Corsair to acquire Drop and bolster its custom keyboard game

Drop CTRL keyboard with RGB lighting
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With Elgato and Scuf already on the roster, Corsair is building a PC gaming empire. Today, it announced its next step, with plans to acquire custom keyboard mega-name Drop. After building hot-swappable switches into some of its 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best gaming keyboards over the last 12 months, the firm has serious plans to bring custom decks to the mainstream, and this latest purchase will help them get there significantly꧙ quicke🎃r. 

Things aren't going to change too much for customers, though. Drop CEO Jef Holove explains that "Drop will continue as a brand, team and community within Corsair." Similar to the manner in wꦉhich Elgato, Scuf, and Origin work as sub-brands underneath the big C, Drop will continue to produce its own produ⛎cts independently. 

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Corsair K70 Pro Mini

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Hopefully this transition won't be too siloed. After all, Corsair's made a solid move here. We loved keyboards like the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:K70 Pro Mini brin𓂃ging hot-swappable switches to the masses for the first time last year, but that emphasis on speed, performance, and onboard memory often comes at the expense of typing feel.

By contrast, Drop prides itself on its sophisticated custom keyboard position - and all the gasket mounts, quality stabilizers, and personalization options that come with it. The pairing could leave us with the best of both worlds, a typist's feel with a competitive gamer's edge. That could be a seriously potent combination - there's only one 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:hot-swappable keyboard we've come across so far that offers something close, and that's the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Asus ROG Azoth.

As the gaming keyboard industry takes furt🐻her steps to bring the world of custom mechanical decks into its fold, partnerships like this are going to be key to ensuring gaming brands get their first few releases right.

Deal ends Sat, 14 Jun, 2025