My fellow human you are asking this question in a Steam Deck community, of course the people are saying that you should get the Deck. I’m going to be a little against the grain here and recommend you to get the Ally X.
Let me explain, most of the issue that people have with the OG Ally has been solved with the Ally X. It basically has a much better build quality than the OG Ally. With it’s 24 GB RAM it’s going to be much more future proof and the battery now is basically on par with Deck.
With Bazzite you can get better watt-to-watt performance with the Deck and the VRR works wonder when you’re streaming with Moonlight and Apollo because the stream will be much smoother.
However, if you have the money to spare, try buying both and see which one you like better and return the one you didn’t use.
Another option would be wait a little bit longer because the Z2 Extreme handhelds are coming in the next couple of months.
My fellow human you are asking this question in a Steam Deck community, of course the people are saying that you should get the Deck. I’m going to be a little against the grain here and recommend you to get the Ally X.
Let me explain, most of the issue that people have with the OG Ally has been solved with the Ally X. It basically has a much better build quality than the OG Ally. With it’s 24 GB RAM it’s going to be much more future proof and the battery now is basically on par with Deck.
With Bazzite you can get better watt-to-watt performance with the Deck and the VRR works wonder when you’re streaming with Moonlight and Apollo because the stream will be much smoother.
However, if you have the money to spare, try buying both and see which one you like better and return the one you didn’t use.
Another option would be wait a little bit longer because the Z2 Extreme handhelds are coming in the next couple of months.