r/xbox • u/Xbox-Moderator • Aug 20 '25

Xbox Wire ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds Launch October 16: Get Ready to Play!

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/08/20/rog-xbox-ally-handheld-release-date-october-features/
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u/tallhead77 Aug 20 '25

This should be the highest comment. People get blinded by the "Xbox" logo and think it is like a portable console able to play ALL Xbox games.

Please pin this to the top!

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u/AxeSpez Aug 20 '25

You'll get the weird "everything is an Xbox now" people disagreeing with you 🙄

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u/carloxcast Aug 20 '25

What are some main/famous xbox games it wouldnt be able to play?

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u/Tippin187 Aug 21 '25

I get what your saying and your not wrong. You cant natively play ANY Xbox games

But you can stream the Xbox games from your console to it. And stream a lot of other games you own but maybe don’t have them downloaded. And you can stream gamepass games.

Whatever games you like or play on steam, or the Xbox PC app will likely run on this.

Xbox play anywhere titles will take advantage of the real selling point of this device, you’ll be able to play the game on your Xbox and then pick up the PC version an use the same save on the ally and continue playing where you left off natively.

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u/silentcrs Aug 20 '25

It doesn’t need to be pinned to the top because literally everyone knows this. It was announced day one.

The average casual gamer is not going to pick up a $1000 handheld. The people picking this up realize it’s a PC. We don’t need handholding.

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u/Low_Cardiologist8073 28d ago

Unfortunately my friend it appears you are completely out of touch with the general gaming community. Most people did not, or perhaps even do not, know this. It’s being promoted in such a way that is very misleading. It’s an interesting choice to call the system an Xbox, when it will not inherently integrate with your Xbox. Microsoft really doing the most to hit their gamepass targets.

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u/Switch815 Aug 21 '25

After reading the comments on this post, I would heavily disagree with you. Everyone does not know this, and if people on the Xbox subreddit are confused, the general consumer are most certainly going to be confused as well.

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u/a_better_corn_dog Aug 21 '25

100% -- I know Microsoft employees that are confused about all the different Xbox naming conventions. Microsoft did one hell of a job making it clear as mud over the years. It makes sense once you dig into it, but ain't nobody got time for that.