Microsoft's Xbox handheld launched in 45 countries and still didn't dent the Steam Deck

the ROG Xbox Ally spiked in month one, then fell off sharply. Steam Deck still accounts for roughly half of every handheld gaming PC sold — and the… Aliteq Diego Santos · Gaming Editor

The most useful figure here isn't market share, it's the category total: roughly 6 million handheld gaming PCs sold, ever, across all brands. For comparison, the Switch 2 shipped nearly 20 million…

The number that reframes the whole fight

Price is the obvious culprit — the Ally X sits well above $500, pushing it out of impulse range and into 'this is my main gaming device' territory, where a desktop or laptop competes hard. The Steam…

Why the Ally didn't break through

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