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Jason England

I'm sorry but the ROG Xbox Ally is way too expensive — and it makes the Steam Deck look like a bargain

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ROG Xbox Ally.

The ROG Xbox Ally is $599 — $100 more than the Nintendo Switch 2 that we already said was rather pricey in our review. And that’s before I even had the chance to spit my morning coffee out at seeing the ROG Xbox Ally X is $999.

Gaming handhelds are getting pricier, and this isn’t even the worst offender (looking at you, $1,349 Lenovo Legion Go 2). But a thousand dollars for an ultraportable just seems crazy to me. Did you know that for the price of one ROG Xbox Ally X, you could buy three Steam Decks?

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