- The MSI Claw A8 is now available in pre-order in China
- It has an official price of 6,999 RMB without subsidy, or about $ 970
- It should be launched in July in China, and potentially the same in other regions
MSI announced its latest portable game PC at CES 2025 without any word on the release date or prices, so official details are coming – but it seems that we can finally have our answer.
As reported by Videocardz, MSI Claw A8 is now available in pre-order in China, with a launch confirmed in July. Its official price (according to its pre -order list in China) is 6,999 RMB, or about $ 970 (including tax), which makes it even more expensive than its predecessor MSI Claw 8 AI +.
There is also a price subsidized at 5,949 RMB (around $ 737), thanks to the Chinese government offering a subsidy of 15% on certain products, but this will probably not be relevant for other regions.
As the first pocket computer to use the Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor of AMD (if it rejects before the Allbas Ally Rog Xbox), it should surpass most labor computers like the Asus Rog Ally X, Lenovo Legion Go, and the Nintendo Switch 2 price. However, if the converted price is exact for its retail price when available in the United States and in other regions, Some prospective buyers.
The MSI 8 AI +claw, the predecessor of the A8 claw, is already an expensive pocket computer; It can be said that it is retreating its prices with great game performance, but that does not change the fact that it prices most players.
The potentially higher A8 claw suggests that the extreme Z2 is the most powerful chip than the principal Ultra 258V of Claw 8 AI + – but it is difficult to see it sell well if it is even closer to a price of $ 1000.
Analysis: Don’t make fun of that please, MSI …
Although nothing is confirmed for other regions for the moment, I would say that it is very Probably the alleged price based on his Chinese list (or somewhere in this stage) is exact.
It is difficult to believe that the A8 claw will be much cheaper than the 8 AI +claw, especially if the Ryzen Z2 Extreme turns out to be the best performance option. It would have been unreasonable to expect a major price change, but that does not mean that pricing will not affect its call.
If It is more expensive than the pocket computer which is already difficult to buy (since the Claw 8 AI + is rare), so we can forget that it really challenges other pocket computers and the Switch 2.
The MSI Claw 8 AI + already pushes it with its price of $ 899 / £ 899 / $ 1,799, and it is worse with price increases due to prices. I have no doubt that it will be one of the best pocket computers on the market in terms of performance, but I cannot say that I am not worried about the impression that its cost will leave on consumers …
