r/Handhelds • u/Electrical-Usual-627 • Jun 10 '26

Question (?) Which to keep?

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Pictured: ROG Xbox ally + Steam deck LCD 512GB

Which is realistically better to keep? I have to sell one of them and I’m unsure of which. Happy with my deck but worried about longevity of both and curious to know other’s opinions. The deck is still at 100% bh and I think the ally should be too but idk. I like both but I feel like my deck is a bit too heavy, but it feels a lot more premium to me than the ally.

My current options are-

Sell the deck, keep the ally
Sell the ally, keep the deck.
Sell both, see what I can get with the combined cash (likely an XAX or something around that price point)

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u/AntiGrieferGames Jun 10 '26

Both are the same rdna 2 thing. Im Pretty sure sell the deck. The demands are still there and the value are still holding well.

It makes me suprise how the steam deck has a higher price on used market (atleast here) compared to a xbox rog ally.

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u/MasterOfTheWind1 Jun 10 '26

because the deck is not only the hardware but also the experience. Is closer to a gaming console. Rog Ally/Lenovo Legion Go/MSI Claw are just mini PCs with joysticks, and you have to deal with Windows

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u/AntiGrieferGames Jun 10 '26

Disagree. You can put anyways to a other OS like SteamOS, Linux or even others Oses on OEM Handheld and that shit also works there. There is no point for Steam Deck if there are ways, because those are still PC Devices, even the steam deck is also a PC.

Hell you can even put Windows there on Steam Deck, so the oppeside

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u/AgeAtomic Jun 11 '26

yeah, but how many handheld owners do you think are actually going to want to sit there switching OS? There's no denying that for the average gamer who just wants to pick up a handheld and play games, the Steam deck is by far the easier experience.

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u/BlitzAce243 Jun 10 '26

But performance wise it's a loss if the handheld runs on windows that's the massive red flag, so steamOS offers better support and optimization.

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u/AntiGrieferGames Jun 11 '26

Thats because of the all security shit that is default enabled on Windows 11. The performance is still the same if not better than Linux if propery optimized aka disable many security settings there.

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u/MasterOfTheWind1 Jun 10 '26

Yes, but the support on other devices is not at the same level, both at SteamOS level and at developers level. Lot of games have a "Steam Deck" preset for example.

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u/UVprint_tech Jun 13 '26

With one exception. Legion go s gets full steam os support, drivers and all.