Asking the question for my brother in law. He is in the military - navy equivalent - and he is looking for a good console to game offline for long periods of time (3-6 month without internet). The offline capabilities are the most important feature by far.

He is not a PC player, he does not have a steam account. He subscribed to the Xbox game pass and would like to be able to use it offline. He mainly want to play all the open world games out there : Cyberpunk, Starfield, Far cry…

As far as I know, Xbox game pass is not compatible with the steam deck other than windows dual boot. But the steam deck is IMO the best Handheld PC on the market.

I’m afraid that he would be disappointed with the steam deck performance for such games and the inability to use the Xbox game pass. Should he buy the Rog ally instead? I don’t know if the Rog Ally is good offline too.

Any advice?