![]() If you want the absolute best performance, at a reasonable price, the Ally is a no brainer. It’s frankly incredible what it can do with demanding games in such a small device. The Ally is smaller, lighter, quieter, cooler and faster. The battery life is also highly suspect, as I said in my review I’m not entirely convinced by the Ally’s portability. There is another, cheaper, Ryzen Z1 model coming out later ths year but I haven't reviewed it. Compared to the Ally’s $699.99, that’s a big price difference. If you’re on a budget, Valve’s cheapest Steam Deck costs a mere $399, with the exact same specifications as the top model. If you’re not prepared to spend a lot of time tinkering with settings, or battling with whatever mood Windows is in that day, don't bother. Why shouldn’t I buy it?ĭon’t pick up the Ally if you want a full console experience. Valve briefly discounted the Steam Deck in March and I'm sure it will do so again. But for now you’re going to have to pay full price. As the Ally competes with the Steam Deck, and any other challenger that might appear this year, we’ll see some competitive pricing. Just like SteamOS, I imagine this will improve over time, but it’s a much more DIY experience right now. Asus' Armoury Crate acts as the central hub for tweaking settings and as a launcher for games and platforms. If you want a simplified, proper console experience then the Steam Deck wins hands down with its SteamOS software that has been developed for the device. It’s a full Windows experience so it can feel a bit cramped when you’re traversing through settings to make changes. All of the familiar Windows quirks are present, including games randomly closing, or prompts interrupting your gaming session. If you play PC games on your desktop you will feel at home with the Ally. If I’d had the Ally I would’ve saved that money and a couple hours of frustration. After trying and failing to use a combination of Steam Link and UWPhook, I ended up buying the games again on Steam. When I got my Steam Deck I spent an afternoon trying to get my years-old Windows games over to the Valve device. If there's any way you play games on your PC, you can do the same the Ally. The Ally has another major advantage over the Steam Deck in that it can easily run other platforms like Xbox Game Pass, the Epic Game store and, of course, Steam. Valve has a verification system for games that run properly, but the only compatibility issue I have run into is playing the old Arkham games. The Steam Deck runs on Linux and uses the Proton compatibility layer to run Windows apps and games. Windows is your friend here, any games that run on your PC will run on the Ally (within its specification limit). If there are, I haven't experienced them yet. Other devices like the upcoming Ayaneo 2S and OneXPlayer 2 are similarly impressive in terms of tech specs, but can cost up to $1000. A key difference here is that the cheapest Steam Deck has the same internals and costs $399. The main rival device is the Steam Deck, which comes in at $649 for the top unit (it was also briefly on sale for $584.10 recently). ![]() Obviously we know the price now and it is competitive at $699.99 for the top model. The answer to both would indicate if Asus was a competitor with the Steam Deck, or it would join the ranks of other, vastly more expensive, handheld gaming PCs. ![]() Janhoi McGregorīefore the ROG Ally launched there were two giant questions that needed to be answered: battery life and price. The Steam Deck and Ally Rog side by side.
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