Steam Deck’s out of inventory, however the Xbox Ally is below $500

You possibly can’t purchase a Steam Deck in america proper now, and it’s apparently due to the RAM crunch (drink). However in order for you an alternate PC gaming handheld, Asus has the ROG Xbox Ally proper over there… and immediately it’s $110 off the common value. That brings it right down to $489.99, $60 cheaper than the most cost effective (present) Steam Deck, regardless of being significantly extra highly effective.

To be clear, that is the usual (white) ROG Xbox Ally, not the souped-up X variant. Meaning a quad-core Ryzen Z2 A processor, RDNA 2 graphics, 16GB of shared reminiscence, and 512GB of storage. It additionally has a 7-inch, 108p IPS display with 120Hz of refresh, significantly sharper and quicker than the Steam Deck. The battery can also be significantly chonkier at 60 watt-hours. It’s greater and wider, with extra comfortable grips, however doesn’t slip right into a bag fairly so simply.

I’m not going to inform you that the ROG Xbox Ally is higher than the Steam Deck… as a result of it runs Home windows 11. That brings benefits, notably wider compatibility, particularly with on-line multiplayer. But it surely’s additionally fairly dang clunky, even with the devoted Xbox Fullscreen Expertise that debuted on the ROG Xbox Ally. Good factor you need to use just a little elbow grease to put in SteamOS or one thing like Bazzite on there in case you like, huh?

Amazon is operating the present sale, with no indication of when it is going to finish. Opponents like Finest Purchase and Walmart are additionally displaying the low cost (at $500), so go searching for a bit in case you can’t discover it instantly.

Get an ROG Xbox Ally handheld gaming PC for $490