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[analog_future]

https://xboxera.com/2025/06/13/extas1s-claims-to-know-the-xbox-ally-release-date-and-price/

In a video on his YouTube Channel, and thanks to the power of AI-subtitles and dubbing, extas1s has given us his biggest leak claim yet. According to him the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X's release date and pricing are:

• Xbox Ally & X pre-orders go live in August, with a release in October
• Xbox Ally MSRP of $499/€599
• Xbox Ally X MSRP of $799/€899

 

[Baemono]

Ally is basically a Steam Deck, but 100$ more expensive. DoA

 

[Mr Moose]

Noted leaker extas1s

Roughly the same price as last years Ally X, but Ally X to doubt.

 

[analog_future]

Ally is basically a Steam Deck, but 100$ more expensive. DoA

Disagree. It has a higher resolution, 120hz screen, twice the storage, should have better battery life, and better performance.


The Ally X is the really interesting one. Should be like 50% faster than the Steam Deck.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

i'll wait for the superior steamos version

 

[Zathalus]

$799 for that class of hardware is pretty good. I'd be interested in buying one. Naturally I will immediately slap SteamOS or Bazzite on it.

 

[Heisenberg007]

"Noted leaker"

extas1s.

 

[Skyfox]

Too expensive and too ugly for my tastes.

Also, play anywhere games that are streamed are awful. I invested way too much of my life on various cloud gaming technologies and at the end of the day, input lag is such a serious issue.

 

[Kacho]

Has this leaker been right about anything?

 

[Goalus]

A lot cheaper than I thought.
Expected $1000 for the Ally X.

 

[graywolf323]

I'll believe it when I see it given they just raised the price of the current Ally X…

 

[SJRB]

Man that thing is ugly as FUCK. And 900 euros???

 

[Spukc]

Man that thing is ugly as FUCK. And 900 euros???

Reminds me of the gaming laptops from the last 6 years.

Designed to look like a firetruck
Designed for 12 year olds.

But priced at 2k

 

[Windom Earle]

Too little too late, the Microsoft way.

 

[Mr Moose]

Too little too late, the Microsoft way.

It's Asus.

 

[M.W.]

Ally is basically a Steam Deck, but 100$ more expensive. DoA

It's far better than a deck. Worth it.

 

[Topher]

No way the Z1 Z2 Extreme version is $799

 

[Magic Carpet]

Not as expensive as I was thinking.
I thought it would be over $1000 for the more powerful one.
waiting for the YouTuber week long reviews.
Then the week long YouTuber is it worth it reviews.

 

[LordCBH]

I might fuck with the $799 one.

 

[Fabieter]

Ally is basically a Steam Deck, but 100$ more expensive. DoA

Deck 2 is gonna be more expensive as well when it hits next year.

 

[M.W.]

Buy the $499 version, sub to GFN ultimate plan. Win/win.

 

[LakeOf9]

Switch 2 is doomed

 

[analog_future]

No way the Z1 Extreme version is $799

It's a Z2 Extreme, actually

 

[Fabieter]

No way the Z1 Extreme version is $799

Its the z2 with ai tech, isnt it?

 

[Topher]

It's a Z2 Extreme, actually

Its the z2 with ai tech, isnt it?

Yes, corrected. Thanks.

 

[analog_future]

Buy the $499 version, sub to GFN ultimate plan. Win/win.

This is a good plan. Play smaller games on the local hardware, stream the more intense game via GFN (or locally via Moonlight if you have a gaming PC).

 

[mayham2199]

Yea he also said ES6 would be at the last Xbox show case and his claims about the Nintendo switch C button were laughable.

 

[Nelly_Nel_7.1.3]

https://xboxera.com/2025/06/13/extas1s-claims-to-know-the-xbox-ally-release-date-and-price/

Will we be able to preorder this at GameStop if this rumor is true?

 

[Punished Miku]

$800 is better than $1000 I kept hearing. Still a lot but its in the conversation at least.

 

[Gitaroo]

if I can run and boot everything the same as PC, like specialK, install any software like plex and moonlight. I think it is still good enough. Or I can just get a Ally X I suppose if that has a price drop later.... swapping out fullsize nvme drive is a good feature to have.

 

[intbal]

Microsoft will need to add some sort of disc-to-digital system before I would consider one of these. I doubt my physical copies of my Xbox library will be playable in any way. Not even on the cloud.
However, that's a much better price for the Ally X than I was anticipating. Seems like a pretty good deal.

 

[Zacfoldor]

You want to talk about something that won't sell, this is it.

You think the official Nintendo one won't sell for 450 but, wait for it, the Xbox version will sell for a grand?

10k units lifetime max if they are lucky.

 

[Shifty1897]

If true, those are lower prices than I expected for 2025 for a PC handheld. The Ally X will the most powerful PC handheld that exists once it launches, right?

 

[analog_future]

If this leak is true it also means Hollow Knight Silksong is coming before October

 

[Zacfoldor]

If true, those are lower prices than I expected for 2025.

Tariffs are pretty much over. I expected the prices to go back down. There was a lot of doom and gloom but I'm glad to see we all got out of it alright.

 

[demigod]

This guy is full of shit as usual. Expect one of the sku to be at least $999+.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

I can see a $800 system being successful, but you ain't gonna be able to sell it on portability alone. It needs to be much stronger than what's available, and only then people will pay attention. Since it's a mobile device, forget that, so this is DOA.

 

[Ultralow35]

Ally is basically a Steam Deck, but 100$ more expensive. DoA

Native windows (ally) steam deck( Steam os)???Thats the same ??better screen ally better specs ally …..But ha there basically the same….What

 

[analog_future]

Tariffs are pretty much over. I expected the prices to go back down. There was a lot of doom and gloom but I'm glad to see we all got out of it alright.

the fuck are you talking about? Global tariffs got pushed back until July 9th, at which time everything is fucked unless things change again before then.

 

[Schmick]

Too expensive and too ugly for my tastes.

Also, play anywhere games that are streamed are awful. I invested way too much of my life on various cloud gaming technologies and at the end of the day, input lag is such a serious issue.

Serious issue for you.

I'm a GFN subscribing and input lag is not noticeable.

 

[seething left]

Disagree. It has a higher resolution, 120hz screen, twice the storage, should have better battery life, and better performance.


The Ally X is the really interesting one. Should be like 50% faster than the Steam Deck.

OLED anyone? No? DoA.

 

[Ultralow35]

Too expensive and too ugly for my tastes.

Also, play anywhere games that are streamed are awful. I invested way too much of my life on various cloud gaming technologies and at the end of the day, input lag is such a serious issue.

Anywhere games on here or downloaded not stream you can stream games but Microsoft anywhere games mean buy once play on both pc and Xbox …..Natively

 

[Punished Miku]

OLED anyone? No? DoA.

I'd personally rather this hit a great price point than have OLED. If true, this is cheaper than everyone said it was going to be. Guess we'll see.

 

[seething left]

Serious issue for you.

I'm a GFN subscribing and input lag is not noticeable.

Are you plaing with KB+M? I'm interested in GFN, but afraid that playing with KB+M will be a horror because of the input lag.

 

[analog_future]

OLED anyone? No? DoA.

The OLED Steam Deck is more expensive than this is rumored to be (and is still underpowered and stuck behind an 800p screen)


Good to see that Switch 2 is DoA as well without it's OLED screen

 

[//DEVIL//]

Switch 2 is doomed

I'll be surprised if Xbox ally x sales 4 million in its life time compared to switch 2 in 4 days..

 

[Topher]

The OLED Steam Deck is more expensive than this is rumored to be (and is still underpowered).

I thought they said the Z2 A was comparable to the Steam Deck.

 

[Baemono]

Disagree. It has a higher resolution, 120hz screen, twice the storage, should have better battery life, and better performance.

That's basically a Switch 2.

They can't even sell their console at 250$, they're not gonna sell much of a weaker PC handheld.

This product is very niche. I don't see it having any success whatsoever.

 

[DeVeAn]

Too expensive and too ugly for my tastes.

Also, play anywhere games that are streamed are awful. I invested way too much of my life on various cloud gaming technologies and at the end of the day, input lag is such a serious issue.

If they are play anywhere you have a native PC version?

 

[analog_future]

I thought they said the Z2 A was comparable to the Steam Deck.

At the same resolution, the Z2 A (and the Z1) outperform the Steam Deck. Nothing insane but it's faster.