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[Topher]

No price yet which means it will cost you.....

 

[Banjo64]

Looks like a nice piece of hardware visually.

 

[kat_on_the_roof]

Can I survive with only half a liver?
Asking for a friend.

 

[Topher]

 

[Victhemic]

What's the estimated price guys?

 

[Topher]

What's the estimated price guys?

I'm thinking $1500

Edit: Forced bundle? Make it $2000

 

[Darkness_Arises]

Can I survive with only half a liver?
Asking for a friend.

If you are a healthy, not too old individual, you can easily survive with half a liver. The liver is among the most resilient organs in the human body and will easily regenerate itself over time barring any complications. You will positively thrive in due time, unfortunately the same is not true of donating a kidney.

 

[TrebleShot]

Only available bundled with the X real glasses. FFS

Actually some awesome.
upgrades.

 

[cormack12]

Really don't understand the push for handheld form factor tbh. Nintendo is a special case.

 

[Topher]

Can I survive with only half a liver?
Asking for a friend.

Ask Shogmaster

 

[Topher]

Only available bundled with the X real glasses. FFS

How stupid does this look?

 

[Gamezone]

Looks dope.

 

[Mownoc]

Definitely an improvement. It'll have to beat the intel handhelds on price though with it still being a Z2E.

 

[FingerBang]

This is the upgrade we needed, but the price will make no sense, especially for the power and for how shitty Windows is.
But it is a step in the right direction.

 

[Topher]

 

[evanft]

There's no point in announcing a product without a price. Absolute clown show.

 

[LordOcidax]

Really don't understand the push for handheld form factor tbh. Nintendo is a special case.

Is because… Look, Nintendo is so successful with the Switch, we should do the same… Is the same for GAAS games. The issue is that they fail to replicate what made original concept a success.

 

[PauloRoberto]

Just like what i predicted... xbox is turning into the surface of PCs... good equipment, good specs, next to no one cares... :-(

 

[Baemono]

Screen too small

I don't wanna hold anything below 8 inches

 

[DanielG165]

The original Ally Z1E continues to be the value king lol. No other handheld PC has a 120hz OLED display with Dolby Vision, HDR, and 1,400 nits of brightness though, so that's cool. Not what will probably be $2,000+ cool, but cool nonetheless.

 

[Zuzu]

That's really nice

 

[corgiix3]

until there's a genuine upgrade from a Z1E i don't see this as very appealing personally.

 

[Sintoid]

Screen too small

I don't wanna hold anything below 8 inches

 

[DanielG165]

Really don't understand the push for handheld form factor tbh. Nintendo is a special case.

For me, it's pretty simple. When I'm tired after work and don't feel like using my full-sized PC, I can take my Ally Z1E and still have the ability to play a lot of my current gen only games whilst in bed or on the couch, comfortably. I can take it with me on trips with a small doc, and have a Windows 11 PC hub that I can easily break down.

I can also use it for work if I'm in a pinch. But as a gaming device/tool, having something so svelte be able to handle apps like RE9, FH6, God of War Ragnarok, Outlaws etc., while also emulating whatever I want, and it literally be in the palms of my hands is quite powerful. It feels like the future, as cheesy as that is to say.

 

[kevboard]

why ruin it by adding rubberised grips?

 

[tusharngf]

2000 dollars that's expensive

 

[keefged4]

With the recent new Steam Deck price increase, I'd imagine the price for this is going to be absolutely astronomical in comparison. prohibitively so.

 

[ExtendEmbraceExtinguish]

Really don't understand the push for handheld form factor tbh. Nintendo is a special case.

Some of these are console replacements if you have the right setup; dock & 4k vrr tvs while using upscaling software.

 

[ExtendEmbraceExtinguish]

Just like what i predicted... xbox is turning into the surface of PCs... good equipment, good specs, next to no one cares... :-(

That's because pc tech reviewers can't review beyond their normal market. Watched multiple videos of folks butchering asr with rog ally x. Fine print requires dock & modern tv.

 

[Mozza]

Looks like a nice piece of hardware visually.

I just don't see it.......... All of these powerful PC devices look so brick like, and not all that aesthetically pleasing.

 

[Sleepwalker]

- Put a premium OLED display on your handheld
- only sell it bundled with xreal glasses


Ok then

 

[adamsapple]

Looks good, I'll never get anything like that as I'm not a 'handheld' gaming fan at all now.

Good luck to those who want one in these financial times.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

Really don't understand the push for handheld form factor tbh. Nintendo is a special case.

These are niche high-end devices for whales who like fancy stuff.

 

[OverHeat]

Bought!!!! For sure

 

[Draugoth]

Doesn't matter, this thing will be DOA if it's anything beyond $1000

 

[Loope]

I'm thinking $1500

Edit: Forced bundle? Make it $2000

 

[kasrkinsquad]

Is because… Look, Nintendo is so successful with the Switch, we should do the same… Is the same for GAAS games. The issue is that they fail to replicate what made original concept a success.

Naw man. The market started with small Chinese companies making Intel based handhelds but Valve making the Steam Deck really kick started the market. They serve as a handheld option for PC gamers.

The forced bundled news has me in the 1500+ camp. Though I think it's likely next year's RDNA5 ally will come with this screen.

 

[LordOcidax]

Naw man. The market started with small Chinese companies making Intel based handhelds but Valve making the Steam Deck really kick started the market. They serve as a handheld option for PC gamers.

The forced bundled news has me in the 1500+ camp. Though I think it's likely next year's RDNA5 ally will come with this screen.

Nobody was paying attention to those things outside 10 people… I remember people calling the SD the Switch killer… Good times.

 

[Banjo64]

I just don't see it.......... All of these powerful PC devices look so brick like, and not all that aesthetically pleasing.

I only meant nice in the context of other brick like devices They do all look like shit to be fair.

 

[manfestival]

This thing looks really awesome.

 

[DreamcastSkies]

I've never liked the see-through console design but I really like those gold accents and I've been wanting to pick up an Ally X and this version will have an OLED screen and improved d-pad. I almost feel bad potentially spending so much money on this, but I am interested in maybe getting this over the basic Ally X.

 

[Mozza]

I only meant nice in the context of other brick like devices They do all look like shit to be fair.

I am guessing they are designed to look like the custom gaming PC type devices. I still think this look miles better than the steamdeck.

 

[StereoVsn]

For the likely price I wish the display was 8"+.

Also, lol at that forced bundle. Glasses alone are $500+.

 

[StereoVsn]

For the likely price I wish the display was 8"+.

Also, lol at that forced bundle. Glasses alone are $500+.

Retro Game Corps has a preview. Same internals basically, better screen and forced bundle.

Meh.

Edit: Better buttons, sticks, and MicroSD Express support.

 

[Diseased Yak]

I'll be one of the minority and say "Day One!". I use my original ROG Ally X almost every day, and this is the upgrade I needed.

Bigger screen, OLED
TMR sticks

Definitely not "meh" for me, but I realize I'm an outlyer.

 

[Topher]

I'll be one of the minority and say "Day One!". I use my original ROG Ally X almost every day, and this is the upgrade I needed.

Bigger screen, OLED
TMR sticks

Definitely not "meh" for me, but I realize I'm an outlyer.

How much are you willing to pay?

 

[Diseased Yak]

How much are you willing to pay?

Eh, well it is that forced bundle with the glasses, looks like. I'd pay $1999, which is what I paid for my 4090 back in Dec. '24.

Perhaps it'll be cheaper than that though (lol). Or they'll have a $1500 one without the glasses.

 

[simpatico]

Much more interested in the MSI with the Intel chip. For me, the next frontier for these PC handhelds is flexing into a living room or desktop PC. Not having a slightly nicer screen.

 

[jshackles]

What's the estimated price guys?

$2,026

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Can I survive with only half a liver?
Asking for a friend.

Yes! You can!