It’s not instantly apparent from the patron stage, however Logitech has purchased quite a lot of firms which have then turn out to be its sub-brands. Final Ears audio system and headphones, Jaybird enterprise coms, Astro gaming equipment, all have come below the accent maker’s umbrella within the final decade or so. One of many firm’s most high-profile purchases was Blue Microphones in 2017, makers of the much-loved Yeti USB mic design. Alas, it seems like that sub-brand goes the best way of the dodo.
In response to an announcement made on the Logitech G Twitter account (noticed by Engadget), the corporate is folding each Blue Microphones and Astro gaming merchandise into the G gaming model. Present microphone merchandise just like the Yeti, Yeti Professional, Yeti Nano, and Snowball will proceed to be offered, sans Blue branding however with “Blue” as a time period to explain the audio know-how usually. Merchandise previously marketed below the Logitech for Creators identify are additionally being folded into Logitech G.
On the time of this writing, Yeti and Snowball microphones are on sale in Logitech G’s on-line retailer, nonetheless prominently that includes Blue branding, whereas the Blue Microphones web site is now restricted to assist pages with distinguished Logitech hyperlinks on the prime. Blue grew to become a family identify in podcasting, gaming, and streaming due to the Blue Yeti, which has been the de facto commonplace high-quality mic for years due to its wonderful sound high quality and simple USB plug-and-play operation. The Yeti model continues to be robust, so it will make sense for Logitech to proceed making future fashions below a Logitech G Yeti identify.
All of the folded-in merchandise from Blue, Astro, and Logitech for Creators might be dealt with through the Logitech G software program and driver program, which could not be nice information. Logitech G isn’t well-regarded amongst such instruments (which are typically poorly regarded anyway), so who is aware of what including the extra weight of pro-level audio manufacturing into the combo will do.
