Wow, didn’t even go into the quality of the sticks, triggers and buttons. Fine, I guess? Anyone can put the Deck, Legion Go, Switch and even an Xbox controller next to each other to make that comparison.
The performance issues are pretty much what I expect from any handheld that tries to push the resolution and refresh rate much farther than the Steam Deck or Switch. You won’t get any benefit out of it, just a higher price. Well, it’s nice for indie games probably.
You could make better use of the screen if you double down on the integrated graphics and make the whole thing like €1200. I’m not big on hardware knowledge but there are more powerful chips out there that fit in a handheld, right? Battery life would probably be terrible.
I’m not apologizing for Windows here, but touchscreen has been natively supported since Windows 8, and has functioned way earlier than that… It also isn’t an issue on the ROG Ally, so I think Lenovo needs to work on the driver.
Other complaints are 100% fair.
Iant there an official steam OS version for this device…?
Edit: wait wasn’t this supposed to come with Steam OS?
There is supposed to be an eventual release with steamOS, which seems to be very close to being ready.
I have the original Legion go, and am running steamOS beta, it’s so lovely, highly recommended.
Do you think eventually they’ll get an official build for ROG Ally?
Here’s what I expect: as steamOS continues development and support, it will be available on more and more machines. I’m betting ROG ally will be towards the front of the line.
