Pulsar actually sold its 500-gram April Fools’ Day joke gaming mouse, and despite looking ’extremely sluggish’, it’s ‘really not that bad’
Pulsar’s April Fools’ Day joke became reality when the peripheral manufacturer actually released the SuperHeavy, a deliberately oversized 500-gram gaming mouse that defies the industry’s relentless pursuit of lighter peripherals. As competitive gaming has increasingly favored ultralight mice to enhance performance and reduce fatigue, Pulsar took the opposite approach, creating an intentionally heavy mouse as a humorous provocation.
The company manufactured and sold 20 units of the SuperHeavy to the public, transforming the joke into a tangible product. Early reviews from YouTubers and other testers reveal a surprising finding: despite the mouse’s extreme weight and sluggish appearance, it actually performs well and is “really not that bad” to use. This counterintuitive outcome challenges conventional wisdom about optimal gaming mouse weight for competitive performance.
The move stands out as a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the gaming peripherals market, where manufacturers compete fiercely on weight reduction as a primary selling point. By intentionally creating a heavy mouse, Pulsar highlights the absurdity of endless lightness optimization while simultaneously proving that a functional gaming mouse doesn’t necessarily need to be featherweight. The SuperHeavy serves as both a joke product and an ironic statement about gaming hardware trends.