Notton While MSI has yet to announce specifics on release dates or pricing, an early page on Best Buy that has since been pulled down suggested that a version with 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage may be $1,699.99 For reference, the Claw 8 AI+, the Lunar Lake 258V one, was $899, while the Asus Ally X, Z1E/24GB, was $799. Reply
thestryker Notton said: Claw 8 AI+, the Lunar Lake 258V one, was $899 This price didn't last long (thanks tariffs) which would indicate relatively slim margins at that price. I think the Xbox Ally/X maintaining their retail prices, for now, is notable though. Every other Z2 based handheld has gone up quite a bit, but they're still available at $600/1000. I assume this is probably due to Asus making a lot more of them up front so they haven't been impacted yet. There is so much working against the buyer with regards to pricing right now, but $1700 still feels way too high. Of course I went looking for PTL laptops just to see where things are at and they're very high priced. I wonder what the price would look like without the mempocalypse and better shipping rates. Reply
bigdragon "MSI Claw 8 EX AI+" is quite a name. The "AI+" thing makes me worried that the industry is rapidly moving in a direction where they want agentic AI to play games for you. If I were MSI then I'd remove any mention of AI from gamer-focused products. Seems ridiculous? I know there are executives and startups out there that see the whole game streaming thing and think that's something they can monetize. You don't need a human streamer if the AI is filling their role, and you can backseat game all your want without upsetting the AI. Nobody is asking for this, but I know plenty of AI slop shovelers will reach out of their bubbles long enough to dump this on us anyway. Reply
JarredWaltonGPU bigdragon said: "MSI Claw 8 EX AI+" is quite a name. The "AI+" thing makes me worried that the industry is rapidly moving in a direction where they want agentic AI to play games for you. If I were MSI then I'd remove any mention of AI from gamer-focused products. Seems ridiculous? I know there are executives and startups out there that see the whole game streaming thing and think that's something they can monetize. You don't need a human streamer if the AI is filling their role, and you can backseat game all your want without upsetting the AI. Nobody is asking for this, but I know plenty of AI slop shovelers will reach out of their bubbles long enough to dump this on us anyway. I suspect it's more a case of "AI is hot right now so let's slap it on every friggin' device under the sun, even if it won't really materially affect what you do with the device!" Reply
das_stig Mempocalypse/Nadpocalypse is a fraud, manufacturers can see well in advance if things are going to effect price and supply, even the Iran conflict and Ai's demands. This is pure profiteering from a small group of companies and maybe just too big for governments to control without damaging economies? Reply
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