Left-Handed? Good news, this is for you! Help spread the word.

[MiLeX]

Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan opened a Facebook group to get another Left-Handed Edition of the Razer Naga going.

 

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All,

After extensive discussions internally, we've decided to pool together some additional funds to make an updated LH Naga for the community - For Gamers. By Gamers.

This is something we will immediately be starting work on, and we will update this group in terms of the progress.

However, every LH Naga we make - we lose money. Essentially, this is a loss-making endeavor and the reason why we're the ONLY company in the world to make LH gaming mice is because we want to do right by you guys. And the videos, posts (not the ones hating on me) that you guys made really were critical in making us arrive at this final decision.

However, to avoid the situation where this happens again, we need you guys to give us ideas how we can get more sales for the LH Naga, ideas on getting the word out, ideas on how we can get the LH Naga as a sustainable product and not something we need to revisit every year. Otherwise, this will be the last LH Naga we will ever make.

I'm not going to be CEO forever at Razer (I hope I will be but who knows) and the community team may change and the management will have different ideas. And the only way to continue sustaining LH Nagas is to make sure we at least break even and not lose crazy amounts of money.

Again, please keep this confidential for now - but I would love to hear your ideas on how we can really get the word out and get more attention for the LH Naga when we launch so it won't be the last one that we make.

For Gamers. By Gamers.

Min - CEO Razer

 

Razer also made a video about it: Official Razer Left-Handed Naga YouTube Video

PC Gamer covered this story as well: PC Gamer

Are you in need of a left-handed mouse, for gaming or any sort of productivity? Razer will have you covered, a 12 side button mouse made for us left-handed people.

Sadly this will be the last attempt for Razer to deliver on a left-handed mouse, unless the demand gets way up. So please join the Left Handed Naga Group and declare your interest. Also tell your friends, or anyone really, the word needs to get around.

There are 800 million left-handed people on this planet, more then enough to turn a profit, a lot of profit, but most left-handed people don't know that this product exists, so please help us spread the word.

 

Please Join: Left Handed Naga Group

 

 

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PC Gamer

Official Razer Left-Handed Naga YouTube Video

Official LH Naga Campaign

LH Naga Facebook Group, created by Razer

[MiLeX]

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Also added several sources.

[ARikozuM]

I'm left-handed but not for mouses. Still a good thing for everyone to have. It likely won't sell much, but at least they chose a popular mouse to start with.

[Eigenvektor]

I'm still rocking a Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical 1.1A because it's symmetrical. I dread the day it finally dies Too bad this group is on Facebook.

[apebanan]

Im left-handed but have never used a mouse with my left hand, are there really people who use it on the left? the cons seem to overweigh the pros 

[Eigenvektor]

Just now, apebanan said:

Im left-handed but have never used a mouse with my left hand, are there really people who use it on the left? the cons seem to overweigh the pros 

Good day You've now met the first person who does indeed use a mouse with their left hand. Yes, it can be a pain sometimes, especially for games that don't let me remap my keys to the numpad.

[MiLeX]

I use the mouse in my left hand, I also know some other left-handed people who use the mouse in their left hand. Apart from "normal" left handed folks, there are also people who have no motor controls in their right hand, an under developed right hand or don't have a right hand to begin with, so this is also good for accessibility reasons, not only for the "normal" left-handed person.

 

Also in some situations I find being left-handed actually better, playing with the right hand on the numpad for gaming, resting the right hand near the enter and delete button for work, binding copy/past via macros to the mouse side buttons. The keyboard is right in the middle instead of offset to the left. It has pros and cons, the biggest con is the lack of available hardware. 

[WereCatf]

1 hour ago, MiLeX said:

Please Join: Left Handed Naga Group

Yeah, no thanks. That's a fucking HIDEOUS mouse, I wouldn't use one even if I got one for free.

[MiLeX]

1 hour ago, WereCatf said:

Yeah, no thanks. That's a fucking HIDEOUS mouse, I wouldn't use one even if I got one for free.

 

1 hour ago, OlympicAssEater said:

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How about appreciating a company doing something good instead of bashing it right away? You might not like 12 side buttons or the brand, but the actual thing they do is good and should be appreciated regardless of brand association. Frankly I would love to see other brands doing this as well, Logitech, Corsair you name it, but for now there is only one. 

[Sauron]

That's an interesting way of holding a mouse

[ARikozuM]

13 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Yeah, no thanks. That's a fucking HIDEOUS mouse, I wouldn't use one even if I got one for free.

It's for MMO or shooters with plenty of mapping. It's even good for those that do CAD work thanks to the infinite number of tools to use. 

[WereCatf]

7 minutes ago, MiLeX said:

How about appreciating a company doing something good instead of bashing it right away?

I don't owe Razer anything, I'm under no sort of obligation to grovel at their feet. Besides, I was commenting on the mouse, not the fact that they're offering a southpawed mouse -- that mouse is HIDEOUS left-handed AND right-handed!

[MiLeX]

7 minutes ago, VegetableStu said:

also:

LOL WHOOPS

That was months back, by now its open to public, the Facebook group was closed and has now been opened and he asked to spared the word.

[Paranoid Kami]

12 button grid mice are so much better than the others. Once I got one I couldn't go back to the more traditional ones. Just wish they were lighter...

[Zodiark1593]

1 hour ago, apebanan said:

Im left-handed but have never used a mouse with my left hand, are there really people who use it on the left? the cons seem to overweigh the pros 

At work, there is occasional need for me to switch hands depending on what I'm doing and what else happens to be on the table. Often, it's easier and less time consuming to just use my left than to rearrange things to accommodate, and I still run the maximum sensitivity settings just fine. Typical office mice tend to be better suited for ambidextrous use than shaped gaming mice.

 

One of the computers here used for product testing has all the peripherals be left side, so I go leftie exclusively when using that PC.

[Murasaki]

dialpads for everyone

[Zodiark1593]

1 hour ago, MiLeX said:

I use the mouse in my left hand, I also know some other left-handed people who use the mouse in their left hand. Apart from "normal" left handed folks, there are also people who have no motor controls in their right hand, an under developed right hand or don't have a right hand to begin with, so this is also good for accessibility reasons, not only for the "normal" left-handed person.

 

Also in some situations I find being left-handed actually better, playing with the right hand on the numpad for gaming, resting the right hand near the enter and delete button for work, binding copy/past via macros to the mouse side buttons. The keyboard is right in the middle instead of offset to the left. It has pros and cons, the biggest con is the lack of available hardware. 

A seperate nums pad on the left with a small keyboard and mouse on the right would probably prove sufficient, albeit, expensive for righties. I wonder if a full-size keyboard would better serve ergonomics by moving the nums pad to the left? 

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

I'm left-handed and wouldn't mind a left-handed mouse to complement my right-handed one. 

However I do have standards with regards to quality, so I will never buy a Razer product again.

[williamcll]

Would have been easier if they make the next generation naga modular.

[Curufinwe_wins]

6 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

I'm left-handed but not for mouses. Still a good thing for everyone to have. It likely won't sell much, but at least they chose a popular mouse to start with.

Same.

 

Its just too far gone for me at this point. But I do use Nagas for at home and work. They are absolutely fantastic productivity mice.

[Musty]

I am in a similar boat to others here, I write left handed but have always used a mouse with my right hand to the point where I don’t know if I could ever switch back.

[Paranoid Kami]

7 hours ago, Captain Chaos said:

I'm left-handed and wouldn't mind a left-handed mouse to complement my right-handed one. 

However I do have standards with regards to quality, so I will never buy a Razer product again.

Thought them having things that break easily was only something they did years ago. Haven't heard anything about it lately.

[amdorintel]

7 hours ago, Captain Chaos said:

will never buy a Razer product again.

yeaup i hear yea on that one buddy

razer sux!

[rawrdaysgoby]

Ever since Razor went on the HK stockexhange and become mainstream they became BORING

[Founders]

I'm left handed and I've always used my right hand for my mouse. Even on my laptop using a trackpad I'm still using my right hand to move the cursor.