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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Well in terms of dimensions, the only significant difference is it's less thick, which will depend on the user as to whether it's a worthwhile change or if it makes the device less comfortable to hold. 60 grams of weight probably isn't making much of a difference.
I think battery life, and easy battery replacement to preserve that battery life over a series of charge cycles, is the main thing that matters to me in terms of iterative improvements over the deck in future models (by Valve or whoever else is making a device). Second would be the screen, which is of course linked directly to battery life - I'm sure the Ally's battery life would be better if the screen was lower res, for example.
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For me, it’s not even really about the dimensions. It’s the general shape of the SteamDeck. Once you put it in its case it just takes up a ton of room in my bag. I didn’t love flying with it.
Before the Ally was released my Deck was regulated to an emulation machine (which it was awesome at), but indies looked better on the switch oled and more modern games just never felt right on the deck. I tried playing RE4 remake on it and while it ran well enough I just couldn’t justify playing it on that screen and in that form factor.
The Ally has essentially replaced my Switch Oled and my steam deck while adding the capability to play Gamepass on the go. For my use case anyways