Final night time Philips revealed Evnia to the world, its official line of gaming displays and equipment. The 2 phrases I heard loads from Philips final night time on the reveal occasion had been ‘magnificence’ and ‘freshness.’ And spending a while with the gear, I can see that Philips is relying on a few necessary information. PC players are getting older, are making more cash, and like nice-looking issues of their residing rooms and places of work.
We had an opportunity to speak with the product supervisor of gaming displays at Phillips, Cesar Acosta, to elucidate the design philosophy behind the Evnia product designs, particularly the gaming displays and the aware effort to step away from what he known as the “typical hardcore gamer aesthetic”.
TPV owns Philips and in addition owns AOC, one of many greatest gaming monitor manufacturers on the earth. So, in fact, you marvel if having a number of gaming {hardware} manufacturers underneath one umbrella hurts or helps the trigger. Cesar stated, “AOC is among the high three manufacturers within the European market, and so they cowl every part. From completely different sizes and budgets, they’ve every part. They’re for the hardcore players.” The place Philips noticed a chance, in keeping with Cesar, needed to do with knowledge they gathered throughout the previous few years concerning a shifting demographic of some players.
Cesar instructed PC Gamer, “the shopper has modified; they’ve matured a bit, have a pleasant earnings, possibly of their 30s, and need a good monitor that is not so aggressive.” He continued by saying, “they need a monitor that feeds his atmosphere that matches their type; they don’t seem to be children anymore.”
In line with the info, players on the older finish of the spectrum are shying away from the designs we’re used to seeing: laborious edges, blacks, reds, large logos, and an excessive amount of RGB. They nonetheless need the efficiency, although. These two issues are too typically mutually unique on the subject of the very best PC gaming peripherals. Cesar defined, “It is not that these players need one thing plain, however one thing trendy and tidy they’ll nonetheless work and play on and be aggressive.”
“The shopper has modified; they’ve matured a bit, have a pleasant earnings, possibly of their 30s, and need a good monitor that is not so aggressive.”
This helps clarify why, Philips went for a softer, cleaner look. As a substitute of RGB strips, the displays have a collection of RGB cubes within the again, whereas the headsets and keyboards adorn a single RGB strip down the middle. Every little thing is in an nearly eggshell white, giving every part a extra premium vibe to it. Somebody on the occasion joked and stated all of the merchandise seem like one thing Apple would make in the event that they acquired into gaming {hardware}.
Cesar acknowledges that they are not the primary gaming {hardware} firm to introduce the concept of a complete gaming ecosystem. So we requested why players ought to take into account selecting Evnia in opposition to different well-established manufacturers like Razer or HyperX? Cesar’s reply leaned in direction of one thing I did not count on. Software program.
“Our product software program (Philips Precision Middle) is non-intrusive and simple to make use of. It sync’s with all of your [Evnia] gaming {hardware} gear with not more than a single click on to set your settings and Ambiglow RGB, particularly on the displays.” With out naming names, Cesar acknowledges a few of the worst experiences of putting in new peripherals from opponents are coping with obnoxious administration software program that you simply consistently must battle.
Talking of RGB, since it’s Philips, we requested concerning the chance of incorporating the lighting on its Evnia line to work with its sensible dwelling lighting software program, Philips Hue. His reply was “not for now,” however he did point out that seeking to mix their gaming ecosystem with its sensible dwelling ecosystem they’re taking a look at for the long run. I joked that it could be kinda cool to simply stroll right into a room and have your workplace lights and gaming gear all gentle up in sync prefer it had been the intro to a wrestling match.
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Philips says they’re all in with the Evnia model.”If we launch a gaming model, we go full velocity,” he added.”
The Evnia displays are anticipated to launch in December, with the 34M2C8600 hitting the cabinets with the 42M2N8900, 34M2C8600, and 27M2C5500W displays scheduled to drop mid-January of subsequent 12 months.
