The manufacturer continues to make inroads in the sector with new models, although the bet presents doubts.
The bet for offering portable hardware capable of allowing us to enjoy PC video games anywhere is not new, but it may be that Steam Deck has given it the boost in popularity that the sector needed. Thus, during these months, the release of AyaNeo Next although details about the device and its price have raised early suspicions about its possible success given the competition.
It will arrive in February at a reserve price of $1,345.In appearance, AyaNeo Next presents quite a few differences with Steam Deck betting on a design much more comparable to Nintendo Switch Lite than with Valve’s bet. In terms of software, it has support for Steam games and a UI adapted to the portable nature of the hardware that promises to be intuitive and easy to use. for gamers. Its managers promise future integration with the Epic and Ubisoft catalog.
At the specifications level, taking AyaNeo Next Advance as a base, it opts for. AMD Ryzen 7 5800U Zen3 with eight cores and 16 threads and an integrated AMD Radeon Vega 8 graphics chip, 16 GB of RAM (LPDDR4x) and an SSD storage disk of 2TB M.2 (NVMe). All this represents a important leap compared to the manufacturer’s previous model.PC Gamer recalls, but it is a disappointment for some users who were expecting more ambition in its architecture.
Finally, the console is equipped with a seven-inch IPS LCD display and a 4100mAh battery for two- to six-hour gaming sessions.
All of this comes at a price, and its responsible company expects to sell the console for $1,345, with shipments expected by the end of February. Its high purchase cost is in line with other previous AyaNeo products, but they are farther away from the price announced by Valve for Steam Deck, which varies from $ 399 to $ 649 depending on the model (from 419 euros to 679 euros in the domestic market). We will have to wait for analysis to know if the difference is worth it.
