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[Tobimacoss]

There will be more Canis equivalent PC handhelds available at that point. Ally X will be irrelevant, actually will be irrelevant by holidays next year I would think. I do wonder if by late 2027 a Steamdeck update and Canis will make future PC handhelds niche machines anyway.

What are you talking aboot?

I am talking about the next iteration of Xbox Ally X, with RDNA5 hardware. Likely two SKUs of 12-24 CUs of Medusa Point Mini.

 

[mckmas8808]

Is the amount of people on this forum not capable of understanding the fundamental difference between what Magnus is and represents and an off the shelf APU that is in the ROG Ally X...truly this large, or is this thinly veiled console warring under the guise of ignorance?

It's not ignorance at this point. They know what they are doing.

I think we're going to have a Magnus reveal at the Game Awards, a la the Series X reveal in 2019, with a 2026 release window.

It literally can't release in 2026. Unless Xbox Magnus isn't what we thought it was.

 

[Jigsaah]

If it's a PC Console hybrid, wouldnt they just need to get the design down, and the OS in shape? The components are already a lock it seems. Next year still sounds pretty early though.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Next year? That seems like insanity to me.

 

[Ashamam]

I am talking about the next iteration of Xbox Ally X, with RDNA5 hardware. Likely two SKUs of 12-24 CUs of Medusa Point Mini.

You said Ally X, I assumed you were talking about the Ally X... I don't have the CU count front and centre in my memory for devices.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Makes no sense to get Magnus and Canis together. Your libraries won't be shared. Either go Orion and Canis or Magnus and Xbox Ally X with 24 CUs.

I want different libraries and ecosystems.

I dont travel much. Still use Switch for a different experience at home, than playing on the monitor.

 

[Tobimacoss]

You said Ally X, I assumed you were talking about the Ally X... I don't have the CU count front and centre in my memory for devices.

Pretty much all AMD powered handhelds will likely be Xbox branded in the future with the next gen hardware especially if it has Console Library BC and FC. Then there will probably be Intel/Nvidia powered windows handhelds, and Qualcomm handhelds.

Current Z2X in the Xbox Ally X has 16 CUs RDNA 3.5. Medusa Point mini is much more efficient with RDNA5, the AT4 die goes up to 24 CU. Canis will be 16 CU RDNA5.

I want different libraries and ecosystems.

I dont travel much. Still use Switch for a different experience at home, than playing on the monitor.

Ah OK, that makes more sense but only if Sony mandates PS6 Canis to have mandatory support/parity with the PS6 Orion.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Ah OK, that makes more sense but only if Sony mandates PS6 Canis to have mandatory support/parity with the PS6 Orion.

At minimum I would want it to play everything cross gen, till PS5 is supported.

If they drop support for PS6 exclusives, I wont mind.

Anything less and I would rather get pc handhelds.

 

[mckmas8808]

If it's a PC Console hybrid, wouldnt they just need to get the design down, and the OS in shape? The components are already a lock it seems. Next year still sounds pretty early though.

It's very early. AMD's own GPUs are coming out in 2027 with similar tech.

 

[Fafalada]

Canis will make future PC handhelds niche machines anyway.

When were they not niche?
The market is smaller than VR, it doesn't get much more niche than that.

If anything Canis could reverse that though. Rising tides and all that

 

[RetroGamingUK]

At minimum I would want it to play everything cross gen, till PS5 is supported.

If they drop support for PS6 exclusives, I wont mind.

Anything less and I would rather get pc handhelds.

PS6 Portable needs to, and will most likely, play all PS4, PS5 and PS6 games.

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

My feeling is that they will cancel it.

 

[MisterXDTV]

PS6 Portable needs to, and will most likely, play all PS4, PS5 and PS6 games.

PS6 games will be streaming only....

But the other two are a given

 

[Astray]

This UX for the FSE on Windows 11 is also just as bad as any UX experience they have produced in ages.

Genuinely astounds me how they thought that UX was shippable to consumers. That thing felt like it was out of the Ballmer era in a lot of ways.

Even Sean Hollister at The Verge (which is a very MS-friendly outlet, courtesy of Tom Warren) has put it completely on blast on multiple occasions.

Say it with me: Windows is the problem with Windows handhelds

The Xbox Ally is better with Bazzite.

www.theverge.com

 

[skyfinch]

In all honesty, 2025 would have been the best year to release their new console. 2025 has been a tremendous year for them. I'm at Costco right now and their Series X and S consoles are completely sold out!

 

[Ozriel]

Genuinely astounds me how they thought that UX was shippable to consumers. That thing felt like it was out of the Ballmer era in a lot of ways.

Even Sean Hollister at The Verge (which is a very MS-friendly outlet, courtesy of Tom Warren) has put it completely on blast on multiple occasions.

Say it with me: Windows is the problem with Windows handhelds

The Xbox Ally is better with Bazzite.

www.theverge.com

TheVerge isn't 'MS friendly', and if you think Sean Hollister is a huge Steamdeck fan and has long been extremely critical of every Windows handheld.