There are particular acquisitions we’ve seen from Sony that simply make quite a lot of sense – take their acquisition of Nixxes.
As PlayStation seems to be to make PC ports of its first-party video games an necessary a part of the enterprise, it acquires a studio that’s the very best within the enterprise for porting video games to PC.
Thursday’s acquisition announcement is of the identical ilk, as Sony have introduced they are going to purchase Audeze, a number one audio expertise firm who make unimaginable award-winning headphones, together with award profitable gaming headphones.
We’ve already seen the Pulse 3D headphones from Sony, and on Wednesday it was made public that the subsequent tier of these, the Pulse Elite together with the Pulse Discover earbuds are incoming.
Sony’s at all times completed effectively with its equipment, and having Audeze doubtlessly be the crew powering its audio equipment, that would improve the standard, and premium pricing, of the subsequent headphones we see from Sony.
To not point out Audeze will carry its personal audio experience, which builders inside PlayStation Studios may doubtlessly take nice benefit of.
It’s necessary to notice that this acquisition gained’t cease Audeze from doing what it already does, as it should nonetheless act independently and develop headphones for all platforms.
Although now it may doubtlessly play a giant half in future PlayStation tasks on the audio aspect.
“Audeze is a premier model for headphones, and this acquisition highlights Sony Interactive’s give attention to innovation and offering the very best audio expertise to PlayStation gamers.” mentioned senior vice chairman of platform expertise Hideaki Nishino on the acquisition.
“We’re excited to carry Audeze’s experience into the PlayStation ecosystem, constructing on the good strides we’ve made with PlayStation 5’s Tempest 3D AudioTech and the Pulse 3D wi-fi headset.”
For Audeze’s half, chief government officer Sankar Thiagasamudram mentioned “Sony Interactive supplies Audeze with a singular alternative to scale our enterprise, as we proceed with our mission to ship best-in-class headphones to recording professionals, audiophiles, and avid gamers.”
“We’re additionally trying ahead to contributing to Sony Interactive’s efforts to take PlayStation audio experiences to the subsequent degree.”
As soon as this acquisition is full, Sony could have the potential to supply the very best audio expertise potential to gamers, which is thrilling to think about.
Supply – [Business Wire via Wario64]