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So, guess what? Prices for the new, shiny ROG Xbox Ally and its cooler sibling, the ROG Xbox Ally X, just slipped out. Some sneaky folks over at 3D Juegos caught wind of it. Apparently, the regular Ally’s going for about €599 (that’s roughly $700 if you’re like me and mentally converting everything). And the Ally X? Well, she’s aiming high at €899. Which is like $1,050. Nice chunk of change!
Honestly, it’s like Asus is sticking to their guns, price-wise, matching their usual gadget lineup in Europe. Direct comparisons, right? Regular Ally’s in the €500 to €700 range, and the Ally X sits pretty at €900. But don’t get too attached to those numbers if you’re stateside—currencies play tricks with minds and you bet they’ll tweak prices to deal with taxes or whatever logistical gobbledygook they must handle. Oh, and Asus is mum on these numbers officially, so… could be placeholders just messing with us!
This whole reveal kicked off last month. Big collab between Asus and Microsoft to slap the Xbox badge onto handhelds. Not gonna lie, they look snazzy with this Xbox vibes—grips and triggers echo the controller feels. The grippiness and haptic whoo-ha apparently make these babies the comfiest yet. But hey, they’re beefier. Go figure.
Oh, and before I wander off… The Ally X is the beast here. It’s stuffed with AMD’s new Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme thingy, 8 cores, 16-whats-its RDNA 3.5 graphics cores, and 24 gigs of that LPDDR5X-8000 RAM jazz. Got a fat 1TB SSD too, plus all this Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4, USB 4, and the whole shebang packed around this 80Wh battery. Meanwhile, the not-so-Extreme Ally has a slower chip—a Z2 A to be exact—16 gig RAM, a 512GB SSD, and a 60Wh battery. Both sharing the same 7-inch, full-HD, 120Hz dancing screen and a funky Xbox button for, I dunno, fast game niching?
Windows 11 is the king on both, booting straight into some Xbox-esque interface. Sneaky, right? You do get the whole Windows suite tho, so toss in Steam, Epic Games, whatever floats your boat.
Microsoft chimed in with a blog post recently, hinting at an Xbox app upgrade for Windows. Aggregated game libraries, they say! This teaser’s coming to Windows soon, and later to our handheld stars of the hour, the Ally twins. Expected to chat nicely with different game stores, like Battle.net, EA, and Riot Games, maybe Steam and GOG later.
Oh, before I bail, shoutout to Tom’s Hardware on Google News for riding the tech wave high. Hit that follow button, you won’t regret it! Or maybe you will if your inbox is already drowning—what do I know?
