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.
I’m down with that though, there are a few refinements I’d like to see. I’d happily see a Switch -> OLED style evolution
Yeah the weight too, current steam deck weighs about 600g which is okay-ish but I would love to see a lightweight version, something like the ps4->ps4slim upgrade.
100% it’s also very 1st gen looking, I expect it’ll get a bit sleeker
Oh yeah, I’m totally down for that if it helps more people get to use it. It is a great machine. I love my Steam Deck. I was lucky and got my reservation within about 5-10 minutes. So I got mine within a month of release. I’ve been using Chiaki4Deck to use Remote Play on my PS5 downstairs and it works great. But it’s also been great for re-exploring a lot of 360/PS3 era games that had PC versions and controller support. A lot of those look great on a handheld to this day.
I want it for that kind of thing, remote play to my iPhone is /fine/ but the flexibility that steam versions offer is very attractive
I also use a Mac for my primary desktop machine so having the Deck would be a good complement
You sound a lot like my use-case lol
I also main a Mac for computing. And the other Linux and Windows PCs I have are not gaming machines in the slightest. Since my reservation in July 2021, I went from around 3 games on Steam. To nearly 150.
I’m just excited that the portable gaming PC space is growing. Steam Deck has some real competition now in the space. I had always dreamed of some day owning one but the pricing was more than I could justify.