Why Are Gaming Laptops So Expensive?

Hi, the reason is because companies like having high margins. Thanks for coming to my ted talk

Electronics engineer here. The difference in price between a 6 layer and 8 layers pcb is basically zero. Besides, 6 layer stackup is more expensive than a 8 layer with low volumes, it is less standard.

Theyre so fucking expensive but retain little to no re-sale value 😭

Gaming Laptops should have the look, feel, and battery life of an urban ghettoblaster, with 3.5mm audio jacks

Stop making them so damn thin then

It’s almost a better deal to build a SFF desktop and pay someone to haul around it and the peripherals.

Yeah, can we talk about how 2.5 Gb was only introduced because 10 Gb switches showed no sign of ever becoming affordable and now 2.5 Gb switches are still stupid expensive? What's up with that?

Steamdeck and its competitors killed gaming laptops for me, the required compatibility for modern games also helped the industry stop chasing top end spec for every release

"Gaming laptops are expensive because the internal components are expensive" wow who would have thought.

0:54 - no, we do not demand ever higher performance. Its the horrible software development from greedy companies that actually does.

A: Sir, why is new Asus G14 so expensive ? B: Um... copper got more expensive... and um.... we have to figure out how to fit stuff inside same laptop every year...

Pricey or not, I still find it odd to game at home on Laptops. It's like playing a shooter game with a dare I say it ...a controller.

It really seems like we are possibly headed for a PC gaming crisis. Many people are still running 3 generation old GPUs, and getting any kind of future proofed 40 or 50 series is going to be out of reach for many folks. Couple that with the fact that the minimum PC specs of games already feel like a downright lie and the chance for many folks to simply be priced out of the market is real.

Super high end flagship models are definitely expensive but can be much more affordable used as their value seems to plummet after the new model comes out. Mid range one too well they start out cheaper they become even more avoidable as they become the last generation or even just used as open box. The biggest thing that I’ve noticed is business class PCs like a new latitude 7000 or 9000 series or even a new Thinkpad X1 Carbon, can be between $2000-$3000 with NO GPU. Now that is insanity and makes gaming laptops much cheaper and faster by comparison.

Because it's a meme. Buying a $2000+ gaming laptop to play $70 live-service games at medium settings and FHD or 2K resolution at 70-100FPS? It's all a giant waste of money and time.

i don't think an extra oz of copper is majorly contributing to the 6000 dollar price tag

In my experience so far, desktops are way better for gaming due to better heat management. Also I have significantly wide options of up-gradability. Used to prefer laptops because of portability and relatively close performance to desktops back then until.... I have deeper needs to my specifications of gaming and virtualisations which many laptops no longer have.

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Nah, you guys completely blew one of your points. Based on your logic 10Gb should be cheaper than 2.5Gb as 10Gb has been around for almost 2 decades. It makes zero sense why anything over 1Gb is ridiculously expensive. 10Gb is for business which is why there's a premium price tag but even then, charging more because an entity makes more is mind numbingly dumb. You aren't sticking it to the man, you're sticking it to the employees.