Asus’ ROG Ally handheld gaming PC doesn’t appear to be an April Fools’ joke

The display screen will present “full HD gaming,” and it guarantees a quiet dual-fan design together with the seen commonplace setup of twin analog sticks, left-mounted D-pad, and 4 face buttons, plus a number of smaller buttons across the display screen to entry menus and settings. Going past the Steam Deck dock, it even advertises the chance to “expertise Ally’s full potential” by plugging within the ROG XG Mobile eGPU the corporate provides to be used with its gaming laptops whereas streaming your video games to a TV.

The trailer options actual video games like High On Life, Moving Out, and WRC Generations — uncommon for a prank — and has a hyperlink to Best Buy, the place avid gamers can join details about pre-orders.

While Valve’s Steam Deck has been probably the most profitable try to make PC gaming a really moveable expertise, there are many opponents, just like the Ayaneo 2 or different Switch-like machines from GPD and OneXPlayer. However, in our expertise, they’ve relied on an AMD 6800U chipset as an alternative of a customized design and usually lack the appropriate mixture of horsepower and effectivity that we need to see from handheld gaming machines.

More than something, the machine featured within the video seems to be absolutely designed and able to roll out as a high-powered entry into the moveable gaming market. It’s actually extra lifelike than what Asus ROG (Republic of Gamers) posted on April Fools’ Day 2022, hawking an idea “Smart Lens” for eye-controlled gestures that it later revealed was a joke. Of course, Asus can be the corporate that simply unleashed this ROG Flow Z13 Acronym moveable that defies all perception and understanding.

We’ll have to attend and see if this Ally handheld remains to be standing after the clock rolls over to April 2nd, however Asus actually appears able to face the Steam Deck on this class eventually.