The Steam Deck can be a concern, its main competitor is on the way and it may well be hit very hard. All eyes are on ASUS.
If you like the idea behind the Steam Deck, then keep your eyes peeled because Asus is about to say more about its ROG Ally, which is nothing more than a competitor to the Valve console. At the moment, however, the official information is scant the rumors are very promising. Especially regarding the whole technical/hardware part of the product.
ROG Ally Vs Steam deck
At the moment, the information for the ROG Ally machine indicates the possible presence ofa Zen 4 processor and an RDNA 3.0 GPU At least that’s what the well-informed YouTuber reports. Dave2D on his channel. For comparison, the Steam Deck’s Aerith APU is equipped with Zen 2 and RDNA 2 hardware. AMD Ryzen 7 7840U CPU with Radeon 780M GPU enabling support for DirectX 12 Ultimate.
The various information that can currently be found on the net also suggests the possibility of at least two models of Asus ROG Ally where, why not, there is a difference in memory, performance or simply color. Nothing is obviously final. Same with the Steam Deck. This would make it possible to offer a cheaper version as well as a higher quality product.
The ASUS red carpet for ROG Ally
Asus is rolling out the red carpet for ROG Ally’s announcement with a notification link to keep you updated on the release. Surely there will be a presentation soon to officially introduce the product. In any case, a launch should only affect North America for the time being (according to the tweet above), even if nothing excludes simultaneous availability in Europe.
As for the price, we have no idea at the moment, but at least we know that the most expensive version is this Steam Deck is currently 679 dollars (for the 512GB version with faster storage and anti-reflective treatment). We can therefore imagine the ROG Ally, which will certainly have higher quality equipment or at least newer ones that will be slightly over 700 dollars. Except for a major twist on ASUS’ side that would completely destroy Valve’s Steam deck market.
