Sony immediately has introduced that its PlayStation arm, Sony Interactive Leisure, will likely be buying Audeze, a maker of high-end headphones who has gained reputation with the gaming crowd.
To be clear, each firms have solely entered into an settlement for the acquisition, however the deal hasn’t been finalized but. That being mentioned, an acquisition like this isn’t prone to be one there’s a lot of a maintain up on. Ought to the deal undergo, Audeze will convey its experience to the PlayStation ecosystem’s already superior audio options. Particularly the PS5‘s Tempest 3D Audio Tech. “We’re excited to convey 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,” says Senior Vice President of Platform Expertise at Sony Interactive Leisure Hideaki Nishino.
It’s not precisely clear but how Sony plans to make use of Audeze’s expertise inside the trade. However it wouldn’t be shocking to see Audeze gaming headsets sooner or later achieve an formally licensed PlayStation badge on merchandise. And there’s a very good probability future headsets may have particular options for PlayStation customers.
Audeze is not going to be a PlayStation unique model
This acquisition will likely be good for each PlayStation and Audeze. For sure. However it doesn’t imply Audeze goes to be unique to the PlayStation platform. Quite the opposite, it’s precisely the alternative. Very like when SIE acquired Bungie, Audeze will proceed to function independently. It’s going to additionally proceed to launch multi-platform headsets. Which implies they’ll have merchandise that work for PC and Xbox along with PlayStation.
However Sony is obvious that Audeze will profit from being a part of the PlayStation ecosystem. Albeit with out mentioning specifics right here. One factor price noting is that lots of Audeze’s merchandise characteristic planar magnetic drivers. And Sony simply introduced its first PlayStation headset to supply planar magnetic drivers on August 23 with the Pulse Elite.
So it looks as if Sony is eager to be taught from Audeze on this area.