Mostly as a Streaming Device Only: Refurb Steam Deck OLED vs. Rog Ally Xbox (Weaker one)

Mostly as a Streaming Device: Refurb Steam Deck OLED vs. Rog Ally Xbox (Weaker one)

Hello all. I'm looking to get a handheld mostly for streaming within my house and I'll be posting this on both the subreddits to get some in-depth opinions by owners.

Becoming a new dad soon, I'll obviously have less time to play games but a lot of dad's, I've been talking to have said get a handheld in order to play in different parenting scenarios.

So I am mostly looking for a handheld to stream both my PC and my PS5 gameplay too. I am not that worried about on the go playing, since I would probably just take my Switch 2 anyways. I would stream in handheld format, and I would like to dock the device to stream to my 4k TV as well in order to play on the couch and be more present.

I actually had a steam deck lcd before but didn't use it much. I just sold it like 6 months ago! Below are some of my perceived advantages and disadvantages of both.

Steam Deck OLED (refurbished ~$440)

• I found the comfort to be good but not great.
• Screen size was lacking for me, but OLED is .5 inches larger.
• OS was nice, but being locked out of gamepass games (subscription up in December 2026 now) kind of sucked.
• I found PS5 streaming to be better than PC streaming. Both latency and ease of use.... I have 2 screens, main monitor being ultrawide. Having to switch resolutions to stream on steam every time was frustrating. (Not sure this would be different on ally)
• 90hz plus that extra .5 in seems nice

Ally Xbox Weaker White Model ($340 new from marketplace reseller)

• Better resolution, screen size, and HZ for streaming
• Controller like grip
• Capability of duel boot
• Cheaper in my case

That's all I admittedly have for the ally. I don't need the super GPU one for my use cases. But I don't find myself leaning more towards it than the steam deck.

Any insights?