Drop, formerly Massdrop, ends most collaborations and rebrands under Corsair

It had been on the way out for many years, I don't get the impression that they ever truly recovered from the transition away from the "group buy for anything" model. They were probably just barely kept afloat by the audiophile gear and keyboards.

Sad to see it go, but it had degraded significantly from the Massdrop era. It used to be a place to get a decent discount on pre-orders from good to great brands, but it slowly became nothing but second rate computer accessories.

I still have most of the things I bought from Massdrop - pocket knife, leather belt, headphones, etc. Those products lasted.

Massdrop was interesting, as a place to get stuff you couldn't get elsewhere easily (even if I never bought something there, I considered it multiple times and I think I had some things on my wait list). Is there already something like a successor platform? Drop.com as a site for branded corsair gear is completely useless.

In other words they’ve shut it down, and are going to use the brand recognition to hawk as much low quality gaming merch as they can.

>Starting our next chapter, drop.com will become a hub for our collaborations with truly exciting titles—from The Lord of the Rings™ [...], and more—across the full CORSAIR family of brands.

Gandalf wept...

I think I got a really cool wallet and notebook from Hand & Sew through Massdrop many years ago. The wallet is long gone but the notebook is still around with a wonderful patina. It used to be a really cool site for unique items. I stopped using it when they had a falling out with Input Club and it seems like they've just gone downhill since then.

Good thing I stockpiled on Planck boards. All good things have an end I guess.

I read this twice thinking it was an April fools joke I wasn’t getting.

this is terrible, imho. defeats the purpose of the platform. i'm sad for 6XX series headphones :c