In March we outlined six functions that we wanted to see about what was then only a rumor Xbox brand, Windows-driven handheld gaming device. Today the announcement of Microsoft of the Asus Rog Xbox Allyware line looks like it fulfills almost all our wishes for Microsoft's biggest trip to portable gaming so far.
The Windows-11-powered Xbox Ally devices promise access to “All games available on Windows”, including “Games of Xbox, Game Pass, Battle.net and other leading PC shop puesjes [read: Steam, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect, etc]. “But instead of installing and starting those games via the Stock Windows interface, as you often do on handhelds such as the original ROG fellow fellow, all these games will be available via what Microsoft calls an” aggregated gaming library “.”
Microsoft promises that an “integrated library” can be used to access Windows games in different launchers.
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Microsoft promises that an “integrated library” can be used to access Windows games in different launchers.
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A tap on the Xbox button brings the game bar for quick access to many functions and settings.
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A tap on the Xbox button brings the game bar for quick access to many functions and settings.
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Microsoft promises that an “integrated library” can be used to access Windows games in different launchers.
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A tap on the Xbox button brings the game bar for quick access to many functions and settings.
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Asus and Microsoft emphasize how that integrated experience can be used with games in several different Windows launchers, and promising 'access to games that you cannot get elsewhere'. This can be seen as a subtle excavation on Steamos-driven devices such as the steam deck, which can have many problems with certain titles that do not play properly with steam and/or Linux for some reason. Microsoft also emphasizes how support apps such as Discord, Twitch and downloadable game mods are also available directly via Windows Backbone of the Xbox Ally.
And while the Xbox Ally equipment is performing Windows 11, they will start at what Microsoft calls the “Xbox Experience for Handheld”, a customized interface on full screen that hides the Nitty-Gritty of the Windows Desktop as standard. That gaming-oriented interface will “minimize background activity and postpone non-essential tasks”, which means “more [and] Higher Framaten “for the games themselves, says Microsoft. A Rhombus-shaped Xbox button near the left stick will also launch an Xbox gamar beam overlay with rapid access to functions such as settings, performance statistics and quick switching between titles. Microsoft also says that the WindiSt”-Stijlstijls “-Stijlstijlpijf Optimized for handhelds. “
