Talk:Saitek

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Current version of the page is obviously an ad. However, as Saitek is a fairly large manufacturer of peripherals (most notably joysticks, as far as I know) I think the article needs to be cleaned up or rewritten rather than deleted. I don't know enough about the company to rewrite it myself. Some guy 02:01, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

I cleaned up the sales pitch but left it as a stub. I'm not at all sure it makes sense to keep this page anyway but this is closer to a reasonable encyclopedia article. Tim Pierce 06:09, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Now I am wondering if the company does meet the Wikipedia critera in WP:CORP. It does not seem like that well-known a company and appears to be privately held. Their web site claims that they are the third largest manufacturer of PC gaming peripherals in the world but I haven't been able to confirm that independently. Can anyone contribute something noteworthy or significant about this company? Tim Pierce 16:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I can't (at the moment) officially confirm what "rank" they hold, but I do know from experience that they are a pretty popular company in their field. Any retailer of consumer PC peripherals will almost certainly have several of their products in stock. The quality of products is certainly debatable, but I don't think any PC game junkie is going to argue their ubiquity.Joshf 06:05, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

I can't confirm their "rank" either but their popularity within the gaming crowd certainly warrants an article, I think. As Joshf said, their products are near ubiquitous, and very highly rated by sites such as Tom's Hardware, CNET, etc. Their Eclipse keyboards, at least. Jongpil Yun 03:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I have checked out Retail Audit data for the USA (via NPD/Intellec), UK (Chartrack), Germany (GfK) and France (also GfK) for late 2006 (the exact cut-off dates do not quite match, but that is unlikely to be material) and find: - in PC game controllers Saitek does rank #2 in these markets overall; I had no access to other markets, but the gap to #1 and #3 is such that the volumes in those other markets is unlikely to change the rankings. - the experts in dedicated computer chess games with whom I am in contact generally agree that it hit #1 aroung 1988; in the following years its two main competitors (Fidelity Electronics Inc. of Miami and Hegener + Glaser AG of Munich) successively sold out and ended up under Saitek. They seem pretty secure in that marketplace right now. Mark you, chess is a pretty small marketplace (and this is why no Retail Audit data are available), but in the West it is of great cultural significance, so I would recommend keeping that reference in. On the other hand, I would recommend removing the plug for the X52 joystick. Eric Winkler

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cyborg since january??

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Cyborg Products

A Saitek joystick called Cyborg Evo

During mid-January, Saitek came out with a new line of products called the Cyborg line. These products include a mouse, keyboard, gaming pad, command unit, and a headset. Pricing is one main concern for the buyer, as for the mouse it costs $70 US.

The cyborg range has been existent in one form or another for about 10 years! heres a review of a joystick from 2000. http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/saitekcybord3d/ When the hell was "january" anyway? including a year in that statement would have made it verifiable, but as it is, i see nothing but an advertisment here... 82.16.93.126 (talk) 05:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Employment and Environmental standards

How is "and is careful to comply with international employment and environmental standards" relevant to this article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.9.216.109 (talk) 19:23, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

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When did Saitek stop making chess computers?

When did Saitek stop making chess computers? Thanks in advance to anybody who knows.