"Gaming mice are getting serious... what once was marketed as a niche novelty item is now taken seriously as professional sports equipment.

Most gaming mice have a core set of common features that PC gamers look for. These rodents usually feature notched scroll wheels, high DPI, on-the-fly sensitivity changes, macro ability, and onboard memory just to start. Most manufacturers seem to think that more features translates into a better gaming mouse, but this isn't true at all. Having too much granularity or complicated features can slow down the PC gamer when timing is absolutely critical.

To this end, SteelSeries enters the professional gaming mouse arena with their Ikari Laser Professional Gaming Mouse. Instead of fancy lights and other gimicks, the Ikari focuses on build quality and no-nonsense features."