I don’t want to upgrade to the ROG Ally X.

Never let people forget the warranty fiasco until we start seeing an improvement on it

Even as a newly converted Steam Deck skeptic-turned-user, the reason why the Deck is running circles around the rest of the pc handheld space is that everyone else is basically making laptops, machines that are updated every year with slightly better specs, while Valve (seemingly) is treating the Deck as a real console, which is meant to last for years and years without an upgrade. Which is fine for the enthusiast crowd and is creating these improvements for future releases and allows for new jumping on points to the handheld ecosystem, but incremental upgrades don't make a ton of sense for your average consumer who wants to make a purchase and not feel ripped off a year later when the better version shows up

The Ally X is USD$1,065 in Australia (AUD $1599). So dang expensive.

The pricing for the ROG Ally X is simply too exorbitant. In my country, it is priced at $920, which is far too high. At that price point, I could purchase both a PS5 and a Steam Deck LCD

shortcircuit at 1 AM? smells like embragio time is up

Steam Deck OLED all day every day, especially with the new 6.10 kernel.

I wish Valve would hurry up a bit and get an official Steam OS release out for us to install on whatever we want. Windows is the biggest issue I have with any of these devices. Well, that and the fact ASUS would rather scam you than fix your device.

The Steam Deck OLED for Australians is the most expensive of these new wave of handheld PCs, but I still chose to get one over its competitors because I feel Steam is the only company that I can trust to support the device and ecosystem going forward. Its commitment to pushing the platform forward has been proven and tested, they are just doing things nobody else from a hardware or software side are doing. And for markets where the Deck is sold locally, there really isn't any competition on value too.

Going to stick with my Steam Deck Oled.

Working at BestBuy when the original came out they we had people returning these every single day for the first couple weeks.

next version of ally will feature a kickstand as its selling features

I'll wait for the full gen 2 ally at this point.

I was considering the ally x, then I remembered I have a pc with a 4080 and a Nintendo switch lying around somewhere for my handheld needs

for these gaming handhelds can you guys please include gaming in your battery life tests? like one or two games at different wattage levels. that would be much more useful than a YouTube endurance test or CPU / GPU stress test for battery life

when they do make a steam deck 2, i would love to see that big boy battery and larger nvme. Valve isnt perfect, but they are most consumer friendly out there, which gets my money

Goit an open box excellent condition OG Ally for $450 at bestbuy the other day. It's not worth $800 from that stand point

For christ sakes can we change the tune for the sound test..

I personally wouldn’t go out of my way to replace my ally with the ally x.

There may actually be a market given how many early adopters returned their Ally, and the several basket carts full of open-box returned units that weren't selling. A few things though. The shell is the same shape, so it's still going to be uncomfortable. They added a second type c slot, but got rid of the xgMobile connector, so you're screwed if you bought into their proprietary eGPU. The back buttons are still in a bad position. And finally, the hardware performance is negligible. Asus rushed the Ally to market, and it has clearly showed. This is what the Ally should have been at launch, but they shot themselves in the foot again. There isn't enough to persuade existing Ally owners into 'upgrading', and the first generation Ally burned more than enough consumers on its own. At this point, we're close enough to the release of actually new hardware, and the roughly one year wait is going to be far more worthwhile than giving Asus another chance to drop the ball.

in Germany the Ally cost 699€ UVP and in 99% of the time its on sale for 579€ and the Ally X launched for 899€ ☠