The Asus ROG Xbox Ally is Microsoft's big push into handheld gaming, but it isn't gunning for the Nintendo Switch 2. It's got Valve's Steam Deck in its sights.

The Asus ROG Xbox Ally is Microsoft's big push into handheld gaming, but it isn't gunning for the Nintendo Switch 2. It's got Valve's Steam Deck in its sights.

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The ROG Ally X offers better specs and versatility than the Steam Deck OLED, making it a powerful Windows-based handheld gaming device. Windows 11 allows for easy installation of games and emulators.

However, this makes the Steam Deck cheaper, at £349, and while there is an iteration of the Steam Deck with a better battery, that matches the ROG Xbox Ally’s 512GB of storage, it’s still ...

Both the Xbox Ally X and the Steam Deck are built on AMD APUs that were specifically made for handheld gaming PCs. However, with three years seperating the devices, a lot has changed.

While the ROG Ally X has a bigger battery than the Steam Deck and its more powerful Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor beats out the Custom AMD Zen 2 APU Valve opted for, it's also more power-hungry, even ...

On April 1st, Asus dropped a trailer for a Steam Deck-esque new gaming PC handheld called the ROG Ally. Naturally, people thought this was just an April Fool’s Day joke, but now, Asus has confirmed ...

And the Ally X and Legion Go add extra stuff to manage on top of what you would with a console (or with a Steam Deck)-- you've got Windows updates to manage, and driver updates, and updates to ...

Steam Deck and ROG Ally rely on a mobile chip for power and performance — which is much weaker than a good PC. However, both consoles can still run the game.

Not so with the ROG Bulwark DG300 dock Asus is showing off at Computex 2025: it’s designed for either a phone or the Asus ROG Ally X gaming handheld, with a flirty little support stand for both.