IMAGE: RAZER JANUARY 2022 PCWorld 7Razer CEO says gaming laptop
prices will spike in 2022
Razer’s CEO says increasing component costs will drive up the price. BY MICHAEL CRIDERI
t’s not as if we needed to be told that the
chip shortage is causing increased prices for
electronics and computer hardware, but
thank Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan for spelling it
out. In a tweet forecasting the direction of his
company’s self-branded line of stylish gaming
laptops, the executive stated flat-out that
increased component prices would drive the
price of the Razer Blade series up significantly.
Just had a long meeting to review our
gaming laptops line for next year—looks likethere are significant increases in component
costs etc and we’ll be seeing price increases
for next gen gaming laptops across the board
(including the @Razer Blade) next year.
—Min-Liang Tan (@minliangtan),
November 30, 2021
The tweet was spotted by VideoCardz
(fave.co/3m1D0l9), which notes that since
Razer laptops are far from cheap at the best of
times, that’s no small potatoes. For example,
the cheapest 13-inch Blade with a discreteNews
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