I HATE being lied to… but I love the ROG Ally

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Whoever came up with the idea to have the pulsing white circle appear on your graphs so people can more quickly and easily reference the metrics you are referring to deserves a raise. It made viewing your graphs and data pages SO MUCH BETTER!

A Steam Deck feature offer overlooked is its console-like sleep function. As a parent with small children, being able to put my game down at a moment’s notice is a must.

The Trackpads on steam deck are a game changer. I didn't realize this until I started using them. They also allows you to type with both thumbs instead of conventional taping the directional pads/thumbstick. They also allows you to use the mouse in desktop mode seamlessly, making it truly portable than to attach to a dock for ease of use. This brings to the point linus mentioned "have to wait for proton to support games", to that I have never faced such issues. Even Diablo 4 is playable on the deck now, using the trackpad if you prefer using a mouse. I would have bought the ROG, but steam deck community and valve support has been super solid and very active. This is also part of the reason i don't buy those Chinese handhelds because they lack the community support, which the ROG seem to lack at this point.

You overlooked a lot of important points: 1- The sleep mode that Valve offers. 2- The Gyroscope. 3- Some games are optimized specifically from the developers of these games to run better on the Steam Deck. 4- The automatic controller layouts for the Steam Deck. 5- The big community behind Steam Deck that offers software optimizations for it. 6- Driver and software optimizations made from Valve developers to overcome some games' issues that are not fixed on Windows. 7- Asus bad reputation when it comes to faulty hardware products and customer support. 8- You can buy Steam Deck for $400 and buy SD card, and it is much cheaper than ROG Ally.

The biggest advantage the ROG Ally has over the Steam Deck for me is that the Ally will be available in my country unlike the Deck.

Every time they talk about these things I start wanting one, but then I remember that whenever go anywhere but home, I'm busy doing things that aren't gaming.

Glad to see competition in the PC handheld scene. Can't wait to see what Valve is cooking for Steam Deck 2.

you know, for a person that used to bus tables just to be able to afford a Gameboy Advance back then, I am genuinely awestruck at how much advance these handhelds are, I was already very impressed with the PSP back then, now to witness this it's mindblowing😮, I don't even mind the nitty gritty ASUS Ally vs Valve Steam Deck, they are both out of this world😅

No regrets with my steam deck but i'm glad there's competition pushing things along.

Based on how ASUS has been acting recently I would be terrified to buy one of these. If you do buy one, you better hope it doesn't break, cause their shady asses are going to be a huge pain to work with.

Its really confusing for me. I live in Australia so the steam deck is much more expensive while the Ally is available. As much as I love the steam deck and its track pads and buttons, the fact the Ally runs on Windows is probably going to buy me over as I'd often have it plugged into a monitor and use it as my desktop.

I love how you just tell it how it is even when sponsored

Valve already innovates a lot even when they have zero competition, I'm excited to see how this will push them.

Not enough for me to ditch my deck, but enough for me to know that the next gen of handhelds will be a must have for me. Time to start saving.

I’m rooting for this and every other handheld to be successful, as competition is great for us consumers, but I’m good with the Steam Deck for now

I know they don't often bring up 3rd party stuff when it comes to hardware (unless its the only way to get stuuff working) but i think it deserves a mention that steam deck can install plugins to get aaround some issuues, such as the "searching protonDB to see if your game is compatible" a plugin fixes that by adding the ratiing for the game selected game menu. Also you can improve performance on the steamdeck with tweaks from "CryoUtiliities". Although I know this wiill get lost in the void of comments I think its worth mentioning anyway.

I'm torn because I like this device, but ever since Asus is being scumbags about their AM5 boards, I don't know if I can back them.

I love the fact that these handheld devices are becoming a thing. Very convenient form factor.

Literally went to Best Buy and just bought one a couple hours ago. Just got home to charge it. I am extremely excited.