https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/grl5in/msi_b550_launch_pricing_announced_starting_at_119/
Interesting tidbit about white motherboard i.e. Titanium: MSI says they can't get signal quality with a white PCB to be as good as a black PCB yet, at least not for PCIe gen 4 and super high RAM speed, so all B550 and X570 use a black PCB.
Edit: B450 non-MAX not supporting Zen 3 is not true, but the BIOS will be toned down.
Edit 2: Price list (MSRP in USD w/o tax)
B550 Gaming Carbon Wifi: $219
B550i Gaming Edge WiFi: $199
B550 Gaming Edge WiFi: $189
B550 Tomahawk: $179
B550M Mortar WiFi: $169
B550M Mortar: $159
B550 Gaming Plus: $149
B550-A Pro: $139
B550M Bazooka: $139
B550M Pro-VDH WiFi: $129
B550M Pro-Dash: $119
A520 will be a thing and it's not like B450 is vanishing overnight. The general rise in prices for everything is annoying but with the handling of the current world wide situation... Stock up on Vaseline
Then a lot of these companies are screwed longterm then,as people will upgrade less often,if prices rise above inflation and these price increases are above inflation. They are probably trying to target margins well beyond what they would get 10~20 years ago.
The problem is many tech companies have gotten used to people throwing money at them due to cheap credit,etc,which is artificially fueling their growth. However, if people have less money in their pocket, eventually it means they will keep things longer. This is what happening with the smartphone market,ie,they started jacking up prices,segmenting every innovation and people kept the phones longer. The biggest growth markets were entry level and mainstream where newer companies successfully used lower margins.
It's meant Apple and Samsung have started to put more effort into their cheaper models now.