Roccat

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

Roccat GmbH
TypeGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH)
IndustryPC accessoires
Founded2006 in Hamburg, Germany
FounderRenê Korte
Headquarters
Hamburg
ProductsSee Products
OwnerTurtle Beach Corporation (since 2019)
Number of employees
110
WebsiteOfficial website (in German)

History

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

In 2019, the company was bought by Turtle Beach Corporation for 19.2 million US dollars.[2][3][4] Today, Roccat represents Turtle Beach's PC branch.[5] The company has a turnover in the double-digit million range, brings around 15 new products onto the market every year and consists of 110 employees.[6]

Products

Roccat is dedicated to gaming hardware and offers various products like mice, keyboards, headsets, mouse pads and other PC accessories. The Vulcan line is Roccat's flagship series of keyboards.[7] For the series, Roccat developed their own switches called Titan Switch Optical in cooperation with TTC.[8] 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.[9] 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][9]

Reception

Roccat „[...] gehört zu den 10 meistverkauften Gaming-Peripheriemarken in Europa und ist laut jüngster Newzoo Verbraucherumfragen5 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 surveys5, 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 [...]".[10]

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.[1]

Official websites

Social media

References
  1. ""Ein Gamer will den Anschlag spüren"". stern.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  2. "Golem.de: IT-News für Profis". www.golem.de. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  3. Gameswirtschaft (2019-03-15). "Roccat: Turtle Beach kauft Hamburger Zubehör-Hersteller". GamesWirtschaft.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  4. "Turtle Beach kündigt Übernahme von Roccat an". PC Games Hardware (in German). 2019-03-15. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  5. 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 2020-12-11.
  6. Sawallisch, Noah (2018-03-05). "Roccat | News im Netz" (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  7. "Roccat Vulcan 120 AIMO im Test: Ist Roccats neues Tastaturflaggschiff mit Titan-Tastern ein optimaler Spielpartner?". PC Games Hardware (in German). 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  8. "Roccat Vulcan 120 AIMO Test - Besser spielen mit neuen Titan Switches?". www.gamestar.de (in German). 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  9. "Roccat: Das sind die neuen Vulcan-Tastaturen". computerbild.de (in German). 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  10. "Turtle Beach veröffentlicht Pläne, ROCCAT zu übernehmen – DEALERS ONLY" (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
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