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Meet the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. Coming this holiday 2025.
Introducing the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X – two new premium handhelds that combine the power of Xbox with the freedom of Windows 11. This holiday, players can discover another way to play as we combine the power of Xbox with the freedom you expect from Windows 11, created together with ASUS. And this is only the beginning.
•ROG Xbox Ally: powered by the AMD Ryzen™ Z2 A Processor - balancing performance and power consumption to maximize battery life without sacrificing gameplay quality - 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage.
•ROG Xbox Ally X: features the AMD Ryzen™ AI Z2 Extreme processor - allowing us to bring new experiences to life including greater frames-per-second, sharp visuals and increased intelligence - double the storage to have more native games at your fingertips, and 24GB of high-speed RAM and 1TB of SSD storage.
I feel this is just a stop gap until their own dedicated portable, or the release of their next console/PC.
"I feel this is just a stop gap until their own dedicated portable, or the release of their next console/PC."
Indeed.
Xbox, PC and Playstation in the palm of your hand!
I can´t wait!
Too thic for me, I'll wait until we have that power on a more handheld console not a transportable one.
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With it's light weight version of windows, ergonomic controls, gaming performance, and open system with multiple store launchers, it may be the best handheld on the market. This device is more pro consumer instead of a handheld that just plays Xbox games.
If my cash wasn't so tight this year I would be looking to pick up one at or around launch and I have no issues recommending it to any gamer as long as it is within their price range.
Pro consumer? Have you seen the rumoured price for it? At that price and using an LCD panel, pro consumer is not the words I'd use to describe it.
So for you if it had an OLED screen but stay in a closed walled off software ecosystem, that would be pro consumer?
This is for the people who want an ergonomic handheld with as much power they could possibly get without compromising the battery life. It also gives you the ability to connect to your own display or an external GPU for those with the budget. What I love about it the most is that you have multiple competing store fronts so you can shop around for the best prices for your games.
Agree to disagree. This would open up a new era of Windows Handheld gaming devices: a cut down version of Windows with no bloatware, with hundreds of gaming clients.
"cut down version of Windows without bloatware"
No such thing exists. Temper your expectations... Windows launching straight into the Xbox app.
It doesn't play all xbox games though. It plays pc games, meaning if you don't have play anywhere titles, you have to buy them again.
Right now that is a small inconvenience as the play anywhere program is not perfect.
You have to consider that it is offering something that no one else is doing for a large number of titles. That small nitpick should not count against this device and we as gamers should support moves like this.
Would you still consider this pro consumer if you learned this is just MS' way of telling you there won't be any more consoles, just PCs?
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