Therefore, it will not be available to all budgets. More than three months after his ad, we now know the amount that will have to be spent to offer the ally of Rog Xbox and the ally of Rog Xbox, the portable consoles present by Microsoft during its Xbox de Los Angeles showcase (California) last June.
Developed with ASUS, the two consoles will be published on October 16 in France and now we know its price. This Friday, September 26, Xbox announced that Rog Xbox ally would be sold to 599 euros, more than an Xbox S series and the price of an Xbox X series. The most powerful version, the Xbox Ally X, is offered to 899 euros.
A higher price positioning
Xbox consoles, which complete the camera’s ecosystem by promising a dedicated, intuitive and fast access experience of any place, will not be cheap. The ROG XBOX ally (512 GB of storage and 16 GB of RAM) is placed even above the OLED steam deck (570 euros), the initial LCD screen of the steam cover that can be found around 350 to 400 euros, the Nintendo Switch 2 (430-450 euro of euros) or the Lenov equal to the equals to the Rog boxes.
The Rog Xbox Ally X is intended to date the most powerful console on the market with its AMD Z2 Extreme (8 threads of nucleus/16, RDNA2, with 24 GB of RAM). It should overcome competition in gross energy and energy efficiency, but also storage (1 TB). Its price also takes off for this reason and not only for its design studied as more ergonomic (the mixture of the Rog X ally of which is the heiress and an Xbox controller).
However, its main competitors, such as Future Lenovo Legion Go 2 and MSI Claw A8, are announced to almost 1,000 euros in an initial price and do not bring the same assets, sometimes, but share the same operation in Windows 11. The question remains if you will be released one day will launch an Ally X 2 and if it will be at a lower price or not.
An important twist for Xbox
While waiting for their rivals, the Rog Xbox Ally X will be the most expensive console when it was launched on October 16, the most powerful too. It clearly addresses players looking for mobility and performance. Essentially, the followers of the Xbox ecosystem with their fast access button, their automatisms and their transversality with the console and the PC in terms of the game environment, but also to share the catalog of games.
Microsoft focuses on its identifiable design with its two handles, its production of versatility set, its power and especially the possible attachment to its game environment to make a place in a new market segment that was missing. Everything is an Xbox, especially if this Xbox can be everywhere with you and make you want to see life in green. And that will not prevent you from reaching other actors: Steam, Ubisoft+, Epic Games Store and many others will be in the game and integrated into the console.
A proposal that will undoubtedly revolutionize the sector, but has the merit of offering Xbox, whose console sales are mast medium, an opportunity to recover health and especially to affirm its Xbox Game Pass offer with more support.
Source: BFM TV
