I already stated my disagreement with your comment. You referenced none of it in your reply.
You implied/stated 114g was too heavy to be a gaming mouse for twitch shooters. False in every sense of the word.
The topic was polling rate and input latency. Sure, someone will buy this mouse, but they won't flock to it because of an 8K polling rate. I would assume most will stick with what's been working for them. Some are long time users. Most don't jump on every new piece of tech.
Yes, people will buy this 8K mouse. No one said they wouldn't.
Okay - let me try again.
You said
"Yawn. I personally think gaming mice have peaked.
So I bought two G502's."
What has been labelled as a
"gaming mouse" in the past year is drastically different than what Logitech and other mouse manufactures had to offer when the G502 launched.
The mouses that have been coming out in the past year are lightyears ahead of older mice. On top of that, Logitech literally just launched a 60g mouse that's been very difficult to supply because the demand is so high. Do you think the people buying that mouse believe mice have peaked?
Here, point at something quickly in your room. Now, attach a 1lb weight to your hand and point at it again. Which was easier? A drastic example, yet still valid. Less weight = less force.
It's simple physics.
So again, your first statement is wrong. Mice have not peaked, and especially not at the G502 level. There are mice that are incredibly better than it.
Then you went on to say:
"TL;DR
Don't generalize gamers. Ever."
First off, how? HOW? How do you see my comment as me generalizing gamers? We are talking about gaming mice here -
and IN GENERAL, GAMING MICE ARE BECOMING LESS WEIGHT. This is not me generalizing gamers, this is reality. This is a fact. The amount of low weight mice that pro-gamers use FAR out number the older school ~100g mice. You can research and find this info easily online.
If a company launched a 114g "gaming mouse" in 2021, people would laugh them out of the room. No one would buy it. This is not me generalizing anyone, this is the reality that what is considered
"a gaming mouse" by 2021 standards. See how I put " Quotes " around it? I didn't make this up, I don't make the mice or brand them as "gaming mice" or not.
Let me remind you what I said
""gaming mice" are half this weight." Do you see the quotes there?
"..If you want to compete against people in twitch shooters any advantage you can get makes a difference - that's who will buy this mouse."
Did you get that? IF YOU WANT TO COMPETE IN TWITCH SHOOTERS, THAT IS WHO WILL BUY THIS MOUSE. Those gamers that want a slight advantage? That is who will buy this mouse. Is this you? Clearly not. Am I saying that you are not a gamer because you use a g502? Obviously not. Anyone can be a gamer.
However, since you've accused me of generalizing - let me make a general conclusion about you as a gamer. You use a g502 @ 20000 DPI. From this alone I'd guess you likely don't play FPS games, or you're not very good at them - not because of your skill, but because 20000DPI is insanity and you wouldn't be able to accurately aim at all. Most pro FPS players use 800-1200 DPI, for reference(this is not a generalization, it's knowledge that's available online.)
You said
"Your logic is gamers in general need every edge they can get and that is a fantasy world."
People that are serious FPS gamers, GENERALLY speaking, have noticed that the less a mouse weighs the more comfortable, better their aim is, etc. These types of Gamers want better, more accurate mice to give them that slight edge. They buy $900 monitors to give them an edge. $600 headphones. And again, back to the Superlight being impossible to find in many places. Are you, someone who doesn't compete at a high-level of FPS skill going to tell these guys that it's a fantasy world? You wouldn't notice the difference between products like high-level gamers do.
Did you know that pro basketball players say their shoes are the most important part in them playing a good game? Shoes. A normal person that plays in normal shoes would think they're crazy for thinking that. How is this different? Whether or not you believe that better hardware gives you an edge isn't really your call, is it? You aren't a pro player. Who are you to say that it's a fantasy world? Micheal Jordan wore a new pair of shoes every game.
I honestly do not believe that anyone who is a serious FPS player would go back to a ~100g mouse after using one that weighs 60g. It's almost the equivalent of going back to a 60hz monitor after using 120hz+.
BUT, Obviously people play on 60fps/hz. And obviously people use old mice 114g mouses like you do. Does this mean you and they are not "gamers"? I didn't say that, now did I. Of course they are Gamers. But is anyone that's using a 60hz monitor and a 114g mouse competing at the top-tier of any FPS game? Point me to them. Show me that person.
Enjoy your G502s.