Asus confirms the ROG Ally will start at $600 — if you can wait till Q3
by Sean Hollister from The Verge - All Posts on (#6BP0Q)
The Asus ROG Ally gaming handheld. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Asus ROG Ally handheld gaming PC is officially on preorder today for $700, shipping June 13th - but there's also a less expensive, less powerful model shipping in Q3 for $600 that reviewers haven't yet been able to try.
Asus PR told us it wouldn't have pricing and availability for that model today, so it's a bit of a surprise to see official confirmation!
Screenshot by Sean Hollister / Image by Asus Pricing.Better still, it looks like Asus isn't skimping on storage, as it'll come with a 512GB PCIe Gen 4 SSD for that price. (Leaked data suggested it'd have a 256GB SSD.)
Considering Valve charges $650 for its 512GB Steam Deck with a last-gen processor, that model is starting to look like a pretty good...