"Gamers Start Petition To Keep Old Corsair Logo"

[Ineko]

as the company decided to cheap out on a graphic artist. If they cheap out on that, it means they don't care, therefor they have the same attitude on their product, so it will be crap. 

 

Not always the designers fault, most just do what they're told by request of the client. And I don't think Corsair would've cheaped out on a designer, they probably requested a design that looks more aggressive/gamer-y sort of thing.

[pk-man]

corsair wants to give you crabs

[daemonowner]

Hey look, further evidence that people buy Corsair products for the brand rather than the quality of the product itself. The logo matters more than the fucking keyboard, does it?

[timerwin63]

@daemonowner No, but if I buy a $170 keyboard, I want it to look like a $170 fricken keyboard, not some "1337 G4M1NG K3YB04RD." Could be a K70 RGB or Ferrari 458, I want the things I own to look and feel the price I paid for them.

[Scheer]

I've gotta agree that the new logo is pretty bad looking, but you have to admit their products always have been styled more towards the impressionable young ones (K90 would be the exception to the rule, I think it is extremely good looking). Now the logo just fits the product better.

 

I highly doubt they change it, the pictures don't look like renders so that means several products like the mice have already had new molds created and that isn't cheap... Even just changing the sticker logo would be expensive to fall from on after spending all that money.

 

All in all, I don't really care... after all my issues with their products I don't see Corsair and quality being synonymous anymore.

[daemonowner]

@daemonowner No, but if I buy a $170 keyboard, I want it to look like a $170 fricken keyboard, not some "1337 G4M1NG K3YB04RD." Could be a K70 RGB or Ferrari 458, I want the things I own to look and feel the price I paid for them.

tbh if you want a keyboard, mouse or headset that looks more professional, you shouldn't be buying the obviously gaming-oriented peripherals they offer. They (most) don't look professional, they look aggressive and marketed towards 12 year olds.

 

Changing the logo to something more aggressive on an aggressive-looking product is appropriate if anything. It doesn't make the keyboard suddenly more professional. That said, Corsair has some keyboards that obviously aren't aggressive, so they shouldn't be receiving the aggressive new logo should they?

[MegaDave91]

Hey look, further evidence that people buy Corsair products for the brand rather than the quality of the product itself. The logo matters more than the fucking keyboard, does it?

Were you the creator of the new logo by any chance?

[Guest]

Who at Corsair looked at their logo and went "ya no wut, we ned more 12 y/o gamers bruh"

 

I'm not one to buy a product based on the logo, in fact I don't think i actually own any two products from the same company, but really this just screams "WE WANT THE CoD TEENS TO BUY OUR PRODUCTS!!!! LOOK AT RAZER... I MEAN OUR FANCY TRIBAL TRAMP TATTOO LOGO!!!!!oneone1111!eleven!!! "

 

It really degrades from the somewhat more premium vibe I usually get from Corsair products.

[pk-man]

Hey look, further evidence that people buy Corsair products for the brand rather than the quality of the product itself. The logo matters more than the fucking keyboard, does it?

 

people are upset because they shoving a poorly designed logo onto their high end products for purely marketing reasons.  Not everyone likes flashy, in-your-face, "1337 gamer" branding. This is not the direction that Corsair needs to take, imo. 

[Entropy]

It's a tiny angry crab on my keyboard. No thanks.

[Electrostatik]

 

There, I fixed it.  

 

Same, but different

More "edgy" and appealing to the hardcore gamer

Keeps that yellow color they seem to like

 

I'll take my payment in DD4 and RGB keyboards thx

[Tygron]

Seriously? This is just stupid imo. It's just a logo.

[BillyBerzerk]

If I'm buying something for the looks (RGB Keyboards) You better sell what you advertised. and what you advertised was the old logo on a new keyboard.

 

you done fucked up now, corsair.

[Antistatic12]

I'm not really a fan of the new design. I like the current design.

So with all my Corsair stuff I have some of their new stuff now or when it comes out next year after CES I will have mismatched logos.
The reason I went with an all Corsair build is for uniformity..........
 

 

George and several other reps have been getting hit pretty hard with people's dissatisfaction with the new logo, effectively brushing it off with a "Well, you don't really account for that much of a margin in our sales."

ohh really. I own at least one corsair product from each of their consumer lines.


maybe in a little time I might warm up to the new design. It just looks bad on some products and better on others

[Phillyphries]

please for the love of god don't change your logo Corsair

[Syntaxvgm]

 

There, I fixed it.  

 

Same, but different

More "edgy" and appealing to the hardcore gamer

Keeps that yellow color they seem to like

 

I'll take my payment in DD4 and RGB keyboards thx

You do realize that corsair means privateer, or basically pirate right? Meaning the original logo is a set of sails. Upside down boat lol? 

[Yoinkerman]

I came here for pics wth guys, how can I judge the logos if there aren't pictures to compare!?

[bob345]

I came here for pics wth guys, how can I judge the logos if there aren't pictures to compare!?

The source, click on it.

[Alec Harpers]

The mice are even worse.

While the logo on the keyboard looks like a sticker and you can probably tear it off or cover it up or something (something YOU SHOULD NOT NEED TO DO when you pay 170$ for a keyboard), the logo on the mice is embedded and glowing. There's no way to cover that mess up. 

That's a definite deal breaker for me. Kinda bummed since I really liked the B&W one, guess I'l have to buy the white G600 instead.

 

[Stefan Becker]

I thought the new logo was a fad, to be honest. The old logo is way better.

[Bluuz]

The new logo looks so out of place on the k70.

On the other hand, it looks better than the old logo on the mice.

[Guest]

New logo looks like something Razer would wipe on to one of their products, or some awful Assassin's Creed third party spin off keyboard.

 

I also would hate to see a different logo compared with all the other Corsair products I have.

 

Pirates and ships are cool.  Tramp stamps/Fantasy blades designed by 8 year old are not.  I also see a crab and a love heart.

[Biased Opinion]

I think we've just discovered the new worst first world problem.

 

"Our favorite high end computer peripheral manufacturing company changed the logo on its $60+ gaming accessories, and we're MAD, so we're making a petition! THIS IS A TIME FOR CHANGE, DAMMIT! RISE UP AGAINST THE UNJUST SYSTEM THAT OPPRESSES US!"

Well if you are pissing away a bunch of money on something like that in a market with loads of options then looks should be a factor. And if loads of people don't like it then there is no reason why the company should not change it to something else.

[Mooshi]

They could just do what Cooler Master did with their Storm series stuff and use that new logo for more niche gaming stuff and keep the old one for more subtle things like PSUs and Cases.

[ManWithBeard1990]

The new logo just lacks class, in my opinion. If they just use it for the Cherry MX Red keyboards, I'm alright with it. People who use these are usually open about themselves being gamers. Me, though, I do like the occasional video game, but I don't consider myself a gamer nor someone who will buy computer parts specifically made for that purpose. I just bought a K70 because it happens to be a really good keyboard, not because it's meant for gaming. Same for my RAT5. Didn't buy it because it's geared towards gamers, I just bought it because it can scroll horizontally and I need that functionality. (srsly, why don't more mice do this?). Putting the Corsair Gaming logo will have no effect other than to make these peripherals no longer be taken seriously by non-gamers such as myself. Corsair, I love you as much as the next guy, you make good stuff, but this was a bad move.