The Asus ROG Ally looks like an exciting Steam Deck competitor, but its success mainly comes down to if Microsoft can get Windows11 working properly.
I’m excited about Asus’ upcoming ROG Ally gaming handheld, and mainly for one reason: Windows 11. The device comes with a spec bump over the Steam Deck, and I won’t argue with RGB lighting around my thumbsticks, but Windows is what makes the ROG Ally truly stand out.
Related Handheld Windows? It needs to work There’s plenty that gets me excited about the ROG Ally, but I can’t overlook the giant elephant in the room: Microsoft. For as much as I love having my huge Game Pass library on PC, Microsoft has struggled to adopt Windows to other form factors and struggled even more to get Game Pass titles running consistently on PC.
It’s not a stretch to say that the success of the ROG Ally hinges on how well Windows runs. Windows 11 has introduced some significant improvements to touch controls for tablets, for example, but it’s still a far cry from what users can expect with iPadOS. With a device like the ROG Ally, Microsoft has similar hurdles to overcome — and not much time to do it.
The Xbox app on Windows is inexplicably buggy. That’s the only way to describe it, and if you’ve used it for a decent amount of time, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. Sometimes your hard drives won’t show up, other times the Gaming Services app will break and block you from installing games, and half the time when you load up a game, your controller will simply refuse to work. What’s frustrating is that, half the time, the app works flawlessly.
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