Turtle Beach Has Deleted Roccat

Press F, pour one out, etc.

Look at this wildly goofy graphic of one logo next to another logo with an arrow! It takes more than an arrow to make a fan base happy. I can’t believe this is a real published graphic from https://www.turtlebeach.com/pages/roccat-faq, but hey, I’m just a guy on the internet. Screenshot captured by the author.

Five years ago, gaming peripheral company Turtle Beach acquired Roccat, a different peripheral company mostly known for their PC hardware. Since then they’ve operated as independent units, continuing to focus on console and PC owners respectively and operating separate teams for things like software and customer support.

Today, that all crashed to the floor. Turtle Beach has decided to let Roccat fly off into the ether, and going forward a few of their products will be re-released with the Turtle Beach logo and brand on them.

This seems like a bad idea to me personally. I’ve reviewed a number of products from both companies over the years, and for a while between 2020–2022, I was even being sent stuff to look at by their kind PR team. A quote from my review of the Roccat Kone Pro Air even appeared on their web site, and in this 2020 earnings report deck I just found.

Alex Rowe? From Medium? That’s Me! Screenshot captured by the author. Original source site: https://turtlebeachcorporation.gcs-web.com/static-files/131c1309-f478-4488-8046-5bf8fbf010ff

Roccat fans are some of the most consistently loyal gaming people I’ve ever encountered. The brand stood a bit apart from their contemporaries, with bold styling, a very reasonable balance of price/performance, and a firm focus on…