ROG Xbox Ally X First Impressions: Was It Worth the Wait?

ROG Xbox Ally X first impressions: Was it worth the wait?

Up until now, Xbox was the only major platform left out of the gaming handheld space. Valve’s Steam Deck lets players play their Steam library on the go. Nintendo has the hugely successful Switch and Switch 2. And Sony recently made a comeback into the handheld space — harkening back to the PSP and Vita days — with the disappointing PlayStation Portal.Now, Microsoft has finally stepped up to the plate with the ROG Xbox Ally X, a collaboration be…

ROG Xbox Ally X Review – Thinking Outside The Xbox - Stuff South Africa

Could this be it? Is the end of the Xbox as we know it? Maybe. But we can definitely say that this is the start of something new for Microsoft’s iconic brand, even if we aren’t sure where it’s headed. While this is technically Xbox’s first go at “creating” a gaming handheld, the ROG Xbox Ally X is Asus’ third time around the block. That means a couple of things. One, Asus has a pretty good handle on how to make these things by now, which makes f…

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Review: A New Handheld Gaming Standard

The first thing we did upon firing up the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X – the new handheld gaming PC released today – was download Ghost Of Tsushima. Not because we were itching to replay 2020's outstanding open-world samurai action-adventure, but because we wanted to experience the satisfaction of running a first-party Sony Studios title on the new Xbox-branded hardware. With the game's Director's Cut arriving on PC storefronts last year, we knew we cou…