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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
The major complaints people seem to have about the Ally so far are the user experience (unlike the deck the OS isn't made for the device and is therefore much less intuitive and smooth to use), the quality of certain components making it feel somewhat cheaply built / not as solid as hoped (unlike Valve, which doesn't make money on the device itself but rather on their cut of Steam sales, ROG has to make the hardware profitable while still competing with the deck on price, and has cut costs to do so where it can), and a lot of initial bugs and issues that cause crashes or incompatibility with a lot of titles (this was a problem early on with the deck too, but I gather not to the same extent).
I don't play anything remotely demanding on steam deck so the Ally is unnecessary at this point, but I do hope they can get the user experience dialed in and make the whole thing a smooth product to use because the best case scenario is that there are a bunch of quality handhelds being made as time goes on.
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I’ll be honest, I’ve read a lot of negativity online in regards to the Ally, but for the most part that hasn’t been my experience at all. The initial setup is a bit annoying because of the various updates you need to do, but I was up and running with a few games downloaded in about an hour.
Over my week or so with the device I’ve only had one game crash on me. Everything I’ve tried on it has run flawlessly including some emulation. It’s kind of amazing how smooth and detailed these games can look on a handheld due to the VRR and HD screen.
I don’t find navigating windows difficult at all and I prefer the form factor of the Ally over the deck as well. It’s more portable.
I will say my initial unit had a sticky bumper button which was annoying, but I exchanged it and am good to go now. The battery life certainly leaves a lot to be desired as well.