Jump to content

Roccat

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Roccat GmbH
Company typePrivate
IndustryPC accessories
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
FounderRené Korte
Defunct2024 (2024)
FateAcquired (2019) and merged (2024) by Turtle Beach
Headquarters
Hamburg, Germany
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsSee § Products
Number of employees
c. 110 (2016)
ParentTurtle Beach
WebsiteOfficial website (archived)

Roccat GmbH was a German computer accessories manufacturer based in Hamburg. It was also the titular sponsor of former German professional esports organization Team ROCCAT.

In 2019, the assets of the Roccat brand were acquired by Turtle Beach Corporation. The brand was discontinued in 2024, with many of its product lines transitioning under the Turtle Beach brand.

History

[edit]

Roccat GmbH was founded in 2006 by former Razer Vice President of Europe, René Korte, in Hamburg, Germany.[1] Roccat also had offices in Taipei, Taiwan, and Cerritos, Los Angeles, United States.[1]

In 2019, the assets of the Roccat brand were acquired by Turtle Beach Corporation for 19.2 million US dollars.[2][3][4] Roccat was used as Turtle Beach's PC brand.[5] It had a turnover in the double-digit million range in 2018[6] and had around 110 employees in 2016.[7] Turtle Beach announced in April 2024 that the Roccat brand was being retired, with many of its product lines transitioning under the Turtle Beach brand.[8][9][10]

Products

[edit]
Roccat computer mouse Kova
Roccat keyboard Ryos MK-FX

Roccat was dedicated to gaming hardware and offered various products like mice, keyboards, headsets, mouse pads and other PC accessories. The Vulcan line was Roccat's flagship series of keyboards.[11] For the series, Roccat developed their own switches called Titan Switch Optical in cooperation with TTC.[12] A beam of light that hits an optical signal when a button is pressed and thereby records an input replaces the conventional physical contact within a button.[13] According to the manufacturer, the response time of keystrokes should be registered 40 times faster and instead of 50 million clicks, up to 100 million clicks should be possible compared to conventional mechanical keyboards.[5][13]

Several features and functions of Roccat products, such as RGB lighting, scroll speed, polling rate, DPI and key profiles, can be set using the free Roccat Swarm software.[14][15] After Roccat was discontinued in 2024 and merged by Turtle Beach, the software was succeeded by Turtle Beach Swarm II, which also supports some Roccat products.[16]

Reception

[edit]

Roccat „[...] gehört zu den 10 meistverkauften Gaming-Peripheriemarken in Europa und ist laut jüngster Newzoo Verbraucherumfragen eine der vier führenden Marken in Bezug auf Bekanntheit, Kaufverhalten und Präferenz für Gaming-Tastaturen und -Mäuse im deutschen PC-Gaming-Markt“ ([...] belongs to the 10 best-selling gaming peripheral brands in Europe and, according to the latest Newzoo consumer surveys, is one of the four leading brands in terms of awareness, buying behavior and preference for gaming keyboards and mice in the German PC gaming market [...]".[17]

According to German IT news online magazine Golem.de, Roccat „[...] gilt für den Käufer als hochwertig und renommiert“ ("[...] is considered high quality and renowned for the buyer").[2]

Roccat's Vulcan keyboard series „[...] hat sich [...] eine Vielzahl redaktioneller Auszeichnungen und hohes Lob von den Spielern gesichert“ ([...] has garnered numerous editorial awards and high praise from gamers").[5]

In 2016, Roccat was awarded the Deutscher Gründerpreis (German Founders Award)[1][7] in the category Aufsteiger (newcomer).[7]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c ""Ein Gamer will den Anschlag spüren"". stern.de (in German). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Golem.de: IT-News für Profis". www.golem.de. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. ^ Gameswirtschaft (15 March 2019). "Roccat: Turtle Beach kauft Hamburger Zubehör-Hersteller". GamesWirtschaft.de (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Turtle Beach kündigt Übernahme von Roccat an". PC Games Hardware (in German). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b c PresseBox (c) 2002–2020. "ROCCATS preisgekröntes Vulcan Keyboard jetzt mit Leistungsstarken optischen Schaltern und im kompakten Tenkeyless-Design, ROCCAT GmbH, Pressemitteilung – PresseBox". www.pressebox.de (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Sawallisch, Noah (5 March 2018). "Roccat | News im Netz" (in German). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Roccat GmbH | Deutscher Gründerpreis". www.deutscher-gruenderpreis.de (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Das Ende einer Ära: Turtle Beach gibt Roccat-Marke auf". PC Games Hardware (in German). 18 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Roccat ist Geschichte". www.golem.de. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Deutsche Hardware-Marke Roccat verschwindet". heise online (in German). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Roccat Vulcan 120 AIMO im Test: Ist Roccats neues Tastaturflaggschiff mit Titan-Tastern ein optimaler Spielpartner?". PC Games Hardware (in German). 17 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Roccat Vulcan 120 AIMO Test – Besser spielen mit neuen Titan Switches?". www.gamestar.de (in German). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Roccat: Das sind die neuen Vulcan-Tastaturen". computerbild.de (in German). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Roccat Kone XP". PCMag UK. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  15. ^ "ROCCAT Kone XP Air Review". www.techpowerup.com. 20 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Turtle Beach Swarm II Download". ComputerBase (in German). 13 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Turtle Beach veröffentlicht Pläne, ROCCAT zu übernehmen – DEALERS ONLY" (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roccat.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roccat&oldid=1256115438"