Logitech has announced an acquisition of Loupedeck, the company that makes the Loupedeck Live stream controller. This puts Logitech squarely in competition with Elgato, now owned by Corsair and makers of the Stream Deck. A similar device with macro buttons for to help you more easily interact with your stream.
The two companies officially announced the acquisition on July 18, but did not announce how much Loupedeck was acquired for. The two companies say Loupedeck was acquired for an undisclosed, non-material amount. Logitech offers a wide variety of peripherals for gamers (such as gaming keyboards) and content creators, but didn’t have anything in its product portfolio that fits into this category. Now though, Logitech can expand its offerings to all kinds of content creators with the Loupedeck Live under its umbrella.
“Empowering streamers, creators and gamers is a joint passion of Loupedeck and Logitech. Together we are focused on removing all barriers so they can create, edit and stream without limits,” says Logitech G General Manager Ujesh Desai.
Logitech now owns Loupedeck, but Loupedeck will operate as normal
Loupedeck now be owned by Logitech, but the company will still operate as it always has for quite some time. The announcement says Loupedeck will continue to support its partners and customers and operate as usual “for the foreseeable future.”
So those using Loupedeck products shouldn’t expect much if any change. At least for now. But something customers can look forward to is the likelihood that Loupedeck will get some cool support or integrations with Logitech G products. The announcement doesn’t mention detailed specifics but it makes prefect sense and would be a completely reasonable move on the part of both companies.
What it does say is that “Logitech and Loupedeck will be in the position to provide a more seamless experience for creators.” The company says this includes onboarding. In addition to “tighter coupling” between Loupedeck devices and Streamlabs software. Basically it sounds like setup between devices should be simpler moving forward. Though it’s unclear when these improvements will happen.