Steam Deck vs ROG Ally! Steam Deck News!

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Windows:
While it’s not clear who’s narrating the video, they do a good job of highlighting all the current issues of running Windows on a handheld gaming device like the Steam Deck. Valve offers drivers for Windows on Steam Deck, but the Windows UI is difficult to navigate with touch or a controller, and there’s no dedicated launcher like SteamOS has.

The video references some prototype handheld work created by Dorothy Feng, a senior UX designer at Microsoft. It includes a launcher that can open games from Steam, PC Game Pass, EA Play, Epic Games Store, and more. This handheld gaming prototype also includes a keyboard optimized for the Steam Deck that can be navigated using a controller, and even a floating taskbar that we’ve seen Microsoft tease before.

ROG Ally:
On April 1st (of all days), Asus ROG stepped out to lift the lid on the ROG Ally, a next-generation handheld console created to rival the Steam Deck. However, while the specification and model were known, the ROG Ally pricing model wasn’t confirmed, and only speculations could be made as to how much the unit will cost.

On Reddit, a self-proclaimed leaker has broken down the ROG Ally, stressing that they’ve had a hands-on experience with the console, and while enjoying it, they asked questions – and got answers.

And as luck would have it, those questions were concerning the ROG Ally pricing structure and release window.

What’s The ROG Ally’s Specification?
For a short while, everybody thought the ROG Ally was an April Fool’s prank, given that it was announced on April 1st. It’s a bizarre day for anyone to announce anything legitimate, but Asus did it, and here we are.

It didn’t help that the unit is literally named ‘Ally’.

“A Lie.”

While the specification of the ROG Ally hasn’t been confirmed, there are some things that are generally known about the small but mighty console, which is being penned as a ‘handheld PC’.

For instance, it boasts a 7-inch, 1920×1080 resolution IPS LCD display with a refresh rate of 120Hz, which already puts it above and beyond the Steam Deck. Early information suggests that Asus has joined forces with AMD to build a custom, high-powered processor that outguns anything that’s currently inside the Steam Deck.

Not only that but Asus has claimed that the ROG Ally is quieter than the Steam Deck. And, in this writer’s humble opinion, it looks better, boasting sharper edges, a charming colour scheme, and even a touch of RGB. It’s more ‘gamer’ than the black-on-black Steam Deck.

There’s an upgradeable M.2 SSD port as well as an expansion drive in the form of a microSD card reader. Furthermore, the Ally can be linked up with Asus’ ROG XG external GPU device, which means that gaming power with the equivalent driving force of an RTX 4090 can be linked to the device when it’s docked.
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