ASUS ROG Ally Handheld Gaming Console (AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme Processor | 7" Full HD 120Hz IPS 500nits Touchscreen | 16GB RAM | 512GB PCIe SSD | AMD Radeon Graphics | Windows 11 | 3 Months Xbox GamePass

Why is this so cheap? I cannot understand why this is so cheap? This device is crazy good. I own several handhelds AYN Thor, SteamDeck, PS Portal and a whole bunch of others (yes I have a problem). When I saw this at the price it is, given the memory and storage shortage driving prices through the roof and every other manufacturer putting prices up I thought it was a mistake. Don't underestimate though, this is not a device for kids or people new to gaming, this is not an XBOX (despite the branding) it is a PC and as such needs to be configured and tinkered with but that flexibility gives great options, after about 3 hours of tinkering I got this exactly how I wanted. I'm playing modern AAA titles on it and it is breezing through. it's comfortable to hold, and those speakers OMG the sound is incredible. The joysticks are nice an responsive with precision input and the buttons are easy to press. Of course at this price point it is not perfect, the screen is "OK" and when in windows mode using the touchscreen is clunky and the battery life when pushing it hard is rubbish, this is a device you need to plug in to the wall or carry around a high powered battery bank, if you play lighter titles and reduce the wattage then you can get decent battery life. There are way more positives than negatives and currently this is my number 1 device. I simply cannot believe or even fathom to understand how Asus are able to sell this at the price it is, if I didn't know better and someone showed me this and said they paid over £1,000 for it, I would not doubt them.

The best thing I've ever bought for myself! I've had this portable console/computer for just over a week and wow! i'm blown away by how awesome this thing is. The touchscreen is responsive and the image quality is great. The speakers are crazy good too. The memory capacity is expandable with a separately purchased ssd and seems beginner friendly to do, however I've yet to run into any problems and I've downloaded around 10/20 medium to heavy apps and games. I love that I can use it as a mini computer and I'd highly recommend buying a portable keyboard and trackpad set if you'd want to use it more like a laptop. I will also be investing in a dock so I can play games on the big screen. It takes a little while to work out how to use it and download all the updates, but once you get over that initial hurdle, this thing is a beast!!!! One small note - the battery life is only an hour long off charge, but I primarily play plugged in on the 2m charging cable provided. Overall, I'm really happy and my inner child is having so much fun :) Thank you Asus! I got this from Amazon Warehouse and paid £375 - absolute bargain.

Where do i start. This is a great handheld gaming device with great sound, visuals, processing and performance. It gives you access to all your pc games library’s including steam, epic, ea, ubi and gog aswell of course as your xbox. The let down for me was upon reading the advertisement info for this product on this page the promise of your entire xbox library will be available to play on this console when in truth only 80 of 600 are available from my library. I was hyped to get one of these for the sole purpose of being able to play forza anywhere i liked. The sad truth forza 7 will not start and the latest forza motorsport says this processor is not compatible with this title, it starts but runs in low quality settings mode. The forza horizon games run very well in stunning quality but sadly the motorsport titles do not. Allin all the console though is very nice giving you access to all your games to play where ever you like.

I already own 2 Steam Decks and this was available for £399, so I grabbed one. I'd had my eye on it before but couldn't quite pull the trigger but at that price point, I felt it was rude not to. The first downside is you have to get a case for it, unlike the Steam Deck which already comes with one. It's not a major issue but I do feel that it should come with one given it's major competitor does and sometimes the little things matter. Anyway, if feels nice in the hand and obviously has RGB in certain places which is popular with some, but at least you can turn it off should you need to. It will update Windows (it runs under Win 11 if you didn't know but you probably do) pretty much when you get it, so wise to just get that out the way. I also upgraded the SSD to 2TB which for this model is the biggest currently (the newer one has a standard 2280 NVME so you could go to 8TB if you have the cash) and being honest, 512gb is nothing these days so you're going to want to upgrade. I also popped in a 512gb Micro SSD for games that speed of loading isn't such a factor. On the note of upgrading the SSD, both the actual physical install and the install afterwards of the OS is much easier than the Steam Deck - but if you're going to do an upgrade, I'd do it on arrival rather than later personally (you can clone it if needed but it's just easier/quicker to just do an over the air re-install IMO). Performance wise, it's perfectly fine. I'm not playing anything mega complex - Kingdom Hearts, FF VII and FMV games are my thing. The Armory Crate software has most of the normal launchers but Epic is one you'll have to install more manually at first (it will integrate into Armory Crate once installed though). It's also not the best front end, it's not the worst either and ultimately does the job. As the Steam Deck does, you can also install games across your LAN once connected which is useful (obviously you have to have your PC on to do so) and that just makes it quicker to do so than re-downloading it as such. Screen quality is very good, I have nothing negative to say there, even smallish text was fine. Battery life is ok - it's had a few BIOS updates since launch and I think those are more ironed out (there's also performance tweaking you can do here, as you can on Steam Deck). Sound from the speakers is very good, I feel a touch louder and cleaner than the Steam Deck but everything is subjective. You also have the ability, like the Steam Deck to play on a monitor but that's not for me - feels like it defeats the purpose of a portable system. Charging time is reasonable (it comes with the typical ASUS puck charger). I use a screen protector on all my devices so can't comment if the screen is resistant or not - I just protect that as standard. For the cash (which was discounted) I'm very happy I can play Steam, Epic, EA or whatever games without any fuss. Even games that have anti-cheat like Destiny 2 could run on this (I haven't done that, I do prefer to play that on my PC) which is one thing that the Steam Deck can't, or titles like Fifa (apparently - football is NOT my thing whatsoever). I like my Steam Deck, don't get me wrong, but having this just gives me a bit more flexibility overall. It's a really nice piece of kit and I'm glad I picked one up while I could.

It's good, I use it as an all in one device as a PC and gaming. Imagine it as basically a gaming laptop but in a different form factor. It's audio, and responsive screen is really nice. It has 512gb internal storage but expandable, so it really isn't bad. I probably wouldn't expect it to play games at high settings for every game, but I am a light gamer anyways so for me it is more than enough power. Basically, just imagine a gaming laptop if it was smaller and in a different form factor, but cheaper for the price. The only thing I don't like is the battery but most laptops don't have great battery anyways, so I guess it's better than others.

Final edit, not even a full 3 weeks and it's getting sent back. Tonight I was playing Doom Eternal, no issues, playing GTA V, no issues. Fired up the Xbox App to stream my Xbox and just as I go to play it black screened and booted into the bios. Couldn't get it to boot back into windows, boot options said there was no bootable device even though I could see the ssd on the screen. Cpu temp looked high to me as well, which is weird as the machine has always been well ventilated. Had my Steam Deck 2 1/2 years with no issues had this just shy of 3 weeks and it's going back faulty. well done Asus, won't buy another. Edited after 2 weeks to reduce the stars. This thing does NOT work well with Steam either in desktop mode or big picture. Really let down with its software. I don't dislike the ROG Ally and I'm not good with Linux but I've had my Steam Deck since it launched way back and the software experience is way better on the Steam Deck. Now that that's out of the way I will say after tweaking the software on the Ally it is a much better machine the 1080p screen and 120hz refresh rate do make for a better visual experience. Definitely need to upgrade the storage on it though 512gb on a windows system is NOTHING 2 modern games installed and no more space on it [gotta leave X amount on ssd free] Doesn't look to hard to upgrade either, slightly easier than my Steam Deck was. I'd only give the Steam Deck 4 stars so don't think I'm far to biased, the Ally has some features that I wanted that's why I bought in. It's worth getting but research tweaking it before playing the games, it's really let down by Windows 11 and Microsoft. Also kudos to Asus on an armory crate that's worth having installed, my Tuff Gaming A15 had it and I found it to be useless on it. took it off.

It’s a great little device. Very fun and doesn’t get hot (I was expecting it to be boiling after an hour of use) nice screen and with the USB C connection and memory card slot, it’s very versatile. A note to anyone looking - It’s a handheld PC that runs Xbox games, not a dedicated Xbox. Therefore it needs a few windows updates every few times you turn it on. As long as you use it regularly to install the windows updates, it’s a great little device. It can even run steam (bonus). If you’re a casual gamer with a good home internet connection you have to stream most games to get access to the Xbox Library, unless you’ve bought the PC versions of the titles that you want to play then get this version and not the X version.

Wow !!!! To say I'm seriously impressed with this bit of kit is an understatement. After months of reading reviews and comparing the ROG Ally with the Steam Deck, the lure of the improved performance and convenience of Windows/GamePass just made it no competition. The convenience of having a mobile Windows install for OneDrive/OneNote etc and all the other apps I already own was also a pretty big deciding factor. I'm not adverse to linux, and use it daily, but just have so much invested in windows software that it was something else the Ally had over the steam deck. I was worried about control mapping but I needn't have bothered - a combination of the installed Armoury Crate software and things like Console Port make it a breeze. I've got World of Warcraft on the go so couldn't be happier. Everything I've thrown at it so far has been a breeze - even Minecraft Java edition (renowned for being a complete resource hog on even good PCs) is perfectly playable using the Curse Forge Bedrock-ify mods, and Minecraft Windows edition plays on 60fps with no mods what so ever. I could probably crank the quality and frame rate up even more but to save battery you can tune everything in far more detail than you seem to be able on the steam deck, and then have the extra oomph when on mains power or powerbank. Performance wise it's very tunable - and a built in monitoring overlay so you can gauge how things are running and tweak them accordingly. Some serious thought has gone into the device and it shows - everything feels solid, robust and intuitive. Immediately upgrading to a 2Tb SSD was the best decision I made and it was unbelievably easy. I'm assuming ASUS had thought about this as it's so easy to slot a new SSD in and then reboot in recovery mode to get a nice clean new install. Easier to do when new as you don't have to clone the SSD.