ASUS’s ROG Ally appears to be like just like the Tesla Cybertruck of video video games consoles By Ian Dean printed 5 April 23 Video video games (And I believe I prefer it.)

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The just-announced ROG Ally is a brand new rival to Steam Deck, probably the one actual competitor given the gaming credentials of Asus, however for some time there it appeared too good to be true. The brand new sizzling PC handheld was teased on social media on April Fools’ Day, and most of the people glanced and assumed it was all an elaborate faux.

However no, Asus’ ROG Ally is actual and it is spectacular. This regardless of the hand held’s title actually telling us all it is ‘a-lie’. Oh boy. It additionally jogs my memory a little bit of Tesla’s Cybertruck. Partly due to the patchy announcement, but additionally resulting from its angular design that resembles Elon Musk’s famously sharp e-truck. And, if I am sincere, the muddled bluster and chest-beating is a little bit Elon-like.

There is definitely room within the gaming house for an actual rival to Steam Deck and the copy-cat PC handhelds, in addition to the most effective video games consoles round in the intervening time. With rumours of Nintendo Swap 2 spiralling, now actually is the time for a brand new handheld.

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It wasn’t simply the date and timing that felt too good to be true, but additionally the ROG Ally merely appears to be like good. Like too good. Not solely does it function that sharp, pointy design however has the neat detailing each PC gaming machine wants; RGB lighting glows from beneath the thumb sticks and even the vents look thoughtfully positioned and patterned.

Contained in the ROG Ally is a teased new AMD CPU, the swish trailer asserting Asus has teamed up with chip producer to “custom-make the quickest AMD APU but”, taunting me with a brand new AMD Ryzen. This might put the ROG Ally forward of Steam Deck, and someplace inside Nintendo a design blueprint is being scrunched up.

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After Asus needed to claw again some belief by permitting two in style YouTubers, Dave2D and Linus Tech Suggestions, to get handsy with the console, we study the ROG Ally will function a pointy 1080p show with 120Hz refresh charges and Asus made the daring declare to the pair that this new handheld console can be twice as quick as Steam Deck.

If Asus can again up its claims and recover from this bizarre and perplexing begin the the ROG Ally might be one of many shock {hardware} hits of the 12 months. There’s room for a disruptive and trendy video games console within the PC handheld house, and this one has the appears to be like and tech, I simply want Asus to get severe.

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