Nine months into a rough year for handheld gaming PCs, I'm reluctantly thankful for the open-box ROG Xbox Ally bones being thrown

For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. Here's the thing: you can grab a white Xbox Ally (not the full-fat ROG Xbox Ally X with a Z2 Extreme chipset) for $479.99 at Best Buy, so long as you're okay with an open-box handheld in "good" condition. While you can grab a ROG Xbox Ally in "fair" condition for $461.99, I'd stick with the $480 version to avoid anything too grizzly. Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more TL;DR - If you really need to pick up a handheld PC right now, Xbox Ally open box stock is a sensible option, even if we should really be enjoying the ROG Xbox Ally X for under $600 and Steam Decks for their launch price.