The handheld PC gaming market is slowly growing, and is already bristling with a handful of devices that could give the Steam Deck a run for its money, which has been relatively devoid of competition since it released last year.
The Asus ROG Ally is the latest challenger to the Steam Deck's crown and now that the incredibly appealing leaked price was confirmed during the device's reveal livestream, Valve has really got something to worry about. Asus ROG Ally pre-orders are open ahead of the June release (for the Z1 Extreme version at least) and it'll be interesting to see how many Stream Deck owners are contemplating selling their devices to switch over to the Asus ROG Ally instead.
I was considering the Steam Deck myself for a while, but when the Asus ROG Ally was announced, I was pretty sure I'd be picking it up over the Steam Deck. And now that I've had some hands-on time with the Asus ROG Ally, I'm even more convinced that I'd bought a Steam Deck, I'd be kicking myself right now.
