Comment on Asus ROG Xbox Ally Gaming Handhelds Cost Up to $999.99, Preorders Open Now
pycorax@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I feel like I’m the only one who finds this pricing reasonable? I looked up similar devices from Ayaneo and GPD and they’re priced similarly. It’s a premium ultrabook shrunk to a handheld size with a built in controller built by a company that can’t offset costs from an online store like Steam can, what were people expecting?
Whitebrow@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
For M$ to subsidize some of the cost of the hardware seeing how it’s their “next leap” for the Xbox? Or something along those lines.
Stovetop@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
It’s just Xbox branded, though. ROG controls the device and I don’t think it likely that Microsoft is hedging the future of Xbox on a (likely) one-time business arrangement. This was just the compromise for Microsoft’s failed in-house handheld that never saw the light of day.