Asus' ROG Ally is still one of the best handheld PCs you can buy, but it's definitely one of the worst times to pick one up.
The Asus ROG Ally is undoubtedly one of the best handheld gaming PCs you can buy, but right now is easily the worst time to buy one. Asus has already teased that a new handheld is on the way, and it sounds like a massive upgrade. On top of that, the cost of the ROG Ally is holding steady at list price, and it likely won’t stay that way for long.
Get your weekly teardown of the tech behind PC gaming Check your inbox! Privacy Policy Battery life seems to be the big upgrade. We know that the battery will have at least a 40% larger capacity compared to the original ROG Ally, which is a massive jump. Battery life was one of the main issues in our original ROG Ally review, and the key thing that separated the Ally from the Steam Deck.
We haven’t seen any rumors surrounding the RAM yet, but it’s reasonable to assume Asus either bumped the capacity or speed of the memory, and maybe even both. Add redesigned buttons, triggers, and joysticks on top of these upgrades, and the ROG Ally X sounds like quite the upgrade. When the price drops You shouldn’t buy the ROG Ally for list price. The device has seen at least a dozen sales since release, and it’ll likely see far more once the ROG Ally X releases. Just now, as I’m writing this article, Best Buy has the ROG Ally with the — $100 off its list price. These sales pop up every few weeks.
Further, Asus is no stranger to aggressive sales. Year over year, we see popular laptop models from the previous year available for bargain bin prices. The 2023 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 dropped from $1,600 to only $1,000 back in March. I’m not saying you’ll see the ROG Ally available for half its list price, but there’s a good chance it’ll be cheaper than what we’re seeing now.
By far, the biggest update is controller mapping. You can rebind your controls on the ROG Ally already, but Armoury Crate 1.5 will allow users to share their controller mappings. That’s huge. For games that don’t natively support a controller, or external apps like emulators, you’ll be able to pull up a controller map without rebinding everything yourself.
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