Just two days after a substantial leak pegged the price of Asus’ Steam Deck competitor at $699.99 with a Z1 Extreme chip and 512GB of storage, one of the same reliable leakers, SnoopyTech, now says the entry-level model with a vanilla Z1 processor and a 256GB SSD will cost $599.99.
ASUS ROG Ally 7" AMD Z1 (not Extreme) = $599.99
— SnoopyTech (@_snoopytech_) April 28, 2023
16 GB LPDDR5, 256 GB NVMe M.2 SSD https://t.co/X6hAE6ZtLF pic.twitter.com/ueKYpeMzus
If true, that means both configurations are within spitting distance of Valve’s comparative pricing, where a 256GB Steam Deck costs $530 and a 512GB Steam Deck costs $650, respectively. But Valve also sells a $399 Steam Deck that comes with 64GB of eMMC storage, which enthusiasts...