Asus ROG Ally is the gaming handheld to buy for Black Friday — starts at just $450!

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The Asus ROG Ally is a gaming laptop in disguise

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Black Friday 2023 creeps ever closer, but some deals are already so good that there's no reason to wait. The Asus ROG Ally really shook things up in the handheld gaming PC space when it launched earlier this year, and now it's the season where it's the best time to buy.

This Best Buy Black Friday sale offers the standard Asus ROG Ally on sale for $449, while the Extreme Asus ROG Ally is currently on sale for $619.

If you loved the Nintendo Switch and are an avid PC gamer, the Asus ROG Ally makes the most sense to jump into. It offers everything you love about the Switch except it takes it a step further to introduce a universe of games that you likely already own. 

Best Black Friday Asus ROG Ally deal

Asus ROG Ally: $599 $449 @ Best Buy Overview:

Asus ROG Ally: $599 $449 @ Best Buy
Overview: The Asus ROG Ally is arguably the best gaming 'laptop' for its price.

Features: 7-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio, 120Hz refresh rate, 7ms response time, 100% sRGB color gamut, 500-nit peak brightness, Gorilla Glass DXC/Victus protected, IPS touch screen display. Smart Amp, Dolby Atmos stereo speakers. ROG intelligent cooling. Windows 11 Home. AMD Ryzen Z1 APU with RDNA3 graphics. 16GB LPDDR5 RAM. 512GB PCIe 4.0 SSD. Up to 2 hours gaming life, 6.8 hours video playback.

Release date: June. 2023

Price check: Asus $599

Upgrade option: Asus ROG Ally Extreme $699 $619 @ Best Buy 

More expensive alternative: Lenovo Legion Go $699 @ Best Buy

Price history: This deal matches the lowest price to date for the ROG Ally at Best Buy. 

Reviews: Across our most popular brands we agree that while the ROG Ally wasn't quite the Steam Deck killer we had hoped for, it remains a top-tier option for gaming on the go. 

Laptop Mag: ★★★★ | Tom's Guide: ★★★½ | T3: ★★★★

Buy it if: You want on-the-go access to all of your gaming libraries across Steam, Epic Games, Xbox, etc. right out of the box on a bright, colorful display. 

Don't buy it if: You already own a Steam Deck, it's not the Valve-crushing competitor we hoped for. If you're not one for on-the-go gaming, this is a lot of money to spend on a device you might not make full use of. 

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Rami Tabari
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Rami Tabari is an Editor for Laptop Mag. He reviews every shape and form of a laptop as well as all sorts of cool tech. You can find him sitting at his desk surrounded by a hoarder's dream of laptops, and when he navigates his way out to civilization, you can catch him watching really bad anime or playing some kind of painfully difficult game. He’s the best at every game and he just doesn’t lose. That’s why you’ll occasionally catch his byline attached to the latest Souls-like challenge.