Category: Mice
Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Product: Fatal1ty Pro Series Laser Mouse (2020)
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Price: $59.99

Creative Labs has been producing mice for a long time, however the Fatal1ty series of gaming mice has been their first serious approach to the gaming mice market. With the release of the Fatal1ty 1010 Optical Gaming Mouse in January of 2006, Creative Labs found their product being evaluated by many different types of gamers who have always been loyal to Logitech, Razer, and Microsoft when it comes to their choice of gaming peripherals.

The 1010 mouse was unusual in its shape, having no particular style to its looks and overpowered by the logos of the Jonathan Wendel’s "Fatal1ty" branding name. However, gaming websites still believed that if the product was designed with the vision of a top gamer then there had to be something more to it under its unusual looks.

Most reviews of the 1010 concluded in the same: in theory, the mouse was a very solid approach to fulfilling the performance needs of a certain type of gamers. It had a shape that offered a lot of control and comfort as well as customizability with its optional weight system. Unfortunately, the theory was not well executed as the software and the hardware were plagued with issues: The USB polling rate had inconsistencies that caused the pointer to not register smoothly at default settings. The main buttons were too hard to press while the 3rd button that goes under the ring finger was very easy to press and would accidentally click when not needed to, and the side button was simply too hard to press. Finally, the USB cord was just too short for most users.

Needless to say, it must have been a big learning experience for Creative. It seems Creative decided to not release the Laser version of the series without going back to the drawing board to try and get things right this time. More than 6 months after its initial projected release, they finally launched a reworked version of the mouse under a new name, the Fatal1ty Pro Series Laser Gaming Mouse (which for short we will call it the "2020," its original name).