Ikea has launched its first foray into gaming furniture.
The Swedish company teamed up with PC maker Asus to develop more than 30 products, which are now on sale in China and will be launched worldwide in October. First teased last fall, the furniture includes gaming chairs, gaming desks, a cup holder, a mouse pad, and more.
Ikea’s gaming lineup (credit: Ikea)
The products are affordable compared to some of the competition. For example, the Match game gaming chair retails in China for 999 yuan ($ 154), while other gaming chairs typically cost more than $ 400.
According to Ikea, the Match game is ergonomically optimized to let you sit comfortably and play at your peak. For customers looking to spend less, the company developed the $ 108 Utespelare and $ 46 Huvudspelare gaming chairs, both of which ignore the headrest.
Game table (credit: Ikea)
At the front of the game, Ikea has made the Upp game, which starts at $ 588. It can be adjusted to four different heights and also comes with a USB charging port.
Other interesting products include a four-wheeled stand on which to place your CPU and a neck pillow to help you relax between games. As The Verge points out, there is also a strange wooden hand meant for grabbing your cables or headsets. (The company has cataloged all products on an English-language web page.)
Ikea CPU stand and neck pillow (credit: Ikea)
Ikea sees a large market in gaming-related furniture. During the pandemic, people’s gaming habits have only increased due to an increasing demand for PCs, especially laptops. “With an ever-growing number of gamers worldwide and a fast-growing market, gaming was a natural step for Ikea,” the company said in the announcement.
As for Asus, the vendor hopes the partnership will help expose more gamers to its gaming sub-brand, ROG, which develops laptops, graphics cards and motherboards.