Thursday, July 13th 2017
Logitech Acquires ASTRO Gaming for $85 million
In a move that is sure to increase Logitech's portfolio and cadre of available designs for its products, the Switzerland-based company has snagged up ASTRO Gaming for a cool $85 million. That both ASTRO and Logitech both have some of their more recognizable strengths in the same market - the headset one - didn't seem to faze Logitech's board. This probably means the company is looking to further lock-in the headset market through overwhelming quality and attractiveness of its headsets.
Logitech had this to say about the deal: "ASTRO is the leading player for premium console headsets and is the preferred headset for console esports athletes," said Ujesh Desai, vice president and general manager of Logitech G. "It's a perfect complement to Logitech G's focus on PC gaming and we couldn't be more excited; we love the team, the brand and the products. Together, we want to make game play even more fun for gamers everywhere."
Jordan Reiss, co-founder and president of ASTRO, added, "The whole team at ASTRO has always held Logitech and Logitech G products in the highest regard, so I'm ecstatic we are joining forces. ASTRO's brand strength combined with Logitech G's unrivalled technology and global distribution network is going to bring our products to even more gamers around the world."
Source:
ETeknix
Jordan Reiss, co-founder and president of ASTRO, added, "The whole team at ASTRO has always held Logitech and Logitech G products in the highest regard, so I'm ecstatic we are joining forces. ASTRO's brand strength combined with Logitech G's unrivalled technology and global distribution network is going to bring our products to even more gamers around the world."
36 Comments on Logitech Acquires ASTRO Gaming for $85 million
Pc: astro a10
Console: astro a10
There are alternatives at similar price, but most decent ones have usb 2.0 connectors, so if you ever want to use them with your mobile device, you can't.
But seriously, really expensive wireless headsets suck. Anything more than 150 dollars/200 euros probably isn't worth considering.
Their wireless tech is also the best and fastest with no delay compared to wired (try g403 or g900)
Their materials last, I still have a g9x from 2009 that is working wonders, and z5500 since 2009 aswell.
If you want to talk crap about brands, put logitech aside. Specially compared to razer, benq/zowie. Now those are overpriced overglorified products.
Logitech = top notch quality and top notch technology
Sadly I never got to own Z5500...
You can get a G Pro on EU Amazon for 43€ right now, a G203 for 29€, a G403 for 48€. Sure there are pricey models, usually the wireless ones, but I don´t think Logitech is overpriced at all, considering the materials and top notch quality they usually have.
Let´s algo not forget the sensor as I mentioned (3366) wich stinks on any available sensor in the market right now. No accel, perfect flick shots. Best thing ever for someone that likes to be competitive.
Razer for example, totally on my blacklist, never had a product from them that didn´t cause problems after few months of use. Double clicking is the most frequent one, so annoying. Cheap materials, lack of QC.
On Logitech you had the g303 sensor rattle problem and G403 scroll rattle on the first batches, but Logitech switched them for new batches if you contact them, immediatly and no shipping costs.
This site needs a downvote button.
Anyway how are we with scroll wheel and lens rattle nowadays on g403? I remember i had to swap the one i bought my brother because it had very considerable scroll wheel rattle and tiny lens, the one he's using now is much better, but it's still one of the first batches.