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Re:Asus Ally Emulates PS3, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360 with Ease by prmoustache on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @09:51AM (#35975197)
> If you open a full AAA game and let the deck really start slurping power it will get like 1.5 hours at best

But would you want to spend that time playing with an undocked 700gram device in your hand, in a bad posture looking down at a screen? Even my much lighter Switch I would not play more than 45 minutes straight in portable mode.

Re:Asus Ally Emulates PS3, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360 with Ease by MindSpunk on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @10:10AM (#35975431)
Very true, but that comparison gives you two play sessions between charges on the steam deck instead of one for the ally. Considering one of the biggest criticisms of the steam deck is battery life, and as a steam deck owner, I find the ally very uncompelling. It goes out of its way in almost every aspect to draw more power: runs windows, higher-power chip, higher-resolution screen. Then does nothing to solve battery life. What's the point of a handheld if you're tethered to a wall, a smaller bag to carry the charging brick?

The ally just seems to be chasing 'look how high the specs can go' instead of practically improving on the steam deck.