In recent years, PlayStation has begun porting its precious exclusives to PC, and today, they revealed a peripheral that will theoretically enhance that experience: a pair of PlayStation-branded speakers. You can watch the Pulse Elevate speakers reveal trailer below.
As the footage says, the speakers use Bluetooth, connecting to a PC or Mac using a USB-C dongle. They can also pair to a PlayStation Portal, presumably without a dongle, if you want to use them instead of the handheld’s built-in speakers. The speakers are also able to make use of 3D audio if you’re playing a PlayStation game that includes it as an optional feature. And like the DualSense, it also comes with a built-in mic with noise canceling, to allow you to voice chat while the game is playing.
It’s a bit of an odd product, to be honest – it’s unlikely that people with gaming-capable PCs don’t have speakers already, and it’s quite a purchase to bring with a handheld like the Portal. With the rising costs of gaming hardware, including PlayStation’s increases from August and Xbox’s increases announced just last week, we’re curious to see how much these speakers eventually retail for, though the price has yet to be revealed.
The speakers will hit shelves some time next year in black and white models. For more from today’s State of Play, check out the gameplay reveal of Saros or the first proper look at Marvel’s Wolverine.
