With gaming PC components having risen in price so much over the last six months, Asus has given a tiny glimmer of hope for the months ahead. According to Economic Daily News, Asus Systems Business General Manager Liao Yi-hsiang has declared that, thanks to some component prices already falling, any price increases in the coming months for Asus “PC products” would be small. Specifically, Yi-hsiang says that they would be single-digit increases, referring to a 1-9% potential increase in price for affected Asus products. That’s still potentially a significant increase, particularly given the price of the best gaming laptops, for instance. However, it pales in comparison to the 300%+ increase we’ve seen for RAM and 40%+ increases we’ve seen for PC systems in recent months, such as the recent massive Steam Deck price increases and, of course, the notoriously higher-than-expected Steam Machine price.
PC price rises to slow this year, says Asus, though not in time for the Steam Machine launch
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