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IKEA has a Gaming Range, and it’s…interesting

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Don’t you hate it when After Effects only renders half your room

Whether it be at the desk, in the bed, or on the sofa, comfort is the optimal requirement to ensure a good gaming session. While gaming furniture has technically always existed; from gaming desk chairs to Playstation bean bags, only recently has it been more aggressively targeted by companies searching for the next community to profit from.

Whilst not the first to the punch, IKEA has joined the fray nevertheless, capitalising on the popularity of gaming culture in an attempt to sell some subjectively cool-looking equipment.

Every gamer knows that you can’t be a pro until you hang your equipment on the wall like a Deer Mount

Whilst early forms of gaming furniture were more catered to the home console player, i.e floor chairs designed for racing games in front of the TV, this IKEA range seems more suited to streamers working from a desk.

This gaming furniture range is set to roll-out across the globe this October, having already had trial launches in a few countries earlier this year. With an obvious focus on PC gaming culture, the sleek black and red grid-like aesthetic makes you feel like you’re trapped inside either a PC, or a MegaDrive cartridge.

Move over Sonic, HUVUDSPELARE is a much better MegaDrive Mascot

The range includes the usual gaming chairs, desks, pegboards and floor protectors, but then some more unusual items are also on offer; a gaming mug & holder, a mouse bungee, a chunky wooden ‘accessory hand’, a neck pillow (for that optimal Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 experience) and the most essential item in any gaming space: a poster of some generic dude standing on a roof.

Not sure it can make your space more ‘personal’ when it’s the only available poster that everyone else will be buying…

With all this sweet gear, your gaming space is sure to be the talk of the town, but hopefully not just because it’ll look like a burger restaurant’s bathroom.

In total, the new gaming range includes more than 30 products, covering both furniture – gaming desks and chairs, a drawer unit – and accessories – a mug holder, a mouse bungee, a neck pillow, a ring light and many more. The new range offers gaming desks and chairs of different price range to meet the needs of different target groups.

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Flight Simulator Gear.JPG
Comfort pillow or fashion statement? Yes there is a right answer to that

You certainly can’t fault IKEA for giving gamers a variety of different products, and given how accessible and often cheaper IKEA furniture is to stores you’d find on the high street, their gaming range could potentially be the go-to affordable option for young budding streamers who lack the cash to get something more high-end.

“We want our products to offer better ergonomics and functions so that gamers can become even better at what they do without wearing out their bodies – become better athletes, basically.”

Jon Karlsson, IKEA designer.
THE CLAW
Finally I can play Knack 2 whilst resting my cables on the main character’s disembodied hand

We can’t say we’re immediately convinced by this range, but it’s understandable if this seems both appealing and affordable to someone looking to make their first steps into the PC streaming world.

Will you be picking up any IKEA gaming gear this October? If not, where do you go for your furniture gaming goods? Let us know in the comments!

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