SteelSeries - Revision history

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2026-02-22T23:06:38Z

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	Many SteelSeries gaming headsets feature "Chatmix", a physical dial that allows the user to easily adjust the balance between game audio and voice chat. Headsets with the Chatmix feature traditionally presented their game and chat channels to the computer as two separate devices, allowing the user to assign the channels directly in the operating system and the audio chat software respectively.		Many SteelSeries gaming headsets feature "Chatmix", a physical dial that allows the user to easily adjust the balance between game audio and voice chat. Headsets with the Chatmix feature traditionally presented their game and chat channels to the computer as two separate devices, allowing the user to assign the channels directly in the operating system and the audio chat software respectively.

	Starting with the Arctis 7+ headset, Chatmix channels can only be configured by using SteelSeries GG, the manufacturer's proprietary software. The module of the software required for the Chatmix dial on the headset to work, is only accessible if the user is logged into a SteelSeries account.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=u/slojonej \|date=2022-08-01 \|title=Why the fuck do I need an account now to use sonar? Just let me use my hardware sound control an be gone with this goddamn account I won't ever use. \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/wdnu17/why_the_fuck_do_i_need_an_account_now_to_use/ \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~BDcQt~~ \|archive-date=20 Aug ~~2025~~ \|access-date=2025-08-17 \|work=Reddit}}</ref> This has the following consequences for users of modern SteelSeries headsets:		Starting with the Arctis 7+ headset, Chatmix channels can only be configured by using SteelSeries GG, the manufacturer's proprietary software. The module of the software required for the Chatmix dial on the headset to work, is only accessible if the user is logged into a SteelSeries account.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=u/slojonej \|date=2022-08-01 \|title=Why the fuck do I need an account now to use sonar? Just let me use my hardware sound control an be gone with this goddamn account I won't ever use. \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/wdnu17/why_the_fuck_do_i_need_an_account_now_to_use/ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220801175603/https://old.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/wdnu17/why_the_fuck_do_i_need_an_account_now_to_use/ \|archive-date=1 Aug 2022\|access-date=2025-08-17 \|work=Reddit}}</ref> This has the following consequences for users of modern SteelSeries headsets:

	*Users are required to create and log into an online account in order to use a hardware feature of their product.		*Users are required to create and log into an online account in order to use a hardware feature of their product.

Trinity: Added archived reference link

2026-02-02T19:05:19Z

Added archived reference link

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	Many SteelSeries gaming headsets feature "Chatmix", a physical dial that allows the user to easily adjust the balance between game audio and voice chat. Headsets with the Chatmix feature traditionally presented their game and chat channels to the computer as two separate devices, allowing the user to assign the channels directly in the operating system and the audio chat software respectively.		Many SteelSeries gaming headsets feature "Chatmix", a physical dial that allows the user to easily adjust the balance between game audio and voice chat. Headsets with the Chatmix feature traditionally presented their game and chat channels to the computer as two separate devices, allowing the user to assign the channels directly in the operating system and the audio chat software respectively.

	Starting with the Arctis 7+ headset, Chatmix channels can only be configured by using SteelSeries GG, the manufacturer's proprietary software. The module of the software required for the Chatmix dial on the headset to work, is only accessible if the user is logged into a SteelSeries account.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Why the fuck do I need an account now to use sonar? Just let me use my hardware sound control an be gone with this goddamn account I won't ever use. \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/wdnu17/why_the_fuck_do_i_need_an_account_now_to_use/\|~~author~~=u/~~slojonej\|work=Reddit~~\|date=~~2022-08-01~~\|access-date=2025-08-17}}</ref> This has the following consequences for users of modern SteelSeries headsets:		Starting with the Arctis 7+ headset, Chatmix channels can only be configured by using SteelSeries GG, the manufacturer's proprietary software. The module of the software required for the Chatmix dial on the headset to work, is only accessible if the user is logged into a SteelSeries account.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=u/slojonej \|date=2022-08-01 \|title=Why the fuck do I need an account now to use sonar? Just let me use my hardware sound control an be gone with this goddamn account I won't ever use. \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/wdnu17/why_the_fuck_do_i_need_an_account_now_to_use/ \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/BDcQt \|archive-date=20 Aug 2025 \|access-date=2025-08-17 \|work=Reddit}}</ref> This has the following consequences for users of modern SteelSeries headsets:

	*Users are required to create and log into an online account in order to use a hardware feature of their product.		*Users are required to create and log into an online account in order to use a hardware feature of their product.

Schang1146: Fix website formatting

2025-09-06T05:16:17Z

Fix website formatting

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	\|ParentCompany=GN Store Nord		\|ParentCompany=GN Store Nord
	\|Type=Private		\|Type=Private
	\|Website=steelseries.com		\|Website=https://steelseries.com
	\|Description=Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads.		\|Description=Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads.
	}}SteelSeries is a Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads.		}}SteelSeries is a Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads.

Mr Pollo at 22:52, 19 August 2025

2025-08-19T22:52:10Z

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	{{Incomplete\|Issue 1=short, needs expansion\|Issue 2=needs additional references}}{{CompanyCargo		{{Incomplete\|Issue 1=short, needs expansion\|Issue 2=needs additional references}}{{CompanyCargo
	\|Founded=2001		\|Founded=2001
			\|Logo=Steelseries.png
	\|Industry=Electronics		\|Industry=Electronics
	\|ParentCompany=GN Store Nord		\|ParentCompany=GN Store Nord
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	\|Description=Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads.		\|Description=Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads.
	}}SteelSeries is a Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads.		}}SteelSeries is a Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads.

			==Consumer impact summary==
			{{Ph-C-CIS}}

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
			{{Ph-C-Inc}}

			===Chatmix proprietary software (''2022'')===
	Many SteelSeries gaming headsets feature "Chatmix", a physical dial that allows the user to easily adjust the balance between game audio and voice chat. Headsets with the Chatmix feature traditionally presented their game and chat channels to the computer as two separate devices, allowing the user to assign the channels directly in the operating system and the audio chat software respectively.		Many SteelSeries gaming headsets feature "Chatmix", a physical dial that allows the user to easily adjust the balance between game audio and voice chat. Headsets with the Chatmix feature traditionally presented their game and chat channels to the computer as two separate devices, allowing the user to assign the channels directly in the operating system and the audio chat software respectively.

	Starting with the Arctis 7+ headset, Chatmix channels can only be configured by using SteelSeries GG, the manufacturer's proprietary software. The module of the software required for the Chatmix dial on the headset to work, is only accessible if the user is logged into a SteelSeries account.<ref>{{Cite web \|title= \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/wdnu17/why_the_fuck_do_i_need_an_account_now_to_use/ \|access-date=2025-08-17}}</ref> This has the following consequences for users of modern SteelSeries headsets:		Starting with the Arctis 7+ headset, Chatmix channels can only be configured by using SteelSeries GG, the manufacturer's proprietary software. The module of the software required for the Chatmix dial on the headset to work, is only accessible if the user is logged into a SteelSeries account.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Why the fuck do I need an account now to use sonar? Just let me use my hardware sound control an be gone with this goddamn account I won't ever use. \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/wdnu17/why_the_fuck_do_i_need_an_account_now_to_use/\|author=u/slojonej\|work=Reddit\|date=2022-08-01\|access-date=2025-08-17}}</ref> This has the following consequences for users of modern SteelSeries headsets:

	*Users are required to create and log into an online account in order to use a hardware feature of their product.		*Users are required to create and log into an online account in order to use a hardware feature of their product.
	*The feature can only be used on computers running Windows.		*The feature can only be used on computers running Windows.
	*The extra layer of required, unreliable software adds complexity, and often requires troubleshooting sound issues.		*The extra layer of required, unreliable software adds complexity, and often requires troubleshooting sound issues.

			==Products==
			{{Ph-C-P}}

			==See also==
			{{Ph-C-SA}}

	==References==		==References==
	<references />		<references />
	[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]		[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

JackFromWisconsin: add tag

2025-08-18T13:26:58Z

add tag

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	{{CompanyCargo		{{Incomplete\|Issue 1=short, needs expansion\|Issue 2=needs additional references}}{{CompanyCargo
	\|Founded=2001		\|Founded=2001
	\|Industry=Electronics		\|Industry=Electronics
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	*The extra layer of required, unreliable software adds complexity, and often requires troubleshooting sound issues.		*The extra layer of required, unreliable software adds complexity, and often requires troubleshooting sound issues.

	== References ==		==References==
	<references />		<references />
	[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]		[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

CounselOfWizardry: Added reference.

2025-08-17T20:55:53Z

Added reference.

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	Many SteelSeries gaming headsets feature "Chatmix", a physical dial that allows the user to easily adjust the balance between game audio and voice chat. Headsets with the Chatmix feature traditionally presented their game and chat channels to the computer as two separate devices, allowing the user to assign the channels directly in the operating system and the audio chat software respectively.		Many SteelSeries gaming headsets feature "Chatmix", a physical dial that allows the user to easily adjust the balance between game audio and voice chat. Headsets with the Chatmix feature traditionally presented their game and chat channels to the computer as two separate devices, allowing the user to assign the channels directly in the operating system and the audio chat software respectively.

	Starting with the Arctis 7+ headset, Chatmix channels can only be configured by using SteelSeries GG, the manufacturer's proprietary software. The module of the software required for the Chatmix dial on the headset to work, is only accessible if the user is logged into a SteelSeries account. This has the following consequences for users of modern SteelSeries headsets:		Starting with the Arctis 7+ headset, Chatmix channels can only be configured by using SteelSeries GG, the manufacturer's proprietary software. The module of the software required for the Chatmix dial on the headset to work, is only accessible if the user is logged into a SteelSeries account.<ref>{{Cite web \|title= \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/wdnu17/why_the_fuck_do_i_need_an_account_now_to_use/ \|access-date=2025-08-17}}</ref> This has the following consequences for users of modern SteelSeries headsets:

	*Users are required to create and log into an online account in order to use a hardware feature of their product.		*Users are required to create and log into an online account in order to use a hardware feature of their product.
	*The feature can only be used on computers running Windows.		*The feature can only be used on computers running Windows.
	*The extra layer of required, unreliable software adds complexity, and often requires troubleshooting sound issues.		*The extra layer of required, unreliable software adds complexity, and often requires troubleshooting sound issues.
	~~{{reflist}}~~

			== References ==
			<references />
	[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]		[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

CounselOfWizardry: Added introduction and description of anti-consumer behaviour.

2025-08-17T20:41:08Z

Added introduction and description of anti-consumer behaviour.

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	\|Website=steelseries.com		\|Website=steelseries.com
	\|Description=Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads.		\|Description=Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads.
	}}		}}SteelSeries is a Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads.
	~~{{Ph-C-Int}}~~

	~~==Consumer-impact summary==~~
	~~{{Ph-C-CIS}}~~

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	~~{{Ph-C-Inc}}~~		Many SteelSeries gaming headsets feature "Chatmix", a physical dial that allows the user to easily adjust the balance between game audio and voice chat. Headsets with the Chatmix feature traditionally presented their game and chat channels to the computer as two separate devices, allowing the user to assign the channels directly in the operating system and the audio chat software respectively.

	~~This is~~ a ~~list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in~~. ~~Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in~~ the ~~[[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].~~
	~~===Example incident one (''date'')===~~
	~~{{Main\|link~~ to the ~~main article}}~~
	~~Short summary of~~ the ~~incident (could be~~ the ~~same as~~ the ~~summary preceding~~ the ~~article).~~
	~~===Example incident two (''date'')===~~
	...

	~~==Products==~~
	~~{{Ph-C-P}}~~

	~~==See also==~~		Starting with the Arctis 7+ headset, Chatmix channels can only be configured by using SteelSeries GG, the manufacturer's proprietary software. The module of the software required for the Chatmix dial on the headset to work, is only accessible if the user is logged into a SteelSeries account. This has the following consequences for users of modern SteelSeries headsets:
	~~{{Ph-C-SA}}~~

	~~==References==~~		*Users are required to create and log into an online account in order to use a hardware feature of their product.
			*The feature can only be used on computers running Windows.
			*The extra layer of required, unreliable software adds complexity, and often requires troubleshooting sound issues.
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

	[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]		[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

CounselOfWizardry: Created page with "{{CompanyCargo |Founded=2001 |Industry=Electronics |ParentCompany=GN Store Nord |Type=Private |Website=steelseries.com |Description=Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads. }} {{Ph-C-Int}} ==Consumer-impact summary== {{Ph-C-CIS}} ==Incidents== {{Ph-C-Inc}} This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be fou..."

2025-08-17T20:05:55Z

Created page with "{{CompanyCargo |Founded=2001 |Industry=Electronics |ParentCompany=GN Store Nord |Type=Private |Website=steelseries.com |Description=Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads. }} {{Ph-C-Int}} ==Consumer-impact summary== {{Ph-C-CIS}} ==Incidents== {{Ph-C-Inc}} This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be fou..."

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{{CompanyCargo
|Founded=2001
|Industry=Electronics
|ParentCompany=GN Store Nord
|Type=Private
|Website=steelseries.com
|Description=Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, controllers, and mousepads.
}}
{{Ph-C-Int}}

==Consumer-impact summary==
{{Ph-C-CIS}}

==Incidents==
{{Ph-C-Inc}}

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
===Example incident one (''date'')===
{{Main|link to the main article}}
Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
===Example incident two (''date'')===
...

==Products==
{{Ph-C-P}}

==See also==
{{Ph-C-SA}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]