NEWS
by Mark Barley
Razer: "PC Giants Have Stopped Innovating"
Upcoming Project Fiona maker Razer have gone on record saying that the "PC giants have stopped innovating" the market.
The company's CEO Min-Liang Tan speaking with Kotaku at CES 2012, stated;
“Why is it that the giants of the PC industry have stopped innovating and taking risks?”
“The PC giants have stopped innovating and we’ve been left carrying a very small flag. I’m sick and tired of it. I wish they would do something about it. I wish we could do something together.
“Even as these companies continue to shy away from what we do I have their CEO’s coming up to me and saying, ‘Man you guys have got some balls.’ We were just given 50 million dollars for research and development, so we’re clearly not alone in our fight to bring innovation to this industry.”
Tan stated that people usually love or hate Razer, mainly because they're so passionate about their work. “The PC giants have stopped innovating and we’ve been left carrying a very small flag. I’m sick and tired of it. I wish they would do something about it. I wish we could do something together.
“Even as these companies continue to shy away from what we do I have their CEO’s coming up to me and saying, ‘Man you guys have got some balls.’ We were just given 50 million dollars for research and development, so we’re clearly not alone in our fight to bring innovation to this industry.”
“We don’t say PC gaming is not dead simply because we’ve unveiled a handful of new products. We say PC gaming is not dead because as long as we’re around, we’ll keep it alive any way we can. This is what we’re passionate about. This is what we do,” he said.
Tan has said that he will welcome any challengers to his thought that the PC giants are slacking on their innovative ideas mainly because it would mean production costs would go down. Razer unveiled their upcoming gaming tablet, Project Fiona, at CES 2012 saying that it will cost less than $1000 and would be out before the end of the year.