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From that artsy article graphic, at first I thought the ROG Ally was smaller than the Switch. Not so, it seems.

Funny thing is, this isn’t the first time this has been attempted. I remember Razer putting out a gaming tablet back in the Windows 8 days. Most of the concern I have for people buying these is interface - Steam has done a lot to alleviate concerns of a desktop environment in a game boy, including offering community tools to fill the gaps.

The ROG Ally is enormous. I had a chance to handle one in person – it’s closer to the size of the Steam Deck, and it’s like five times the thickness of the Switch.

If anything it’s really incredible the Switch is as small as it is.

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Especially since it was something of a mobile powerhouse when it first launched.

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Steam’s big picture does a lot to remediate some of the challenges of working with a controller in a desktop environment. The ROG Ally additionally has switchable modes between desktop and gamepad and it allows for mouse movement with the thumbsticks and stuff in addition to the touch screen.

It also has this app called Armory Crate SE which is basically an Asus-branded game launcher like GeForce Experience where you can fine tune settings on each game.

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