I can’t be the only one who thinks “ROG Xbox Ally X” is a really stupid name.
Just imagine what they’ll have to name the sequel.
It’ll be like Street Fighter games in the 2000s. Get ready for Super ROG Xbox Ally X Turbo HD Remix Plus Alpha Double Upper.
I think the idea is hilarious that in 2025 people would still trust Microsoft to competently launch a product and then not enshittify it until it is nearly unrecognizable.
Microsoft has zero capacity, competency or even desire to stand behind this over things like game streaming.
It’s not a Microsoft product. It’s an Asus product with a bit of Xbox sponsorship.
That doesn’t make it any better
That doesn’t make it any better
Whether or not it’s better wasn’t the question. The claim was that Microsoft was launching the product and being in charge of defining the price. They aren’t because it’s an Asus product with Xbox branding, just like https://www.8bitdo.com/ultimate-3-mode-controller-xbox/ is a regular 8bitdo controller with Xbox branding and not a Microsoft product.
That’s all.
That wasn’t the claim from the comment you replied to. It was about Microsoft botching a launch and making the product worse over time which Asus is just as guilty of doing.
It was about Microsoft botching a launch
And Microsoft isn’t launching the product because it’s not a Microsoft product.
Yes, fair enough
Well I hope Microsoft has next to no input on it then, for all our sakes not just the people at Asus.
Well I hope Microsoft has next to no input on it then
Microsoft develops Windows game mode, so the user-facing bit of the system and of course such a major sponsor surely has general “don’t do anything that hurts our brand” clauses in the contract with Asus but other than that there has been not a single piece of evidence that the handheld will be anything but a more high-profile version of https://www.8bitdo.com/ultimate-3-mode-controller-xbox/ which is also just branded 3rd party hardware. IMO there is a decent chance the identical hardware will also launch as a SteamOS version with the buttons then carrying Steam branding.
Yeah they can’t say because who fucking knows what tariffs will or won’t be in place next week, much less when the thing launches.
Plus monthly subscription fee to play games that you already bought
“Who knows how much Trump will fuck things up before then.”
With their track record lately the storage inside will become corrupt at some point most likely
