Saitek Devoured By Mad Catz - Kotaku Comments

Saitek Devoured By Mad Catz

Chef — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:52:59 MST

Hrm. I most recently tried a Command Pad from Saitek, and based on the quality of that, it's not a big change to go to Mad Catz. Shame that the flight sticks are probably going to turn to crap, but on the upside, chances are you might see that stuff for consoles now too instead of just PCs.

Chef

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Insomnia Bob — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:18:36 MST

I own that joystick pictured there. Now if only there were any good games to play it with...guess I'll go dig up my Mechwarrior 4 and Crimson Skies discs.

Insomnia Bob

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Jayenkai — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:23:39 MST

NUTS!

Saitek were great!
Now it'll all be shoved under one brand, and you won't be able to tell the Awesome from the crap.

Jayenkai

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triple — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:18:01 MST

saitek (behind logitech) is the only name id trust for non brand name periphs, in joysticks they ARE my first choice..

and mad catz is a shitty company that makes bad dualshock ripoffs.

fuck.

triple

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RPharazon — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:16:18 MST

T.T

There goes my dream of buying the X52 with pedals...

*weep*

RPharazon

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Mobius — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:29:21 MST

I happily own a number of Saitek products including my primary keyboard, and have previously and regretfully owned Mad Catz products. Now, I will regretfully buy no more Saitek products for fear they will be as crappy as Mad Catz. So long, Saitek. You sure knew how to work it.

Mobius

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arstal — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:23:06 MST

They used to have a $10 PC pad that worked great when it didn't break, that was discontinued. I busted one a year playing Kaillera, but they worked great until they broke.

I still haven't found one that felt as comfortable.

arstal

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fuchikoma — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:17:23 MST

NO!!! WTF! How can that even happen?!
If Pelican buys Logitech, the only good peripherals will be first-party for consoles... T_T

fuchikoma

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GiantEnemyCrab — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:51:02 MST

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There goes one of the best peripheral providers. :(!!!

Not long before they are made cheaply to save money. This is like Valve being bought out by EA.

GiantEnemyCrab

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Kitsune Sniper — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:48:36 MST

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Saitek's made some awesome stuff, while Mad Catz is the worst of the worst! This is horrible! So long, Saitek quality. :(

Kitsune Sniper

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DasKonstruct — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:25:18 MST

shit, time to go out and stockpile some keyboards

DasKonstruct

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Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:17:55 MST

That just sucks ass.

JaXs

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Andy S. — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:16:29 MST

You know, when you let a filth-encrusted hobo live in an immaculately clean house, one of two things is going to happen. Either the house is going to become a pig sty, or the hobo is going to come out cleaner.

Let's hope that several hours of fervent scrubbing with Saitek products will make the Mat Catz hobo smell a little less like open ass.

Andy S.

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Altima NEO — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:34:10 MST

I would have preferred it if Saitek bought out Mad Catz.

man, now the only good stuff out there is by Logitech.

Altima NEO

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ビッグボス — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:28:11 MST

Saitek is awesome. Mad Catz sucks. Putting them together will obviously yield awesome levels of suckiness. Weak.

ビッグボス

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Anemone — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:21:33 MST

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudddddjuuh.

Anemone

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Klashe — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:07:52 MST

Hopefully they aren't just buying the name so they can stick a Saitek name on their crap ass line of products.

Klashe

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Morpork — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:57:09 MST

I have that HOTAS (pictured). It gathers a lot of dust unfortunately.

Morpork

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DigiMish — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:54:11 MST

@onomeister:
Logitech can easily acquire all of the rival companies, since they are the most profitable in their line of work.

DigiMish

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onomeister — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:44:12 MST

Wow, didn't Mad Catz just acquire Joytech? And now Saitek... They're like the EA of peripherals!! Next in line: Logitech??? lmao...

onomeister

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StormTec — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:26:57 MST

As it was mentioned by another commenter, it's entirely possible that the acquisition of Saitek by Mad Catz can improve the quality of Mad Catz products. Meaning that stuff that would essentially be at least partly made and designed by Saitek could become more affordable.

I mean, I know optimism is very much an alien concept to most of you on here, but c'mon XP

StormTec

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MJDeviant — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:05:01 MST

DAMMIT!!!! I need to get that Cyborg keyboard STAT! When I think of Mad Catz I think of my Goldeneye player skewing slightly to the right or spinning no matter how many times I hold L and R to reset the controller.....

MJDeviant

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Habits — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:03:38 MST

Mad Catz does ok sometimes, but their cheap stuff is just that - cheap stuff. Saitek's cheap stuff has always been solid and reliable. On the one hand,this could mean Saitek's cheaper stuff (if they keep the Saitek name alive at all) will become kind of crappy - on the other hand, though, perhaps Mad Catz's cheaper stuff will become less crappy?

It could happen! Not that I'm counting on it, but it could.

Habits

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railskins — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:56:51 MST

why must 'good' name companies sell out to 'crap' name companies all the time?

go buy a replacement for that joystick you love now before it's too late..

railskins

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Spud387 — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:54:23 MST

I must quickly buy the Saitek keyboard now before Mad Catz gets to touch it :s At least my Saitek joystick is only a year old. Why..... Why Saitek :(

Spud387

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Bigfoot — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:44:25 MST

Nooooooooooooooooooo

Bigfoot

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Vader582 — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:42:53 MST

My first reaction at the headline: Oh God!!! Truly a sad day. Guess I bought my last Saitek KB...

Vader582

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Kokuryukai — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:38:10 MST

@jonesy08: So true :( this is a sad day - I have always associated Mad Catz with cheaply made and ugly designs - and I avoid them like a plague

Kokuryukai

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jonesy08 — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:33:41 MST

there goes the neighborhood...

jonesy08

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NotAZombie — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:31:59 MST

Let me be the first to say it... Nooooooooooo!

NotAZombie

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sc00t420 — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:31:47 MST

I'm pretty sure Mad Catz is one of the worst companies I can think of in terms of quality product.

sc00t420