Consider the RSI-prone gamer. I would like to have healthy hands and wrists in older age and still use the computer.
Most games are widescreen. There’s pinball tables and scrolling shooters, but those aren’t really genres that you use the mouse much in, so people get by with normal horizontal gaming mice.
I did a bit of searching and found a bunch. Not major peripheral brands, but a fair few with programmable buttons, adjustable DPI, wireless or wired etc. No idea if any of them are actually good or not. I assume they aren’t what you’re looking for, but just in case…
https://www.deluxworld.com/en-pro-detail-M618PR.html (Delux M618PR)
http://www.ergoguys.com/zlvegamorgbe.html (ZLOT Vertical Gaming Mouse)
https://mojotechinc.com/products/mojo-vertical-silent-gaming-mouse (Mojo vertical)
https://www.trust.com/en/product/22991-gxt-144-rexx-ergonomic-vertical-gaming-mouse (GXT 144 Rexx)
there’s more but I’m already worried this will come across patronising lol.
Thanks for looking, but yeah these aren’t quite what I’m looking for. They’ve got the gamer lights and buttons, but the sensors in these are all the same as super cheapo scam gaming mouses that you might see at the checkout at Canadian Tire or flooding Amazon, but they’re generally pretty bad to use. Like they lose tracking or “drop frames” and just aren’t as smooth to use as an actual nice gaming mouse.
It doesn’t have 16 buttons and I don’t think it does macros but I would Counter-Strike with it.
Going to xth any mouse can be a gaming mouse, just lower the dpi in settings. Because gamers aren’t of the age to combine ergonomic and gaming for it to be profitable, soon though.
What makes something a gaming mouse to you?
One Issue I have with vertical mice is when I try to move them quickly I tend to tip them over. Or when I’m not moving them quickly I still tend to tip them over.
