Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2025: ROG Xbox Ally X

LectureMaster said:
My man buggy is a good person, always backing up his green rats fellows. But I am not giving in my stance with Adam.
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Haha, wow not really, I think its ridiculous a ROG Xbox ally X was even thought of for being a pick for the best invention of 2025 considering its a ROG ally with an xbox button slapped on it. What gaming hardware even fucking deserved that nomination with that's out there in 2025?

I just thought that, didn't we had a break from you for a while? What was up with that, ban? Summer vacation? I was just lucky and didn't see your posts for a long period of time? It felt like a nice break from the "my man" spam.
 
Time Magazine be like

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Buggy Loop said:
Haha, wow not really, I think its ridiculous a ROG Xbox ally X was even thought of for being a pick for the best invention of 2025 considering its a ROG ally with an xbox button slapped on it. What gaming hardware even fucking deserved that nomination with that's out there in 2025?

I just thought that, didn't we had a break from you for a while? What was up with that, ban? Summer vacation? I was just lucky and didn't see your posts for a long period of time? It felt like a nice break from the "my man" spam.
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Switch 2 because it is a beast.
 
bender said:
Switch 2 because it is a beast.
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Naw not even that and you know how I love switch 2. I didn't follow all technologies of 2025 to be honest but surely there's something more important than a gaming portable that's pretty much status quo for years now. Otherwise its a sad fucking year for inventions.
 
Buggy Loop said:
Naw not even that and you know how I love switch 2. I didn't follow all technologies of 2025 to be honest but surely there's something more important than a gaming portable that's pretty much status quo for years now. Otherwise its a sad fucking year for inventions.
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I wasn't asking you, I was telling you.

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Microsoft sent someone over to Time to say:
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It's hard to see this as anything else but a paid promo.

Also weird to see this on Time Magazine, but I can't think of the last time I considered them relevant (to me, anyway).
 
"Best inventions of 2025"

"ROG Xbox Ally X"

I'd even pass the new Meta glasses as an invention, than this overhyped, overpriced trash.

Handheld PC's have been a thing since the GPD Win, or even before that if you don't count a touchscreen, back to even the 1980's.

MS or Asus didn't "invent" anything in this space.
 
Codes 208 said:
Xbox has their own store front on pc, my guy.

Just about every first party digital xbox one/SX games are cross-buy between console and pc
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Talking points/replies straight from the desk of phil spencer himself.
Text notification when you're needed on the forum? An app he notifies you with?
 
Marvelous invention, the ROG Xbox Ally X is
Yes gaming handhelds aren't new

Maybe the seamless Xbox integration makes it innovative?
And also the specs aren't too shabby either
Now we wait and see how Microsoft makes it even better
 
Absolutely bizarre choice. It's just a slightly upgraded ROG Ally X hardware wise, and Microsoft only partially playing catch-up by trying to fix the UI + background RAM usage of Windows 11.

Microsoft still has to fix the sleep function to offer a true suspend state that doesn't randomly wake up in my bag, and offer their own API like Steam Input for PC games that have no (or only partial) gamepad support if they expect you to actually buy everything from their storefront vs just using Steam.
 
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Ozzie666 said:
It doesn't play xbox console games behind their walled garden. It makes it sound like it does. What is an XBOX library? so fucking confusing for general public.
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see that bottom right icon? that's the Xbox app. in this Xbox app you can buy and download games... that is the Xbox library on PC. just like your Steam Library, your Epic Games Library or your GoG Library.


here's the Xbox store:
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Durin said:
Absolutely bizarre choice. It's just a slightly upgraded ROG Ally X hardware wise, and Microsoft only partially playing catch-up by trying to fix the UI + background RAM usage of Windows 11.

Microsoft still has to fix the sleep function to offer a true suspend state that doesn't randomly wake up in my bag, and offer their own API like Steam Input for PC games that have no (or only partial) gamepad support if they expect you to actually buy everything from their storefront vs just using Steam.
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They don't have a true suspend state yet?? C'mon, man.

I don't like that I'm limited with SteamOS with a handful of games, but the quality of life and portable experience makes up for it.
 
reinking said:
That is awesome. My daughter was in a bad car wreck a couple of years ago and has a couple of rods in her leg. She gets around easily enough but this looks like it would have been a much better solution.
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i worked in a children's orthopedic surgery department for a number of years, &, if this stuff's the real deal, then, yes, it'd be huge. glad to hear your daughter's doing well. kids are warriors...
 
ShadowkillXNA said:
Talking points/replies straight from the desk of phil spencer himself.
Text notification when you're needed on the forum? An app he notifies you with?
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Just stating a fact.

As for xbox:

Codes 208 said:
Watch them announce the Xbox Series Z

Just a pro model, exact same specs as ps5 pro

$1,199 us dollars
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Codes 208 said:
what misinformation? Is he trying to gaslight us? Was the xbox series x always $650? Was xbox live ultimate always $30?

I *used* to be a dedicated xbox fan until last gen with the tvtvtvtvkinecttvtvkinect bullshit made me realize the ps4 was going to be a better successor to the 360

(Oh, and also MS dragging halo and gears well past their primes)
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I'm *totally* an xbox fanboy 🙄
 
To me its nothing more than overprice PC handheld which we got before, what part of it is innovative?
 
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Okay? It's a Windows handheld merged with an Xbox controller. Is that the best innovation of 2025?

Either way I'll hopefully get mine at launch. First Windows handheld for me since Windows CE devices before the smart phone era. Should be interesting.
 
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