I've had the ASUS ROG Ally for a month now, so here is a follow-up video to talk about my time with the device, and any changes I've observed from my initial...

Retro Game Corps has just posted a 30 day review of the Ally. As someone who has pre-ordered I found it quite interesting. As expected, the major down side to this device is the battery. Fortunately, my main reason for purchasing this is to do some gaming on my commute to work. As I’m only on the subway for 25 min, this should cover my needs perfectly, regardless of the game I play.

  •  alehel   ( @alehel@beehaw.org ) OPEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    I might have considered waiting for a Steam Deck 2 if I thought there was any chance of it being available in Norway. That said, it might be a long wait. It seems they’re treating the Steam Deck more like a console, rather than a PC. Which makes perfect sense. Fewer iterations to support, and owners of version 1 are a little less likely to get left behind by developers as a version 2 would probably make that the lowest target.

    Hope they make the latest version of SteamOS available to other handheld makers in an official capacity at some point. I can’t see it harming them as I doubt they earn much from the hardware sales. I always figured the main goal was to ensure that also your handheld library is purchased from them. I like Steam, but I try and buy as much as I can from GoG. Really wish Steam would allow developers to sell their games drm free. The choice really should be theirs, not Valves.

      •  alehel   ( @alehel@beehaw.org ) OPEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Yeah, I wish they would just simplify it and focus on what matters. Sync saves to the cloud, and let me install and launch my games. I don’t need it to be some cross-service game launcher. I don’t need social features. I just want my games 🤣!

        Personally I just download the exe files and install them. Means I won’t automatically get patches though.

        Hmm. That got me thinking. I’ve seen unofficial API documentation for GoG. Maybe it’s possible to create a Telegram bot that lets me know when a game I own has a new version available 🤔.