I highly doubt that I would own one.

Asus is jumping to the handheld device hype after Switch and Steam Deck. But Asus doesn't have the best track record with post release support and customization. I trust them even less with the overvolting scandal that just happened a couple of weeks ago.

If you compare spec only, Ally clearly wins over Steam Deck. But if you consider post release support, aftermarket customization, userbase, Steam Deck is miles ahead.

i'm on the fence.
i'm waiting for more reports of ChimaeraOS or HoloISO users to pop up (ETAPrime already did a first look at the ROG Ally running ChimaeraOS and it wasn't too bad, for something without proper driver support yet).

i'm really interested in VRR / 120Hz support (as well as the much better quality of the screen), but there's no way i'd be dailying windows (except for some game pass titles).
i'm very happy with the Steam Deck, mind you, and it's my only PC atm, so i'd like a somewhat similar experience. i know i would have to compromise on lower wattage performance and that battery life would probably be worse for indie titles / emulation 5th gen and below, but that's a small fraction of my use case anyways.

ASUS makes ok hardware but post launch support is awful. Good luck getting it repaired as well. Valve made a much better product, even if it's not got as high of specs.

Wasn’t looking to start a platform war here folks, just was curious if others were getting the ROG. If you’re not interested that’s cool, Steam Deck is great if it meets your needs! I especially prefer the symmetric sticks as a primarily PS5 user. It just doesn’t support some of my games and devices like the Ayaneo were too expensive.

I’m mostly looking for people who were crazy like me and took a shot with the Ally.

For the record, Genshin actually works well on the Steam Deck, both in terms of usability and performance.

I pre-ordered should arrive Tuesday. I have been using the Steam Deck almost daily for the past few months and generally love it. I'm really looking forward the XBox game pass without having to use via cloud, which has been laggy for me when away from home network. My biggest concern will be UI. Steam does this very well, have had zero issue navigating around and using keyboard even in desktop mode. Microsoft has always been hit or miss with hand held devices. I hope Asus is comitted to updates to armory crate to make usability get better and better overtime