Customer Ratings & Reviews

After reading reviews and first-hand accounts of the ROG Ally having issues with the SD Card reader, and purchasing/returning two open-box handhelds that has that I decided to buy it again once it went on sale. Been playing on it for a couple of hours a week and compared to before, the updates have helped with the overheating and keeping the SD card reader from burning out. I like the ergonomics of it and smaller size than the Steam Deck. I'll update this if anything pops up in long-term usage.

Absolutely outstanding piece of hardware. A lot of people are returning these but from what ive gathered on fourms and pages a lot of it is user error. This is just a mini pc and you need to think of it as such. It needs its updates and has the normal windows 11 stuff but once its up and running it is a beast at playing games on the go.

Great specs! Nice grip with my size of hands but it’s windows and windows is the biggest problem. There ar eso me design flaws as well. Hate that I can’t setup offline. The SD Card slow gets super hot. And recently with an update from 7/12/23 my sd card had issues. It would slow down my console down so badly because the SD HDD usage was at 100%. Reformatted the SD card twice and even empty it showed 100% usage under HDD. Factory rest didn’t help. I ended up powering on my console without the sd card and opened up disk management once I inserted the sd card it showed up immediately and I was able to do another format. It worked ! But the hassle was such a pain. I’m just glad it didn’t fry my sd card like other people

Love this system. Fast and reliable. Better than ghe steam deck

This device works great and plays games on every platform! I use steam, Xbox, and gog as my primary platforms I buy PC games on. They all work with no problems! If you're trying to save battery, you can also stream on the Xbox app. It's super cool!

Decent performance for game if you mostly use from home.

At first the ally felt half baked. After a few windows updates and driver updates. This thing is awesome. COD plays with zero glitches. Spider-Man and Fortnite play with zero glitches or performance issues. Couldn’t be happier with the ally.

I chose this over the Steamdeck due to the fact that it runs Windows, and had support for more games out of the box. It has surpassed my expectations, ran CoD, Diablo 4, and Starfield with minimal tuning of the settings. Software works fine, just make sure you run all the firmware updates.

What the rog ally does with windows to make it a portable experience is really good. Like all new things it takes time to get used to. I had a steam deck when it first launched, enjoyed every bit of it. Yes some things you cannot do on linux but it was still a great experience. Now going to the ally for the first time as a windows user was so easy. They really took some time and polished the handheld experience on windows. I would say if your a windows user, then the rog ally is simple to get started with gaming on windows on the go.

I love this. The Xbox app works great for streaming games, running full pc games works great. Games like MW2, Diablo 4, and Fortnite run great on this. I upgraded to a 2TB 2230 right away for more storage. Keep in mind this runs full Windows so you'll have a ton of updates out of the box before you can game. But after the sky is the limit.

Pc gaming on the go! Best bang for your buck! Highly recommend for someone that travels and games! You won’t be disappointed!

Ive read lots of reviews about people having issues with this. I have had mine since day one release and ive had no issues. It works just fine I play diablo 4 and have used it for xbox game pass games. The only thing I dont like is having to use a ps4 controller ro play ps now games. But that isnt really a ROG ally issue more of ps.

I have both this and also the new steam deck with the anti hlare screen. The ally beats the steamdecm in every way other than tge anti glare screen. The Steambecks antiglare screen is super helpful when playjng outdoors. The ally has better graphics capabilities overall and is the better option overall in my opinion

This thing keeps impressing me. First, yes it plays games. It plays Starfirld with zero issues. Forza like a champ. What I didn't realize fully is that this is a full on computer too. Attach it toa docking station and it is like a laptop . Well worth the pricetag.

I love it so much great for gaming on the go or even doing work

it comes with four months subscription to xbox cloud gaming which allows you to play so many games for free and without the need to download them with very stable 60-120fps demand on the game, and 120 refresh rate screen what makes it the best device ever

Purchased this for my husband since he LOVES to game when we were about to have our little girl so he had something to do in the hospital! One of the best gaming consoles he ever owns!

Exceeds my expectations for a handheld. I game on the go a lot, even in the living room on the couch or on vacations in the hotels. Definitely worth the price if you're gonna use it for its intended purpose. I bought the matching earbuds, too!

Insanely handy little device, would recommend using a keyboard and mouse while doing install work though… with Frame generation; this unit is very capable…

Absolutely blown out of the water by the performance of this little machine. Couldnt be happier with my purchase. I was skeptical about getting it because i've had the steam deck and it was just ok. But after getting the ally everything has been playable on-the-go or even just relaxing on the couch.