What Is Xbox Ally And What Should Players Expect Out Of It?

Question

Who can shed some light on what the Xbox Ally is, alongside the features it will provide for gamers?

Answer 1

No price reveal already tells us a lot lol

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Be same price as rog ally and ally z

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more than that the original rog is like 900

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The regular z1 is 650 and the ally x is 800 ‍♂️

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$200

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I did go look at the specs more on the comparisons. I'm hoping since the screen (was hoping for oled but that's okay) and a few other things are still the same or not too crazy of an upgrade that it shouldn't be too much of a price difference honestly.

Answer 2

Don’t worry guys the Price is $700

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I mean it rog ‍

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The ROG Ally X came out as $900 so I doubt we will be that lucky to get the next one at $700

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is 2 versions of it

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$700 before taxes

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Jesus christ

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If it is thats not bad

Answer 3

Microsoft can you slap the Xbox logo on my refrigerator too ?
 I want to make an Xbox.

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They did with the launch of the Series X

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It is technically a box

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It's a "icxbox" hah hah heh get it?

Answer 4

So just a ROG Ally with Xbox logo slapped on it?

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No. It isn’t just an Ally with an Xbox logo. There’s plenty of content describing what it does and how it’s different.

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Can I play games on it without WiFi ?

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I actually love my original Ally! It's a brilliant bit of kit for the money (pesky SD card slot issue aside!). I'm quite intrigued by this as I really didn't think the Ally X was worth the £200 extra considering how dirt cheap it is to pick an OG Ally up now

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yes.

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this statement couldn't be more wrong. Xbox was given full access to windows, meaning Xbox team got rid of the entire windows experiences that are unrelated to gaming and reengineered the operation system. This means it's windows built for Xbox / games giving 2-4 gb of ram back to games and it's only what they done, promising even better optimizations coming. At the for front, you are running an Xbox version of windows, and runs programs like discord, steam, battlenet and many more. This is great for the future of PC gaming. Great things are coming

Answer 5

When she says “Indie games,” the content cuts to “Indiana Jones.” Not sure if the editor did that on purpose, but it’s a fun touch.

Answer 6

No price drop?

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There will be a price when you drop it for sure.

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! True

Answer 7

The fact they showed off Silksong this way cracks me up

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It was already revealed in Nintendo's april direct

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I meant a more "clear" release date, not the actual game

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Yeah it said 2025 in that direct as well

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still dont have a clear release date.

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​@@JD-ey8hw that's why i used quotations

Answer 8

nobody's gonna give a shit if it's $800

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it’s not the best pc handheld at all lol

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it was always selling at $900 even before the tariffs.

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Do you mean best selling pc handheld outside of steam deck?

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Its more powerful than ps4 and almost as powerful as ps5, and it is handheld. Before we only dream to play handheld as powerful as consoles. This is even better with the latest z2 extreme. Even with z1 extreme, it can play forza horizon at 70 fps medium setting, 50 to 60 fps at high setting and 40fps plus at very high setting at 1080 resolution.

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holy shit i just looked up the price for 1tb is increased by 900. Im one of the lucky few who got for 900 dollars for 2 tb and i literally bought this before tariff hit and i had no idea about tariff at that time i just bought it without knowing its coming at that time lmao

Answer 9

And no one here is talking about Sliksong dropping this Year, Before GTA 6.

LuL

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We've already known it was dropping this year

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exactly man exactly

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Whatever that is...

Answer 10

This content is gonna be expensive hard fucking Pass

Answer 11

As a PlayStation fan...I'm tempted..

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more powerful than the other allys , plus Xbox is nice feature to it. Stop hating

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still runs window it’s just another over priced handheld pc that’s probably gonna overheat running games because games won’t be optimized for it

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ally never over heats and I play every game on it

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’m not finna go back n forth with you in comments

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ok my guy go be broke and wish you had one

Answer 12

People thinking this is a ROG ally with an xbox button couldn't be more wrong. Windows gave xbox full access to windows, xbox reengineered windows and remove all unrelated gaming features saving tons of resources. So now its windows booting into the xbox OS that runs steam, battlenet, discord, and many more gaming storefronts natively. This is amazing for gaming, and most importantly for pc gaming as well. We now have windows OS strictly for Gaming. That's lighter, faster and more efficient.

Answer 13

Microsoft & Asus are so petty to announce this right after the Switch 2 launch, I love it

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Would’ve been pettier to do it before launch. I find this to be a friendly move

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, I was thinking they would target those debating to buy it post launch

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Moved the Switch 2 right out the way

Answer 14

$899 for base model

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really?

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yes. ROG Ally X is going for $800 right now

Answer 15

The only thing that has me hesitant is the possibility of stick drift.

Answer 16

LMFAO ITS A ROG ALLY WITH AN XBOX BUTTON YOU CAN ALREADY DO THIS WITH ROG ALLY THEY JUST MADE IT UGLIER TBH

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It runs a different os that’s tailored specifically to play Xbox games, yes it is still windows so is the Xbox series software if you haven’t noticed

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Of course they'd leave in all the pc functions, if they didn't it wouldn't be equivalent to the steam deck or anything else like it on the market, no other device has those Xbox menus and seamless play like the consoles

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I’ll be able to find, download, and install on my ROG when it’s released lol

Answer 17

After seeing the price of Rog Ally, I have little hope to afford this console.

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I feel you. But I never had a handheld pc. I want one. This could be it for me.

Answer 18

Just so everyone knows the ROG Ally X that came out a year ago launched with a price of $899

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So, with a XBOX name, we're looking at $999.99?

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more than likely. Especially since the ROG Ally X came out only 8 months ago. So I’d assume that the new Xbox Ally isn’t that much more powerful. You’re maybe getting a 5-10% increase in FPS at best.

Answer 19

Can't wait will needed it for anywhere for my Xbox

Answer 20

Gaming is going handheld!

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Everybody just making steam decks and switches

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I guess this is the one positive thing Nintendo did, making everyone go mobile.

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And I’m completely fine with that, always been a huge handheld player over the years. Hopefully with more active players in the handheld field we’ll see more innovation and better systems as they progress to advance the competition. I’m excited!

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! Love it too. Its flexible and efficient.