2016 has been a good year in the sale of gaming laptops, especially for ASUS and MSI, who lead this market and an increase in sales is expected during 2017.

Fully gaming laptops are relatively new to the industry and data on the sale of these devices has now been released last year. During 2016, approximately 4.5 million gaming laptops were sold. ASUS leads the ranking of laptops sold with about 1.2 million units sold and MSI closely follows the Taiwanese company with 800.000-850.000 units.

This type of equipment, being realistic, is not intended for ordinary mortals because it has high prices and can get equal or more powerful equipment in a desktop version. Laptops are primarily geared towards people who are highly mobile and want to play games or want an extremely compact gaming platform, among others. Thanks to their power, they can be a very useful tool for users who are dedicated to photo and video editing and travel a lot for their work.

According to the data, 2017 will be a great year, as the demand for this type of portable gaming equipment is growing significantly, among others, thanks to the popularity of computer video games and the reduction in the market share of consoles . This trend is spreading in North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and Northeast Europe, as well as China, Japan, South Korea, and some Southeast Asian countries. It is also growing, but to a lesser extent in Latin America.

Regarding prices, high-end gaming laptops have a starting price of about € 2000, the mid-range can be found from € 1350 to € 2000, while entry-level gaming laptops start from the € 1000, approximately. ASUS, MSI, Lenovo and HP have launched entry-level gaming laptops for prices between € 800-1000 in Southeast Asia and China. During 2017, sales of gaming laptops are expected to increase by 10-15%.

Source: DigiTimes