The worth has lastly been confirmed for the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, simply three weeks earlier than they go on sale.
The Xbox-centric handhelds are set to launch on October 16, however would-be pre-order prospects have been ready to learn how a lot they may price.
Now it’s official – the ROG Xbox Ally will price $599.99 / £499.00 whereas the premium version, the ROG Xbox Ally X, will price $999.99 / £799.00.
Each fashions can be found to pre-order now on the Microsoft Retailer, the ASUS eShop and choose “native retailers”.
Xbox says pre-orders are open now in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Eire, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Slovenia, South Africa, Thailand, and Ukraine.
The bottom ROG Xbox Ally comprises an AMD Ryzen Z2 A processor, 16GB of LPDDR5-6400 RAM and 512GB SSD storage.
The extra premium ROG Xbox Ally X comprises an AMD Ryzen IA Z2 Excessive processor, 24GB of LPDDR5X-8000 RAM and 1TB storage, in addition to a bigger battery to accommodate the additional energy.
Each fashions characteristic a 7″ 1080p IPS display screen with a 120Hz refresh price and VRR assist.
Just like the earlier ROG Ally handhelds, each fashions are primarily handheld Home windows PCs, however the brand new partnership with Xbox brings with it a separate Xbox mode which gamers can boot into with out loading the total Home windows working system, theoretically bettering recreation efficiency.
Final month Microsoft revealed the Handheld Compatibility Program, a verification scheme just like Steam Deck Verified which it calls “a brand new Xbox initiative designed to make extra video games able to play in your supported handheld”.
At launch there shall be two tags, Handheld Optimized (for video games that are “able to go” with no settings adjustment wanted) and Largely Suitable (for video games that will want “minor in-game setting modifications” for an optimum expertise on handheld).
