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  • MSI Claw 8 With AMD Ryzen Z2 Excessive Processor Introduced Alongside Claw 8 AI+ Polar Tempest Version

    MSI Claw 8 was introduced by the corporate on Tuesday at Computex 2025. It arrives as the newest addition to the corporate’s handheld gaming PC lineup which already options the Claw 8 AI+ that was launched throughout final yr’s pc expo in Taiwan. The MSI Claw 8 is powered by AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Excessive processor, coupled with an LPDDR5-800 reminiscence. It sports activities an 8-inch full HD+ 120Hz contact display. Alongside, MSI additionally took the wraps off the Claw 8 AI+ Polar Tempest Version which now options an upgraded 2TB of NVMe SSD storage.

    MSI Claw 8, Claw 8 AI+ Polar Tempest Version Specs

    MSI unveiled its newest handheld gaming PCs — the Claw 8 and Claw 8 AI+ Polar Tempest Version — through the ongoing Computex 2025 expo in Taipei, Taiwan.

    Class Specs
    Mannequin Identify Claw A8 BZ2EM
    Processor AMD Ryzen Z2 Excessive Processor
    Working System Home windows 11 Dwelling
    Reminiscence LPDDR5x-8000 onboard, as much as 24GB, twin channel
    Show 8-inch FHD+ (1920 x 1200), 16:10, Touchscreen, 120Hz Refresh Fee, 100% sRGB(Typical), 500nits(Typical), VRR, IPS-Degree panel
    Graphics AMD Radeon Graphics
    Storage 1 x NVMe M.2 2280 SSD by PCIe Gen 4 x4
    Sensor 6-Axis IMU Vibration Motor / Fingerprint Reader
    Audio 2 × 2W Audio system / 1× Audio combo jack / DTS Audio Processing / Hello-Res Audio prepared
    USB Ports 2 x USB4 Sort-C / DisplayPort / Energy Supply 3.0 (Thunderbolt 4 Suitable)
    Card Reader 1 x microSD Card Reader
    Communication Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth v5.3
    Battery 6-Cell, Li-Polymer, 80Whr
    Dimensions 299.5 x 126.2 x 24 mm
    Weight 765g (est.)

    The MSI Claw 8 is powered by an AMD Ryzen Z2 Excessive chipset together with as much as 24GB of LPDDR5x-8000 twin channel RAM and PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD storage. It runs on Home windows 11 Dwelling and comes with AMD Radeon Graphics GPU. The hand held gaming PC sports activities an 8-inch full HD+ (1,920 x 1,200 pixels) IPS display with a 120Hz refresh fee, one hundred pc sRGB protection, variable refresh fee (VRR), and 500 nits peak brightness. It’s geared up with twin 2W audio system with DTS Audio Processing, as per the corporate.

    Connectivity choices on the MSI Claw 8 embrace Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, two USB 4.0 Sort-C ports with Thunderbolt 4 and DisplayPort help, a microSD card reader, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. By way of dimensions, it measures 299.5 x 126.2 x 24mm and weighs 765g.

    The hand held gaming PC additionally will get a six-axis IMU vibration motor for enhanced haptics and a fingerprint reader which provides a layer of biometric safety. The MSI Claw 8 has an 80Wh 6-cell Lithium-Polymer battery.

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    MSI Claw 8 AI+ Polar Tempest Version
    Picture Credit score: MSI

    In the meantime, the MSI Claw 8 AI+ Polar Tempest Version carries the identical internals as the usual version aside from the storage. It’s now provided with as much as 2TB of NVMe SSD storage. Additional, the corporate has additionally up to date its design which has a white end with a glittering UV coating.

    Pricing and availability of each the MSI Claw 8 or the MSI Claw 8 AI+ Tempest Polar Version handheld gaming PCs are but to be introduced by the corporate however we are able to count on extra particulars to reach within the coming months.

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  • Swap 2 Conservative Gross sales Forecast Not Affected by US Tariffs, however Excessive Worth a Issue, Says Nintendo

    Nintendo stated throughout its newest quarterly earnings name final week that it expects to promote 15 million models of the Swap 2 through the fiscal yr when it launches subsequent month. Trade analysts and traders have known as the corporate’s projections conservative, contemplating the excessive demand for the hybrid console. Nintendo, nonetheless, has stated its lower-than-expected gross sales quantity forecast displays the Nintendo Switch 2’s greater price ticket. The corporate has additionally clarified that the tariffs introduced by the US final month didn’t have an effect on its projections.

    Swap 2 Worth a Consider Gross sales Forecast

    In an investor Q&A printed Tuesday following the corporate’s monetary outcomes report for fiscal yr ended March 31, 2025, final week, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa stated Swap 2’s gross sales projection aimed to achieve the identical degree of gross sales the unique Swap achieved within the 10-month interval following its launch in March 2017.

    “Nintendo Swap 2 is priced comparatively excessive in comparison with Nintendo Swap, so we acknowledge that there are corresponding challenges to early adoption,” Furukawa defined in response to a question about Nintendo’s conservative estimates for Swap 2 gross sales quantity. “That being stated, Nintendo Swap 2 can play appropriate Nintendo Swap software program, so there may be continuity between the platforms. We’re taking steps like bundling software program with the {hardware} to speed up adoption within the first fiscal yr, aiming to get off to the identical begin we did with Nintendo Swap.”

    US Tariffs Did Not Have an effect on Forecast

    Whereas Nintendo was pressured to push again Swap 2 pre-orders within the US final month after President Donald Trump introduced widespread tariffs on imported items from a number of nations, Furukawa claimed the corporate’s projections weren’t affected by the commerce state of affairs.

    “The bounds of our {hardware} manufacturing capability weren’t a think about setting our gross sales quantity forecast. Moreover, the tariff state of affairs within the U.S. or a chance of a recession didn’t have an effect on our gross sales quantity forecast both,” the Nintendo president stated.

    “In an effort to obtain gross sales of 15 million models, we might want to manufacture the {hardware} in portions better than that. Our first objective is to get off to the identical begin we did with Nintendo Swap, and we’re working to strengthen our manufacturing capability so we are able to reply flexibly to demand,” he added.

    Nintendo Swap 2 Demand

    Regardless of the upper worth level than its predecessor — Nintendo Swap 2 begins at $449.99 within the US — the upcoming console has seen excessive demand in each US and its house market in Japan. Nintendo has said it acquired 2.2 million functions for the Swap 2 lottery sale on its official on-line retailer for patrons in Japan alone — far exceeding its expectations. In truth, Furukawa stated a big variety of the candidates will not be chosen owing to excessive demand for the console.

    Within the US, pre-orders for the console shortly sold out throughout retailers. The Swap 2 is anticipated to be the largest console launch in historical past and its greater worth has not deterred keen followers.

    Furukawa acknowledged the sturdy response to the Swap 2 within the Q&A, however stated it could be arduous to take care of the gross sales momentum going sturdy past the launch interval.

    “We acknowledge the optimistic suggestions from the Nintendo Swap 2 Expertise occasions and the state of affairs with functions for randomly chosen drawings for pre-orders on My Nintendo Retailer in Japan. However the Nintendo Swap 2 {hardware} is priced comparatively excessive in comparison with Nintendo Swap, so even when there may be momentum across the launch, we all know it is not going to be straightforward to maintain that momentum going over the long run by means of the vacation season and past.

    “We have now been working to ramp up Nintendo Swap 2 {hardware} manufacturing since even earlier than we held the Nintendo Swap 2 Expertise occasions and commenced My Nintendo Retailer functions. Our gross sales quantity forecast was not decided based mostly on any restrict to manufacturing capability.”

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    Mario Kart World will even be obtainable as a part of a bundle with the Swap 2
    Picture Credit score: Nintendo

    Along with {hardware} gross sales, the manager make clear Nintendo’s software program gross sales projections, confirming the corporate’s software program gross sales quantity forecast of 45 million models didn’t embrace Mario Kart World models included within the Nintendo Swap 2 + Mario Kart World bundle.

    “After we account for software program models bundled with the {hardware}, the forecast surpasses the roughly 52 million models of software program offered for Nintendo Swap within the 10 months after its launch,” he stated.

    The Nintendo Swap 2 is ready for launch in choose markets on June 5. The system marks Nintendo’s first online game system launch in eight years after the unique Swap got here out in 2017.