graywolf323
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Retro Game Corps is the best
Polygon: I tested Xbox's powerful - and heavy - new handheld
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TheRaidenPT
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It's Maddy, she's the girl part of Jason Schrier podcast.. But yeah not working out and stuff, I guess we know the complain
Parazels
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Isn't it a bad trend,
when each next handheld is "a little heavier"?
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Brigandier
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Not that much heavier than a steam deck....
Super Lemon Drop
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"Polygon:" Stopped reading there. I'll wait for impressions from outlets that don't have social agendas.
DS lite could barely fit in my pocket. 3DS OG was catch as catch can.
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Pyral Phoenix
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This is a dumb question, but will it be BC for the Xbox OG and the X360, XOne?
I mean, they're saying it's a console, aren't they?
I mean, they're saying it's a console, aren't they?
Isa
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I get the complaint because not everyone is the same and it also depends on how people find comfort in holding a handheld. But dayyum, my AR is like 5lbs unloaded and easy to wield. My gf complains about the weight though she has gotten used to it. The BAR on the other hand is one of the heaviest guns I've ever fired, just brutal.
Over the years I've definitely gotten out of handheld gaming. I like having the option, say if we go on vacation or something, but my neck and eyes prefer the big screen every time. That and most of these PC handhelds and the Switch 1 just felt too cumbersome to me, they lack good hand ergonomics. I'd have to invest in some better grips but I'm just not interested in that at all.
Over the years I've definitely gotten out of handheld gaming. I like having the option, say if we go on vacation or something, but my neck and eyes prefer the big screen every time. That and most of these PC handhelds and the Switch 1 just felt too cumbersome to me, they lack good hand ergonomics. I'd have to invest in some better grips but I'm just not interested in that at all.
simpatico
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We need to start a social media campaign to get all the writers for Polygon to release their bicep measurements. We'll need height and weight too, because being fat doesn't count for having big arms. It's like a guy without a job bragging about having the day off.
diffusionx
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No, they're saying it's a PC, but being very sneaky about it. Does not play any Xbox console games, at all.
Darkness_Arises
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I have no issue with the Steam Deck or even the Legion Go, but my hands get cramped after a few minutes with the switch 2. The lack of grips really hurts the ergonomics of the device, though it can be easily fixed with some after-market grips.Cant lift the Ally ?, no problem, there is a console for you.
It's a pity, Nintendo could have gone with a thicker more ergonomic design allowing them to fit in a bigger battery. It is no way a portable and i do not see how that aspect would be hurt by slightly bulking it.
Kataploom
Gold Member
"For those that can't lift the Xbox Ally we have another Xbox, it's called the Nintendo Switch 2"Cant lift the Ally ?, no problem, there is a console for you.
Dorfdad
Gold Member
Was cautiously optimistic for this, but seeing the 7inch screen and now that they have stated the OS is locked to ASUS for the time being screams BETA. This OS is going to come in hot and heavy. Still going to be a few more years to get this OS good IMHO.
Fess
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Only through streaming, officially. But it's Windows so unofficially you can use emulators. I googled on ROG Ally and emulation and found a ton of different videos showing off Xbox, 360, even PS3 emulation,
Magic Carpet
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No slot to put the SSD expansion card. That saved a gram or two.
schaft0620
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I wouldn't even want the impressions. It was at Fan Fest in a controlled setting. Its the same people that all had positive closed door previews of Redfall.
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HeisenbergFX4
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Not all the same people
existensmaximum
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Does anyone actually like the RGB stuff around the thumbsticks?
DaleinCalgary
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Is it really a Microsoft product?
I'll be honest, without ML-based reconstruction, this feels like an obsolete stopgap handheld. ML-based upscaling is pretty much a requirement for handhelds to have real longevity and scaling as later-gen releases come out. Currently, handhelds are forced to play at very low resolutions near 480p to run the recent releases, and unfortunately, FSR2/3/basic xess are just horrible at those resolutions. The lack of ml and fsr4 is too glaring an omission to ignore, handhelds are he prime options to make use of the tech due to limited bandwidth and power and yet we will once again have to rely on the shit that is fsr3...its okay at 1440p and above but for handhelds where you have to upscale from 540p etc its a damn disaster. The sad thing is this hardware, while significantly superior to the switch2 in compute, will end up being similar just due to the lack of foresight from AMD.
GigaBowser
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yes my friends it is big ugly buuutt buuuuut i arm the spirit of handheld gaming will buy when they make betters model maybe if ms support
ChorizoPicozo
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if it is shit due to windows/half baked Xbox app then we will know
kevboard
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the software side is, the hardware (both the inside and design) isn't.
ZehDon
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I'm only really curious about the supposed OS-level alterations intended to better support this type of handheld, and I'm seeing little details being properly divulged. Being able to boot my Windows desktop into a "Games mode" for better gaming performance is absolutely something I'm interested in, given they showed things like Discord still working in "Games mode". As for the ROG handheld? I'm not really interested, frankly.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
I actually hope Sony bucks the trend and releases something small and actually portable and the trend reverses.
The phone industry tried to go small again but it wasn't possible to reverse that trend.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Perhaps he never masturbated enough to build his forearms
Radical_3d
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God, I hope not.
How do you launch this after FSR4 without FSR4 and months after the first handheld with DLSS is beyond me.
RobRSG
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You know performance is also a thing, right?God, I hope not.
How do you launch this after FSR4 without FSR4 and months after the first handheld with DLSS is beyond me.
AMD doesn't have any RDNA 4 APUs.God, I hope not.
How do you launch this after FSR4 without FSR4 and months after the first handheld with DLSS is beyond me.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
No RDNA4 sucks. Hopefully this device is successful enough for AMD to invest some R and D into that.
I know im going to end up with one so ill be a guinea pig
I know im going to end up with one so ill be a guinea pig
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Wildebeest
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When will Microsoft learn that gamers are weak men with soft tiny hands which have never seen work.
Cyberpunkd
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You avatar and your quote go so perfectly together.
Baemono
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Unless I misunderstood Dave2D, the CPUof the cheaper model is close to the Steam Deck
Ramiro_Rodriguez
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But let's be fair. The switch 2 battery life is in worst case 2h (Cyberpunk2077) or maybe even less.
I wouldn't blame the Windows OS for the need of a huge battery.
Radical_3d
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Good luck outperforming Series S with a handheld. That console has worse IQ than SW2 in Street Fighter 6 because brute forcing is worse than run everything at lower resolution and scale the fuck up out of it.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Can't wait to see videos of crying kids and frustrated parents after they realize that this new "this is an Xbox" device does not run most Xbox games they owned on their Xbox consoles.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
How will it run Xbox games natively??
HeisenbergFX4
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The open box buys at Best Buy will likely have several of these things early on when the casual sees them on the shelf and think "its an Xbox"
winjer
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Worse yet, they picked a site with little to no technical knowhow, so they can't even make a proper hardware review.
This really looks like MS is trying to control the narrative and curb any criticism from the start.