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Microsoft dives into the handheld gaming PC wars with the Asus ROG Xbox Ally (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This will probably be the biggest competition the Steam Deck has within the handheld PC space.

Most noteworthy is that windows is finally focusing on providing a decent handheld experience, including booting straight to a controller friendly interface, and reducing background processes for better fps and battery.

Edit: The handheld Xbox UI will.come to all windows PCs, but it's not clear if the reduced performance bloat version will be available. It sounds like only Xbox branded devices may get the full benefit of optimized windows.

It's also the ugliest handheld PC yet (imo), but I can appreciate that they're pushing for comfort over looks.

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[–] sp3ctr4l 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

So... if this device does not come with some kind of even more locked down than normal bootloader/uefi/tpm system...

We know that SteamOS is roughly 15% faster at running games, 15% more fps in a same for same hardware and game settings comparison.

They say its running a stripped down (aka debloated) version of Win 11, but frankly, I call bullshit.

Sure, it may take a bit for proper driver support to be developed for the new Z2 apus... but uh...

You can just buy this thing, wipe out windows, flash SteamOS or Bazzite onto it, and get more FPS, and now you basically exist in the SteamOS ecosystem (or also GOG or whatever).

At that point, MSFT has functionally built a product that will be used on their competitor's ecosystem... when the whole point of this thing is to keep people in the Xbox ecosystem.

Uh, also... does this thing come with CoPilot?

Is it just gonna be or at least be capable of ... snapping automatic acreen grabs of everything you are doing, all the time?

Also, don't forget to keep paying for Xbox ~~Live~~ Gamepass... for the privelege... of all of this?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They also seem to be pivoting towards trying to make "Xbox PC" something to replace Steam (see the end of the Super Meat Boy 3d trailer).

I wouldn't be surprised if they try and lock out developers from putting games on Steam and being exclusive to "Xbox PC".

Worked so well for Xbox Live for Windows...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

...and this risk is exactly the reason we got SteamOS, Deck and Proton.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It is hilarious to see Microsoft put so much effort into proving to bystanders that what Valve did was necessary for the industry.

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