Razer Turret Mouse & Keyboard for Xbox One Announced; Pre-Order Now Open for $250

The Razer Turret is a new mouse and keyboard combo designed specifically for the Xbox One, though it also works on Windows 10 PC.

[Vasto]

$250?

[darthv72]

That better come with a 'no-lose' guarantee or something in writing.

[Alexious]

The price is "a little" excessive, yes. Unsurprising with Razer though.

[Razzer]

"When ever it releases I am getting it. "
~Vasto

[Vasto]

I still am getting it but I am not paying $250 for it. The Keyboard and Mouse looks awesome and I cant wait to see the full reveal.

You can also follow me on Twitter too.

#AllEyesOnXbox

[Razzer]

Phil is going to be disappointed. It does look like a nice combo, but yes, too expensive.

[AngainorG7X]

Beautiful but expensive

[BoneMagnus]

Don’t know that it’s worth it this late in the gen - maybe if it will work with the next gen hardware, but how could you get that guaranteed?

[LandoCalrissiano]

Guarantee? Never. Extremely likely? Of course. MS are doing everything for the future and to release a new console without the same software capabilities would be a lot of wasted work.

[letsa_go]

Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft all did that this gen....so what makes you think that won't happen again next gen?

[rainslacker]

Can't remember what it was in reference to, but MS pretty much said that peripherals would be forward compatible with new hardware going forward. This was part of their change in how they view consoles, and not having traditional generations.

[DaDrunkenJester]

Or you could buy any other high quality keyboard and mouse for like $100 and then put the rest into more games or a years worth of GamePass

[Alexious]

Agreed, that's what I would do as well.

[rainslacker]

No doubt. I have a gaming mouse which cost me about $80, and it's great. My keyboard is a $50 one, I picked it after a lot of research, because I use it for regular work, but it's a gaming keyboard, and it's excellent. A $250 keyboard and mouse aren't going to make you a better gamer....especially a keyboard.

I've used keyboards like this one, and I actually find the way they don't have physical spacers between the buttons actually makes it harder to use for gaming, as it makes it too easy to hit keys you don't mean to.

Razer makes good stuff, don't get me wrong, but they're overcharging here IMO. Even a full bells and whistles highly rated gaming keyboard is usually less than $100. A really good gaming mouse can be had for $50-100 depending on how many buttons you want...handy for MMO's sometimes, but most gaming mice have more than sufficient dpi for precision gaming, especially since no game polls mouse movement enough to make those high DPI's necessary.

Oh well. Razer, and officially branded, means premium price.

[Kados]

You won't be getting even a half decent mechanical keyboard + mouse for $100. That will get you a mid range mouse and a typical form over function "gaming" grade membrane board. $250 is about right for a good mech set. I do not consider Razer to be good though, so still hard pass.

I'll wait for someone to release an adapter then use my G903 + K-type.

[Elwenil]

But the Turret is not mechanical, it's just a wireless keyboard with a mouse pad attached to the side. Even for Razer, this is way overpriced. A better solution, in my opinion, would be the Corsair K63 wireless mechanical keyboard and lapboard combo for around $150, and then just pick up a decent wireless mouse. I'm not sure it's even worth buying a "gaming mouse" since I haven't actually seen where the consoles will support the extra mouse buttons. Since you can't install the software that typically comes with gaming peripherals to setup custom profiles, I am guessing there isn't much point to an expensive mouse unless you just want to use one mouse for PC and console.

[Kados]

Most high end rats do not actually need the software, beyond initial profile setup. They have on-board memory for storing profiles. Just plug it into a PC and configure it how you want, store the profile to the on-board memory, then connect it to the console. As long as the console is able to recognize the signals for the specific actions, it should work. The macro'd mouse buttons would just be detected as keyboard inputs.

Edit: Just checked the Razer site, it is a mech.
https://www.razer.com/gamin...

[Elwenil]

@ Kados,

It must just be the Xbox version that is mechanical because the normal Turret keyboard is not mechanical.

https://www.razer.com/gamin...

[ccgr]

May pick it upon sale but not at that price

[TheColbertinator]

Lol no

[StrengthInNumbers]

The price of a base console and half the price of the X. Razer never disappoints. I would like one but that price though?

[Imortus_san]

$250, hahahahahahahahaha

[r3f1cul]

but you can literally get the entire console plus a game for $200 ... not doing themselves any favors here as usual huh microsoft?

[Razzer]

That's not very consumer friendly.

[Miacosa]

Priced kinda high, half the cost of the One X and it would seem that it's right-handed only.

[RevXM]

This better have perfect wireless technology like some recent logitech stuff and keys better be mechanical mx switches at that price. Looks great though. A wider mouse pad section would make it a bit better though Imo but it would do the job.

[ILostMyMind]

I'll wait for the Game Pass version. 😤

[jordan22290ps]

I asked how this would affect multiplayer games and someone said different servers for those with K&M, but wouldn't that give them probably only what? 20% of that player base to play with? If that. I can't imagine enough players will buy this to make playing only with each other worthwhile. Still very cool for single player type games and all those early access type games Xbox gets with game preview or w.e. it's called.

[xsta1ker]

for the 250$ asking price the mouse should be the naga series with 12 programmable buttons.

[drunkenspy007]

Will this mean mouse control with aim assist for FPS?