Asus ROG Ally

Kelt · 27 Apr 2023 at 00:39

kakarott said:
If this price leak is legit and it's £600 in the UK, then it's gonna sell easily.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1651354672081272834

We normally (now) get a pound to the dollar when it comes to pricing, more likely to be £699, call it £700.

Fubsy · 27 Apr 2023 at 06:43

Is there a black version?

I know it's petty, but I hate white devices.

kakarott · 27 Apr 2023 at 07:04

Fubsy said:
Is there a black version?

I know it's petty, but I hate white devices.

I really hope there is because that bezel is an eyesore.

Grim5 · 27 Apr 2023 at 12:09

Yep price got leaked it's $699 at best buy in the USA. And that's not entry level, it's using the top of the range z1 extreme chip

Martini1991 · 27 Apr 2023 at 13:10

Kelt said:
We normally (now) get a pound to the dollar when it comes to pricing, more likely to be £699, call it £700.

If it really is £700 then it's really not a bad price.

manic111 · 27 Apr 2023 at 13:27

Looks really interesting and very tempting, although I feel that I may miss the touchpads from the Steam Deck for strategy games etc.

TNA · 27 Apr 2023 at 16:21

This bodes well for the next steam deck. I wonder if they would use this soc or wait for the next one on a smaller manufacturing process. Would be nice of the latter.

I want 1080p gaming and a better screen and body. But would prefer it to be a steam deck than a Asus product.

Kelt · 27 Apr 2023 at 17:07

Martini1991 said:
If it really is £700 then it's really not a bad price.

Indeed, although, as mentioned above, wound have been better with touch pads for strategy games.

kakarott · 27 Apr 2023 at 18:28

TNA said:
I want 1080p gaming and a better screen and body. But would prefer it to be a steam deck than a Asus product.

What are the chances of Dell and Lenovo entering the fray?

Mesai · 27 Apr 2023 at 18:38

Kelt said:
We normally (now) get a pound to the dollar when it comes to pricing, more likely to be £699, call it £700.

Their advertised price would be before sales tax anyway, so we will probably get it at £700 and they'll pay closer to $800 when tax is added.

Mesai · 27 Apr 2023 at 18:40

TNA said:
This bodes well for the next steam deck. I wonder if they would use this soc or wait for the next one on a smaller manufacturing process. Would be nice of the latter.

I want 1080p gaming and a better screen and body. But would prefer it to be a steam deck than a Asus product.

Steam Deck with an OLED screen and ZEN6/RDNA4 would be a monster.

TNA · 27 Apr 2023 at 18:41

kakarott said:
What are the chances of Dell and Lenovo entering the fray?

Hopefully good now that they see there is a market for it. I think Dell did have a concept version once. But that would be an Alienware and probably cost too much for me to justify.

TNA · 27 Apr 2023 at 18:45

Mesai said:
Their advertised price would be before sales tax anyway, so we will probably get it at £700 and they'll pay closer to $800 when tax is added.

Yep. Too expensive for a handheld. Only way I would do that is if I was going to stop gaming on my PC for a few years or something. Otherwise it would not get enough game time for me to justify it.

I just want it as a backup and mobile device I can game on when I feel. But it is not a must have thing.

I feel there will be something great with a very good price point in the next 2-5 years.

Mesai · 27 Apr 2023 at 19:21

TNA said:
Yep. Too expensive for a handheld. Only way I would do that is if I was going to stop gaming on my PC for a few years or something. Otherwise it would not get enough game time for me to justify it.

I just want it as a backup and mobile device I can game on when I feel. But it is not a must have thing.

I feel there will be something great with a very good price point in the next 2-5 years.

Agreed. I could see it being used docked on the tv as it would have better quality than streaming (assuming it has the power).

Realistically the best handheld will be an ARM-based one where you can easily get several hours of game time.

TNA · 27 Apr 2023 at 20:10

Mesai said:
Agreed. I could see it being used docked on the tv as it would have better quality than streaming (assuming it has the power).

Realistically the best handheld will be an ARM-based one where you can easily get several hours of game time.

I am not too bothered about battery life to be honest. Can always use a power bank if need be.

720p or whatever steam deck is just did not cut it for me. Need 1080p imo.

Curlyriff · 27 Apr 2023 at 20:10

TNA said:
Yep. Too expensive for a handheld. Only way I would do that is if I was going to stop gaming on my PC for a few years or something. Otherwise it would not get enough game time for me to justify it.

I just want it as a backup and mobile device I can game on when I feel. But it is not a must have thing.

I feel there will be something great with a very good price point in the next 2-5 years.

I mean it's no more than the steamdeck at that price and much more powerful so clearly has a huge market.

Fubsy · 28 Apr 2023 at 00:07

£700 is double the cheapest Steam Deck :confused:

Still, if it was black, ran SteamOS, had the touch pads and has similar battery life I'd be interested in swapping over from a 512gb.

Thing is, the SD got there first and I don't see the point in me changing until there's something comparable (in terms of the OS and control options mentioned earlier) which means I'll probably be on this hardware until the SD 2 shows up.

Si. · 28 Apr 2023 at 04:51

They're on a losing battle trying to beat the Steam Deck. Yes, it's more powerful, but 80% of users are just going to buy the cheaper SD, with the support of Valve, the SteamOS and the great community. Obviously the enthusiasts will get devices like this, but they're not going to trouble valve's sales figures.

TNA · 28 Apr 2023 at 06:59

Si. said:
They're on a losing battle trying to beat the Steam Deck. Yes, it's more powerful, but 80% of users are just going to buy the cheaper SD, with the support of Valve, the SteamOS and the great community. Obviously the enthusiasts will get devices like this, but they're not going to trouble valve's sales figures.

Yeah. I am not a fan of Asus. Used to love them and their mobos in particular, but they over did it with their Asus tax and you did not even get better customer support for all that extra money.

Much prefer the Steam Deck and I will wait for Steam Deck 2 myself

Noxia · 28 Apr 2023 at 07:26

TNA said:
Yeah. I am not a fan of Asus. Used to love them and their mobos in particular, but they over did it with their Asus tax and you did not even get better customer support for all that extra money.

Much prefer the Steam Deck and I will wait for Steam Deck 2 myself

You've had a go on the Ally?