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08-15-2012, 05:28 AM
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Corsair Acquires Raptor Gaming
http://www.corsair.com/us/pressrelea...-raptor-gaming
http://www.corsair.com/us/raptor-gaming
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Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the acquisition of certain assets of Raptor Gaming, a maker of high-performance PC gaming peripherals headquartered in Heinsberg, Germany. Established in 2004, Raptor Gaming has a strong retail presence in Germany, the largest market for video gaming in Europe, with products widely available in major chains including Media Markt, Saturn, Real, Kaufland, and Conrad.
As part of this transaction, Corsair receives Raptor Gaming's full product portfolio of keyboards, mice, headsets, and accessories, which will form a new series of gaming products alongside Corsair's existing award-winning line of Vengeance® PC gaming products. Raptor Gaming executives CEO Dirk Schunk and COO Heinz-Dieter Ludwig will remain engaged with Corsair to facilitate a smooth transition.
"Corsair and Raptor share the same goal, bringing best-in-class PC hardware to gamers around the world," said Andy Paul, President and CEO of Corsair. "Raptor Gaming's strong retail presence will allow us to offer a wider range of PC hardware to gamers across Germany."
"As gamers ourselves, we formed the Raptor Gaming business to create high-performance PC gear to give gamers the absolute best gaming experience," said Dirk Schunk, CEO of Raptor Gaming. "Corsair's strong global brand and worldwide distribution will open up Raptor Gaming products to a wider audience of gamers around the world."
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08-22-2012, 06:59 PM
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I'm not familiar with Raptor products, but it seems strange to me that Corsair would buy them when Corsair's lineup is top notch. I should be getting my Vengence M90 by weeks end, the build quality is excellent, but the software has had a rocky start. Maybe they are picking up Raptor for the software?
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08-22-2012, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by eaton1983
I'm not familiar with Raptor products, but it seems strange to me that Corsair would buy them when Corsair's lineup is top notch. I should be getting my Vengence M90 by weeks end, the build quality is excellent, but the software has had a rocky start. Maybe they are picking up Raptor for the software?
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No, more likely it's because of what they said in the press release: Europe. That and they immediately beef up their product line with no time spent on R&D.
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08-24-2012, 03:07 AM
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No, more likely it's because of what they said in the press release: Europe. That and they immediately beef up their product line with no time spent on R&D.
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This is a good sign for all of us that like Corsair products. In this business, it's "eat or be eaten." Meaning, either you are the acquir or or the acquir ee. The first is better.
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10-19-2012, 05:15 AM
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really ? i have never seen that a friend from my clan or other clan friends in esl using raptor gaming stuff...
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Media Markt, Saturn, Real, Kaufland, and Conrad
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by media markt and co you can buy good tv´s, washing machines or machines you need in the kitchen and pc games nothing more... i dont know how it is in usa... but in germany you buy your pc stuff online... or in a hardware store...
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01-01-2013, 07:29 PM
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really ? i have never seen that a friend from my clan or other clan friends in esl using raptor gaming stuff...
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Same here.
Media Markt, Saturn, Real, and Kaufland? You arn't serious, right? Those are the places you AVOID like hell if you intend to buy hardware for your PC.
Conrad might be an option if you need spare parts (like a LED or some plugs) and only if you need them very fast - but even for that there are much better places (like Voelkner). Hardware? Never ever! The cheap stuff is most of the time crap - the good stuff is totally overpriced. Here in Duesseldorf i only have to walk a few meters to a hardware store to save something between 20-40% on the same item!
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05-06-2013, 09:42 AM
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Plumbumm, TBrandes,
I was thinking the same thing - the only thing missing in the list of retailers was the likes of ALDI.
It would be like a high grade furniture manufacturer buying IKEA (Idioten Kaufen Einfach Alles).
When I think "high-performance components" the names "Media Markt, Saturn, Real, Kaufland, and Conrad" don't exactly leap to mind.
Last edited by Nec_V20; 05-06-2013 at 04:09 PM.
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