Game consoles in general are going up in price due to tariffs/the economy/etc. With that in mind, you may have hoped the previously announced handheld-style Xbox wouldn't cost too much, but you also realize it could be costly. Officially called the ROG Xbox Ally, it can now be preordered and costs a pretty penny/tens of thousands of pennies. According to Kotaku, "There are two models of the Xbox Ally, the ROG-made handheld console that’ll either play or stream not just Xbox games, but also games via multiple other storefronts, including Steam," and the prices are $599.99 for the ROG Xbox Ally 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD and $999.99 (so a grand after tax) for the ROG Xbox Ally X 24GB RAM, 1TB SSD. A portable Xbox (that does play Steam too, to be fair) costs more than the standard option, in other words.
If you've got money to burn and love video-games on the go, this could be a spectacularly fun time. For many folks, however, that is a high price tag. You could get a decent gaming PC for that price or practically two Xbox Series X consoles. If you squint at it a bit and think of this more as a portable PC that can play Xbox games (like a fancier Steam Deck) as opposed to a portable Xbox, it sounds a bit less abhorrent in terms of price...maybe? I suppose, come the release date of October 16th, we'll see if these sell out, sit on the shelves, or the result is somewhere in between.
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