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Machiavellian on 22 October 2025
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EpicRandy said:
Machiavellian said:

I am cool if the system cost a decent penny if and only if MS really get the software down. I want a much better integrated system between PC and console and that means MS will need to developer the proper hooks between Steam and all the other stores so no jump out of Xbox mode. Also want a much better development on hot swapping in and out of Xbox mode as well. MS really need to get this part right and not half ass like its done for he ROG Ally devices.

Exactly. I'm down for a premium device but it need to be my next pc and next console at the same time. The way I see it is even if the price tag is premium there should still be room for it to be way cheaper than equivalent PC spec wise.

As for Asus Xbox Ally X. It's not as clear, they can do better but for now the pricing is still competitve when looking at competition from lenovo or ayaneo. The os is still a huge improvement compare to other windows handheld but yeah it still bloated. The thing is, it's still a Asus device with Xbox branding slapped on and not an actual Xbox. Ms is testing the water here and collecting data so I'm confident it'll be fixed with their next in house hardware.

If MS is actually creating an emulation that would allow these devices to play Xbox games native on the handhelds as well as PC, that would be a huge win for them because then people can feel confident in their game libraries they have built for years coming over.  Basically MS needs to take the same steps like Valve with SteamOS.  MS needs to develop the Xbox interface system so that its able to access as much of the system resources without full blown Windows as much as possible but still allowing PC gamers to utilize the other store fronts.  Also, it would be very interesting if MS built their next system that allows you to add or replace the GPU and CPU in some type of hot swappable mode but that is probably asking for way to much on the engineering side.