I ditched my Steam Deck 4 months ago -- but I'm going back | Digital Trends
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About four months ago, I ditched my Steam Deck for Asus' ROG Ally. But with some distance, I'm going back to Valve's handheld. Here's why.
Stability is important and the Asus Rog Ally is a response to Steam Deck's popularity to try to cash in on the concept. So of course the Rog Ally, with an OS that isn't meant for controller navigation only, and with less time to develop stable drivers, is going to be less stable than a device that has an OS dedicated to it, with an app that's running specifically developed for almost a decade now for controller navigation. Additionally, Steam included dual trackpads because they knew people would want that precision that we saw in the Steam Controllers.
Asus has more experience overall with hardware development compared to Steam. Asus has been building mobile computers for decades but Steam has been building random gaming devices for almost a decade now. The PC mobile console was Valve's original concept but I bet if Asus started on it when Steam did, we'd see Asus on top. As of now, Steam has a fighting chance to keep ahead of Asus.
I hate Windows, but the not having track pads to interact with the OS is worse.
Edit: (OK, had to install windows to see if Madden is playable. Windows is almost as bad.)