Influencer MissesMae (right) demos a Turtle Beach headset.

Turtle Beach sees boost in headset demand as gamers play during the pandemic

If you’ve been playing online games or doing a lot of Zoom calls during the pandemic, chances are you’ll need a good headset. And these aren’t easy to find as you may think.

And that’s the opportunity at hand for Turtle Beach, the San Diego, California-based maker of gaming accessories such as headsets, mice, keyboards, and other peripherals.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.