not last.

They have a two year warranty, so it must have lasted at least that long.
The three I've had last about 2.5 years then the left/right click switch fails (online postings say the same), which can be replaced easily. The newer model using optical switch that theoretically should no longer fail.

[floobydust]

Razer has several mice over CAD $100, I got it strictly for the ergonomics doing CADD, it was not fancy. I got just past warranty with it, USB dropouts and moving sideways etc then I took it apart the super cheap pcb gave away the fact it's all hype. Replaced it with a counterfeit version for $20 which locks up with any static discharge nearby. Oh well.
Corsair mice are $50-$130 and pretty ugly looking.

Corsair stock is overpriced and the selloff continues. Therefore, Corsair is very popular. The pandemic has made sales for this stuff soar across the board. Logitech stock has over doubled. Therefore, Corsair is very dubious.

[james_s]

A big crash will come as the market saturates again and then the pandemic ends and people start spending their time doing other activities and the market will be oversaturated. Sales will fall through the floor and companies will be completely surprised and have no idea it was coming I'm sure. The same thing happened with TVs when flat panel sets became affordable. Everybody replaced their bulky CRT with a flat panel and TVs were selling like crazy, then the market saturated and TV manufactures were dumbfounded and started trying all sorts of gimmicks like 3D and curved displays trying to recreate the boom. Why it wasn't obvious what happened I really don't know, any idiot should have seen it coming and realized that new feature was going to entice everyone to go out and buy a new TV again. People bought flat TVs like crazy because wives everywhere were thrilled to get the big ugly box out of their livingroom, the improved picture quality offered by HD was just icing on the cake for most people.

[nightfire]

Some years ago we built some custom PC at work for out software developers with some special needs, and I also build some low-end servers for mostly Virtualized testing stuff.
The DDR3 RAMs were ok, solid build, and stilll all are going well after 6 years now. The nice thing about Corsair RAM is, that it is quite common and easy to get (I am in germany), AND that most quality Mainboard manufacturers have them tested on their QVL list- that saves some hassle when choosing which RAM to buy...

But yes, lots of that other stuff they do as they expanded their business into gaming kids is not innovative- lots of blingbling trends that the customer pays their money for. And most of that stuff is r ebranded- at least some of their PSU series were made by quality OEMs, although I don't know what they changed to maybe chop off some of the original price.
(I nearly exclusively use Seasonic now as PSU manufacturer for about I think 7 years now...)