Well, when trying to create a paradigm shift, there's bound to be confusion. Xbox branding sure beats the "ROG Ally Gamepass device"
This whole thing feels a bit like a rushed prototype, with good ideas & intentions, that they've fast tracked to market to try and combat the general mindshare SteamOS is getting in the efficient gaming OS space.
In principle I agree, although execution isn't guaranteed. But companies don't get to release products attached to a brand without those products partially defining the brand. This is definitely a beta product, literally designed as a test bed but with full RRP.
Since when? It's always been the Media's job to explain hardware, that's why they exist. The media isn't there to cheerlead one side or the other. Their job has always been to inform the consumer about products of any kind. This hasn't changed since magazine print, E3 days and now internet! Marketing should always try to explain hardware. However, Media gets early reviews of the hardware/software etc. so, they can talk about what they've learned! It's very much the Media's job to cover products otherwise why are they needed?
I think you'll find the marketing department has primacy on explaining hardware..... that literally is their job. Media's role should be to test Marketings claims. Although thats a little out of vogue these days, their role is mainly to get clicks.
Its already pretty good, no?
In home streaming or geforce now.
I think there will always be a delta in how handhelds perform, WRT home systems and laptops.
100% but extremely cool to play your games anywhere at full fidelity streaming has come a long long way
The base model or the X ?
The X. It's such a bad value.
Yeah, I was "watching" the video in the background while I played some Halo MP and it took me a moment to realize they were talking about the X and not the base model. None of them sounded excited at all about them and the performance sounded terrible for what is no doubt going to be a $900 device in 2025.
Article: Xbox exec Jason Ronald explained that it's difficult to "find the right balance between affordability and price point" in a "challenging" macro-economic climate, and therefore the team needs more time.
"This is always a challenge... and you always try to find the right balance between affordability and price point, and I think especially in a mobile form factor that also adds in dimensions such as battery life in as well. And then, as you said, the macro-economic climate is challenging.""I think we will have to... we need more time to figure the macro-economic impact to pricing, and that's why we'll be sharing more later, in September and October."
The most trustworthy leak is from billbil-kun he said.
They have a ROG Ally that will be cheaper.
This is exactly that. They probably already decided they will not subsidise it (they would be just making it easier to spend money on Steam lol) and probably arrived at something close to $999 / 999€, not they are waiting for the right moment to drop the news and hoping it gets buried with something, I would expect TGS.
Not this black friday, and by the time the next one rolls around the hardware will make even less sense than it does now.
So it's actually reasonably priced for the specs, and your comparing it with the PSPNext which doesn't exist?
Exactly what it a portable PC that plays PC games.
The model number on the pictured price label is the Rog Ally X, not Xbox.
Yep.
Yeah, that's how I originally got mine and that was close to release. I haven't seen the same on Ally X though.
I thinkTopher got Go S for the above purpose and liked it. Still has 8" OLED but the controls are integrated. Performance wise it's between Steam Deck and Z1E handhelds.
I have a Steam Deck but am very interested in the X version. FH6 will be a game I'll play on the go as well as CoD zombies. Maybe GTA 6 too. It has VRR which should help a bit as well as Auto SR when that comes out early next year.
I'm interested to see what people say about performance once it's in the real world and people can give anecdotal experience.
At the price of the higher end Legion Go 2($1479) you may as well grab a laptop. Yes, they're different form factors but I just find what Lenovo is asking for the next round of their handheld completely impractica, and I was looking forward yo upgrading my GO 1. You can get an OLED Legion 5 15" laptop for less with way more under the hood.
The Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme in the ROG Xbox Ally X should be massively more powerful than the Steam Deck, no? I don't see where you get the 20/30% from. I'd say the GPU is at least 3x.
