Is this the rumoured Xbox handheld that everyone has been going on about for months?
Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience
Submitted 13 hours ago by tonytins@pawb.social to games@lemmy.world
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ampersarnie@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Yep.
PacMan@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
I still think the real XBox handheld is another 2-5 years out. This is Microsoft dipping their toes in the water and the ROC is a great system to start that partnership
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
I believe somewhere else that idea/project was taken back to the workshop and this is something else but close to that.
overload@sopuli.xyz 6 hours ago
LTT describes that the XBOX team have also trimmed down 2GB of W11 desktop bloat with this and have attempted to make the W11 experience more similar to a console. I’m curious to follow this. I’d imagine Microsoft are a bit intimidated by the fact that SteamOS is a better gaming OS than Windows. Obviously this must have been in the pipeline for a long time now.
pycorax@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I would be interested if it also supported quick resume from sleep like the Deck does. Imo that’s the killer SteamOS feature that’s keeping Windows alternatives from being even a consideration.
overload@sopuli.xyz 3 hours ago
If they can’t do that then this thing is kind of DOA. I’ve just assumed for some reason that this is what they’re doing.
smeg@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
hide away the complexity of Windows
for 720p gaming
the ability to log in via the Windows lockscreen with your controller
Seems like they’ve finally taken some notes from the Steam Deck, interested to see if they can actually make something decent. It seems unlikely, but I’m still interested!
Olap@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I am whelmed. Never been the biggest mobile gamer, will skip
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
It’s not “mobile gaming” it’s more “handheld pc gaming.” I get it sounds pedantic but “mobile games” and “mobile gaming” for 99% of people means games released for smartphones.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 12 hours ago
And the crowd went ...ok?
Hafty@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
This is sick if the pricing is good.
nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
It won’t.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
Insert credit card to find out
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
damn asus not reading the room…
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
You mean the Linux room? You think the average person cares on what OS their stuff runs?
You, my dear friend, are a very loud and vocal minority.
Shape4985@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
Booooo
Steam deck ftw
sramder@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Anyone member when IBM decided it was an “ideas company” or some bullshit like that?
I mean, they still make more than I do, but when was the last time anybody thought of IBM?
Zorque@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
For consumer electronics? Probably as long time. For industrial applications? Quite often.
sramder@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
That’s true, it took them 10-15 years but they built a huge service business. I was specifically referring to the loss of the desktop market to the “clones” which has a rough equivalence.
It was more of a cheap shot than a serious prediction ☺️ As long as MS controls the licensing and software this is a completely logical move.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
If I had more disposable income I would probably get one, but the global economy is so garbage right now I can barely afford my basic utilities.
k1ck455kc@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
This will likely only play pc games… And that is the big disappointment.
Who cares? We already have pc gaming handhelds. Unless this is subsidized to hell so it beats all other pricepoints… why should anyone care?
If my xbox library was made mobile… That would be something new and worthwhile. NO, I DONT WANT TO STREAM. I cant always stream on a handheld either. I want to possess my games!(As much as i can anyways)
Xbox will be disappointed by the sales of this handheld and might give up on their own that could play the xbox library locally. If they do that their next generation is screwed. Lets see how this plays out.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
They have given up on their own handheld. And why wouldn’t you prefer the PC library when it’s so much larger? The appeal to this device at this point is that the new UI is better for the handheld use case than desktop Windows.
k1ck455kc@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Its not that i dont prefer the PC library, its that there are already dozens of other handhelds that play PC games already.
So then the UI is the sole reason people should want this device?
I see no reason why this UI shouldnt also work on the plethora of other windows handhelds in the market currently. This leaves nothing new for this device to offer… Unless its really cheap.
audaxdreik@pawb.social 12 hours ago
I suspect handhelds are going to be the future for awhile now. It’s not just out of a growing demand or simply because portable graphics processing and battery power have improved (although those factors do help) but it’s another chance to:
- Push locked hardware
- Funnel to controlled storefronts
- Bring down and moderate the increasingly unsustainable AAA development costs
Those first two aren’t particularly surprising, they’re the key elements that Nintendo has honed in on while Sony and particularly Microsoft continue to struggle. Microsoft feels like they’ve just left XBox to languish while they focus on Game Pass as a means to ensnare you into their economy which is why they’re first down this path, but I think Sony will follow shortly. In an ideal world, I’d love to see Sony get back to hardware manufacturing with a Vita like device you could load Linux/SteamOS onto. Vita was a great little product, done so dirty.
But moreover it’s that last point, really. It’s hard to continue to push out these extraordinarily big budget, bordering on AAAA (lol) territory games that continue to flop. I know the Switch 2 is already doing stuff like Cyberpunk 2077, but that stuff can still be hell on battery life as well as requiring lower resolution and lowered visuals in portable mode.
I feel like Nintendo is making a big mistake pushing that 4K60 envelope with the Switch 2, although I see why they made that maneuver. The Switch was perpetually underpowered and they felt the need to close that gap, but they already struggle to push out big budget tentpole franchises as is illustrated by Mario Kart World being the only big release title. Also, I just want to generally point this out, Nintendo suffers from needing to up the stakes. It’s what lead to Mario Galaxy being such a grand adventure, then Odyssey going even bigger than that. Now we have Kart World because … gotta get bigger than 8 Deluxe somehow I guess.
I don’t know what any of this means or where it’s going, I just wanted to try and call out some of these observations. Turbulent times ahead, I don’t know that anyone really knows what the next 2-3 years will look like.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I sincerely doubt that this device will satisfy criteria #1 or #2, unless you’ve got a generous definition for #2.
nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Needs to provide FSR 4 to compete with Switch 2.
The fact that it’s the first handheld to get DLSS is bullahity
vividspecter@lemm.ee 6 hours ago
Needs to provide FSR 4 to compete with Switch 2.
It can’t unless FSR4 is backported to RDNA2/3. There’s some work on Linux to do that, but there is a significant performance hit at the moment.
Resplendent606@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
It will run better on Steam OS.