This can play what the Steam Deck CAN'T [Asus ROG Ally]

Windows allows the ROG Ally to be some SERIOUS competition to the Steam Deck, and that CHEAP PRICE POINT makes it even more enticing...

▶️New Videos AT LEAST weekly

👕W U L F F D E N A P P A R E L 👕

• Access to Sponsor only Discord chat
• Chat badge & Emotes
• Priority game time for chat multiplayer streams (whenever we do them)

(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ

[RetroGameCorps]

Bob, I'm going to need to see some sort of bar graph or infograph showing the spectrum of jank with each of these handhelds.

[james.b.mcgill]

I love how the EA app BS prevents you from playing your EA games, regardless of which OS your device is running.

[papa_NCF]

Timestamps for those who want em:

00:00 - Intro
01:54 - Price
02:56 - Size/Build
03:38 - Screen
04:27 - y not buy stem dek?
05:21 - UI
07:17 - Michaelsoft Binbows
10:03 - XG Mobile External GPU
11:01 - Performance
12:14 - Battery woes
13:27 - More Windows nonsense
13:52 - Games that don't play on Deck
14:46 - Emulation
17:01 - Console-like experience on Windows?
18:26 - Final thoughts
19:16 - Bob stop yelling at us

[joshpointoh]

Got it open box with a 516gb micro SD card for $600, and didn't even look like the box had ever been opened.

My use case, as a parent who wants to spend more time with his son, has been a gamechanger.

He has a wireless mechanical keyboard and mouse next to the dock on his nightstand so he can play on his TV at 90mhz, or pop it off, and bring it downstairs so we can spend some quality time on the living room tv or just playing in the same room. I can hop on the steamdeck and he brings his Ally down and we hang out a couple hours he normally would have spent in his room.

Being a Windows device instead of SteamOS made all the difference in the world.

[Karspankey]

Why no mention of freesync/vrr? I feel like its a pretty killer feature for these low end gaming pcs. Dont have to perfectly optimize the game to get that solid 40 or 50 or 60 fps, or whatever you decide. Can get it around whatever you are comfortable with and then let the display handle any dips. Solid review though!

[Ookami]

Best thing about this is that it’s giving SteamDeck competition which is gonna be great for them to improve their own hardware still saving up to get my SteamDeck! 😌

[lanedj]

This is why I like wolf. Nobody else is talking about the setup experience. Or how it was staged for review.

[Highchurch]

Little biased as I already have a steamdeck but the software experience is king its gonna be hard to topple the deck with that.

[CardCaptorKaren]

Think it's a bit of a stretch to call Asus reputable after their last week.

[iWillFightYouInComments]

Picked up the Z1 for $470 and i don't regret it. Don't need to pay extra $200 for extra teraflops. Its good as is.

[erne]

For me is the trackpad that does it. It lets me play tons of diferent games on my steamdeck that are not gamepad friendly

[Libery]

Something to keep in mind about the price difference is the location. The Ally vs Deck is 700$ vs 650$ making it more appealing in America, but here in Portugal for example (and i assume most of Europe is similar) it's actually 800€ vs 680€, so 120€ difference instead of 50$. Still good for the price, but a harder sell, even more so if you consider we can get the 64gb Deck and swap the ssd for a 512gb one for 480€ (420€ + 60€), making it a 320€. At that point i'm not sure if the Ally really is worth 60~70% more.

[salitz]

I am perfectly happy with my Steam Deck, but pretty happy to see some competition with different features. I don't like ASUS' disingenuous marketing, but the device looks pretty decent. I'm sticking with the Deck, since I have been able to get everything I want out of it - games I wouldn't play otherwise, emulation, 3rd party launchers after tinkering, and have plenty of my Steam backlog to catch up on!

I prefer to play Destiny 2 on my main PC with mouse/keyboard, and no Game Pass, so my use case isn't begging for the Ally right now.

[kuffo]

One of the biggest aspects of a handheld pc/console was skipped, the fact that you can turn off and resume the Deck during games way better than any windows pc handheld can.

[MYRMDN]

I think the hardware is awesome and creates the potential. The software and user interface experience just needs to catch up. I’m very confident it will via updates.

[Handheld_TECH]

In Europe: Steam Deck 512GB Comparison:

Price difference US: +50$ ✅
Price difference EU: +120€🤯 (130$)

Of course the price-performance ratio is still good but €799 is €799.


SD 512GB 679€ vs ROG Ally 799€

[Thornskade]

If it had touchpads, I'd buy it in a heartbeat, but without them I don't think I can justify the price because 9 times out of 10 I'd be grabbing the Steam Deck. We just started playing Necesse and man are the touchpads useful in that game which also integrates them perfectly with native Steam Input. Other games like Dwarf Fortress would be basically impossible. And yeah I could play graphically demanding games on the Ally but those also tend to benefit a lot from touchpads which are simply more accurate than analog sticks in most cases and also provide ample room for hotkeys

[zerosick]

I dont have the money to buy these handhelds but its still fun watching these kind of videos

[yszardkrol]

The magic of ASUS price becomes completely obsolete in EU countries where after taxes you get a price of like over 900 USD.

[kyleLyfe]

I understand why people have been comparing this to top priced Steamdeck, but you could upgrade storage on Steamdeck to match the top spec for a lot cheaper