People are already ditching their Steam Decks for the ASUS ROG Ally

People are already beginning to ditch their Steam Decks for the ASUS ROG Ally - but why?

[Gwiz]

lol in your dreams

[luckytrouble]

Wonder how much ASUS is paying them for this article.

[gleepot]

I was going to, but the wife wouldnt let me.

[NotoriousWhiz]

I was going to, but I'm not ready to deal with Windows problems. Might just wait for more proton support and the eventual steam deck pro.

[Jin_Sakai]

What’s better about Steam Deck? Just curious as I haven’t been paying much attention to these handhelds.

[NotoriousWhiz]

Steam deck is a better user experience. Asus is clunky and has typical windows problems. Also, no TouchPad which makes desktop mode without a keyboard/mouse extra cumbersome. Steam deck also apparently has better battery life.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Ayaneo Air is 10x better

[cthulhucultist]

Notorious summed up pretty good the main arguments in favor of Steam Deck.

However the ASUS has some benefits as well that need to be considered.

It is far more powerful than SteamDeck (see DF analysis here https://www.youtube.com/wat...

It has a better more vibrant screen with higher resolution (not ideal for battery life)

It is more compact.

Anothing thing which is both a detriment and a benefit. windows is indeed riddled with issues. However most games will play on it whereas on Steam Deck some games are not compatible yet.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I'm just waiting for a Steam Deck 2, the fact that it's so heavily built around Valve's ecosystem, but still open enough that you can add almost any game to it anyway, I adore it's user friendly-ness and how pro-consumer it is.

[potedude]

Far better battery life. That alone warrants the Steam deck.

[tagzskie]

@notoriuswhiz nope the battery is the same its just that rog ally is 1080p and 120hz and more powerful which in fact drain more battery.. I just wish theres a bencmark where they use 800p and 60hz in battery department. What i like about steam is easy to use and the games is well optimize.. The power difference in papers is 50% but in real world performance its just 20-30%, and steam have advantage in lower wattage use.

[NotoriousWhiz]

The battery is technically the same but because SteamOS is more efficient than Windows, the battery life on the Steam Deck will outlast the Asus even if both are configured to run at 720p/60fps.

[TheEnigma313]

How so if it just came out today? This isn't true at all, but carry on.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

I’m picking mines up in about 1 hour so we’ll see. I’m just excited it has native GamePass that’s what made me buy it .

[Ready4nxtgen]

U can put game pass on steam deck in 5 Mins lmao

[andy85]

A lot aren't that savvy no matter how straightforward it is sadly and just want pick up and play.

[NotoriousWhiz]

Can't download any game pass games on Steam deck.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

U cannot play games NATIVELY on Steamdeck with GamePass. A 5 min search would have told you that lmao….

[DankSinatra]

That's not native tho. Being able to download games makes it loads better.

[boing1]

Only to stream, though.

[Neonridr]

to be fair, they never said that you could put games on it, only that you can use it. Nothing incorrect in that statement, merely that it isn't quite exactly the same thing.

[Old McGroin]

Jesus Christ at all the people saying you can't download Gamepass games on the Deck to play natively. Dual boot to Windows and you can. I've done it. It's not difficult.

[Tacoboto]

Do you have some initial impressions of it?

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

So far it’s not as user friendly as the steam deck. I had to update drivers, bios, armor crate (or whatever the game launcher is called. It’s definitely lighter than the Deck and the screen is beautiful. Like I’ve said before Native GamePass is the main reason I bought it plus they give u a free 3 months of GP Ultimate plus it stacks it’s not just for new users. Overall I’m enjoying it slightly more than Steam Deck but you definitely need some PC know how to get it up and running properly.

[GoodGuy09]

I suppose the more enthusiast people are. Don't think those with a budget and more casual crowd are.

[Shadowsteal]

Nothing to see here, just propaganda.

[hiawa23]

Can I play my Series X and PS5 games on the go with it?

[purple101]

You sure can

[VivaChe]

On the go? How?

[cthulhucultist]

You can play all MS games and very few of PS 5 games (Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Returnal, Spiderman Remastered & soon Rachet and Clank) as there are native pc ports.

You can also play older ps4 games on it such as Days Gone, Death Stranding, Last of us part 1, God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn.

If you mean by way of streaming, then I am not sure

[anast]

Rag article...

[Mr_cheese]

These articles are similar to when newspapers print "people are saying this" or something along them lines and all they've done is seen once tweet that gives the the ability to say it.

It's truth to one person but skewed like its a global phenomenon. Total BS for clicks and narrative.

[Profchaos]

Yeah agree and reason 7 will shock you

[EvertonFC]

@amaar chowd
Pathetic pretend freelance journalist.

[BrainSyphoned]

See what handheld girls in your hometown are playing

[Antnee534]

Would never get rid of my deck but I do want the ally to be a companion to my deck

[Profchaos]

Why would you spend that much though when you already own a steam deck is it because it's disposable cash

[MadLad]

Suuuuure they are.

[Ready4nxtgen]

Yeah the he'll right.. click Bait yall don't waste your time

[Schriefer9]

Can order right now from Best Buy. Took awhile to get a steam deck sold out for awhile and this one available still. So I doubt this story is legit. Have the steam deck, do like the 120 hz but not selling a steam deck for some resolution and fps. Yes native stores is also nice but have Diablo IV running on my steam deck only took a few minutes to get Battle.net working.

[Greg2801]

Lol just bought a steamdeck a few days ago

[andy85]

It's a great device but I doubt many are bothering to sell their deck for it. If you have none and it's a choice between the two it'd be this but otherwise I doubt it

[CptDville]

I have none and I’m still not sure what to buy, the price and performance difference makes the decision hard.

[Profchaos]

Sure those"people" are probably reviewers that didn't have to shell out for either

[terstomp]

Steamdeck is still not available in this country, but the ROG is being sold on the shelf in one of the most popular electronic stores here. Steamdeck is still not sold in many countries.

[Sonic1881]

They need to change the title of this article

[Fonsecap]

If the article said "People buying more Asus ROG since launch than Steam Deck" it would make some sense, now saying that people are selling they're Decks to buy the ROG I don't believe it because is not worth it and it doesn't make ANY sense...

[HeliosHex]

Big mistake. Asus makes garbage unreliable tech.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Steam deck sucks anyways. Switch is about a thousand times better. As far as handheld PC though, AyaNeo Air is tops.

[Espangerish]

I'll give you Switch beats Deck in that is has Nintendo exclusives, better screen (if you have the OLED), smaller to hold, it's quieter, and has better battery life.

But, overall the Deck gives you a far superior game library. Deck gives you a massive choice of cross platform games from all console generations as well as Playstation, XBox and PC exclusive games that Switch will never have. You can play anything from Half Life to Halo to Uncharted 4 to Total War or the latest current console gen AAA releases all on a single handheld. That's a huge advantage over switch and something no single console has ever offered...all on a handheld too.

Also, crucially the Deck slaughters the Switch in terms of performance. Every single game available on both looks and performs way better on Deck making those experiences much more enjoyable.

Hardly equates to switch is 1000 times better....

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I don't own a Switch for Nintendo exclusives though. Just FPS's, RPG's and visual novels. Over half of my collection are Japanese imports that you can only get physically on Switch. It is the OLED model. I own a laptop as well but it's just for 18+ visual novels though and it has a 13 inch QLED screen. I plan on getting a Series X in a few months and it'll be my first next gen console. I'll get a Playstation once The Last of Us: Part III releases in the future.

[zachyBROosevelt]

Sure

[vergilxx3]

I much rather my console experience with Steam Deck, I would never trade it for Windows.

And I am yet to find a game that I'm interested in and it doesn't work on the deck

Currently having a blast with Ni no Kuni II, 60fps on High settings at 12 watts

We are also spoiled with frequent Steam OS updates and customer service is great I'm already sold on steam deck 2 if it ever comes out

[Tzuno]

No they're not

[Kosic]

I love my steam deck, I would only want windows for gamepass native.
I've been contemplating to get a 1 or 2tb internal drive for dual booting. But even then I don't think I want to deal with windows on such a small screen.

[d4rks1d3]

I bought one but I’m going to return it. The SD is better in almost every way but the screen. The SD feels so much better in the hands and I hated the flimsy feeling analog sticks of the Ally. If you’ve never played the SD you may like the Ally but it’s just not for me.

[Neonridr]

lol.. 2 or 3 people did it, so now everyone is doing it apparently. No offense to the Ally, but it'll never move the numbers the Steam Deck will.

[lordstark]

Sold my steam deck after having it for a year, don't get me wrong Valve will always be the pioneers when it comes to having the first portable gaming pc, but let's be honest anyone that claims the deck is better are just being fan boys. More competition is always better for us. Issues I did not like with the steam deck was the screen resolution sucked, the games all looked very bland and washed up no pop or vividness with the colors, battery life contrary to what a few are saying wasn't great either unless you downgraded the wattage to conserve which you can do just as easily with the Ally, also not being able to log into my other store accounts to play games I purchased was also a big let down, the weight of the steam deck after a while of gaming made it uncomfortable too. The Steam deck was far from perfect so let's not cloud our judgements with being fan boys, price point I still see the Steam Deck 512gb version selling for over $600 I gladly paid the extra and I am loving the performance, the screen, design, and lightweight of the Ally oh and having Xbox Game Pass, Epic, EA Origins, and Blizzard/Activations games on the fly is a huge win for me.

[FlintGREY]

Steamdeck is so big and ugly. Only reason I refuse to get one. It's not portable enough for me