Okay, here we go. Brace yourself for a bumpy ride ’cause I’m diving straight into this with no hand-holding or smooth transitions.
So, uh, rumors flying everywhere and Microsoft finally, kinda, sorta dropped their first handheld Xbox—teaming up with Asus, can you believe it? The new invention, dubbed ROG Xbox Ally or ROG Xbox Ally X, appeared—no surprise—at the Xbox Games Showcase. They’re boasting new designs and huge grips, all very Xbox controller-esque. Oh, and yeah, kind of expected that, right?
Asus and Microsoft, right? Playing the feedback game—about time! So, they took notes from the original ROG Ally and… boom… this new Xbox fusion emerged, juggling ROG Ally’s heart with Xbox’s controller soul. What’s this? Oh, updated textured patterns and haptic triggers too. Who thinks up this stuff?
Comfort and immersion, they say. A tad thicker—well, more than a tad—but comfortable, Asus swears. But how does it compare? Heavier than Steam Deck, oddly similar joysticks (that’s something), and a quirky Xbox button that seems to shout “Press me!” near the left stick. Yup, that Xbox button summons the Game Bar now. Fancy.
And then get this—right alongside this launch, AMD decides to throw two new chips into the Ryzen Z2 mix. I mean, timing, right? The Ally X gets powered up with that Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme chipset—fancy name, huh? And it’s packed with all this geeky stuff: 8-core CPU, AI chip, 24GB memory—you know, your regular sci-fi feature list.
Ports? The same old, but hey, USB 4 for the Ally X, so there’s that. Bigger battery too, 80Wh, if numbers are your thing.
Oh, on another note, the “regular” ROG Xbox Ally’s budget-friendly! Probably worth mentioning, given we’re all watching our wallets. Sticks to the Ryzen 2 A, and here you’ve got 16GB of memory—not setting any records there.
A deeper dive into specs, and well, it seems meaningful if you care. Microsoft paints new ROG devices with Windows 11 while Asus tweaks it slightly. Meaning game launchers, like Steam or Epic, still cozy up in there. Oh, and they love sprinkling those little updates to quiet whispers of gamers screaming for more.
The suspense on pricing, though. Classic, right? Holiday season sales in 28 countries, they said. Where exactly? You name it—the US, UK, even Turkey and South Korea.
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