Best Buy Drops a Surprise Discount on the New Asus ROG Xbox Ally Ahead of Cyber Monday

The regular Xbox Ally wasn't astir arsenic fashionable arsenic the Xbox Ally X astatine launch, mostly due to the fact that it isn't astir arsenic powerful. We reviewed the Xbox Ally X and recovered it to beryllium the wide champion gaming handheld PC successful beingness close now. The modular Xbox Ally is much comparable to the Steam Deck with a a overmuch little terms tag than the $1,000 the X mentation costs.

The main differences betwixt the 2 models lies successful the specs. The modular Xbox Ally runs connected the AMD Ryzen Z2 A chipset portion the much almighty exemplary comes packing the AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. The Xbox Ally besides comes with little storage, with lone a 512GB SSD compared to the 1TB successful the Ally X. That tin beryllium easy remedied by upgrading the retention separately, but that would lone adhd to the cost.

The crushed to bargain the Xbox Ally implicit the Xbox Ally X is the overmuch little terms point. With this discount, the modular Ally is present fractional the terms of the Ally X. It whitethorn not beryllium almighty capable to tally each of the modern AAA games with ease, but it tin inactive play beauteous overmuch immoderate compatible PC crippled and works large for distant play if you already person an Xbox. It besides comes equipped with the Xbox Full Screen Experience close disconnected the bat.

If you're holding retired for a discount the Xbox Ally X, I wouldn't support holding your breath. The Xbox Ally X is connected backorder until January close present and is astir apt excessively fashionable to get a terms chopped until thing amended comes retired to instrumentality its spot arsenic the "best gaming handheld pc".

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Nov 30, 2025 4:08 am