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Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience (www.theverge.com)
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[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

LTT describes that the XBOX team have also trimmed down 2GB of W11 desktop bloat with this and have attempted to make the W11 experience more similar to a console. I'm curious to follow this. I'd imagine Microsoft are a bit intimidated by the fact that SteamOS is a better handheld gaming OS than Windows. Obviously this must have been in the pipeline for a long time now.

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I would be interested if it also supported quick resume from sleep like the Deck does. Imo that's the killer SteamOS feature that's keeping Windows alternatives from being even a consideration.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 days ago

If they can't do that then this thing is kind of DOA. I've just assumed for some reason that this is what they're doing.

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If they implemented Direct Resume I might cave and reinstall Windows on my Ally.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

But what for? Nothing makes it better, even if you would get this equivalent feature.

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I have an Xbox Series S for my little one and Direct Resume is such a nice QoL feature. Having 8 games always ready and only takes 3 seconds to resume even after you turned off and unplug the console is very useful. There’s some games on my handheld PC I didn’t bother playing since launching it can take a long time.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Right. But I meant if SteamOS or Bazzite had that feature already for the ROG Ally, why reinstall an objectively worse OS when it also gains that feature?

I may be misunderstanding something.

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Nope, Bazzite or SteamOS doesn’t have that functionality.

Here’s a video showing how it works. If they managed to put this on Windows I’d be very tempted.

https://youtu.be/L4L9pArceAE

Mind that this is different from pausing the game. The OS is suspending the game state into the disk, so it’s more similar to emulator snapshots functionality.

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Compatibility for one. Also unpopular opinion here, but I actually like Windows and use it on my main desktop. So having everything run the same thing does add some conveniences. The only thing I really like about SteamOS right now is really just the battery life and the quick resume from sleep. If Windows gets those through this initiative, then I don't really have any reason to stick with SteamOS.

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[–] bmebenji@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 days ago

Sounds like yet another great handheld device [to install SteamOS on]!

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

It probably should have released a could months ago, pre switch2 hype.

[–] drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

And yet, they still think they're too good to put track pads on it.

I don't think these companies are aware that what made the deck popular was it knew what it was and that it had a lot to prove, and so it featured a very focused design that differentiated it from PCs as a worthwhile form factor, but also provided methods for adding compatibility to just about any game, and thus allowed it to compensate for being in a form factor that is just sometimes inherently inconvenient for PC gaming. It wasn't just a gaming pc with an Xbox controller taped to it, which this is.

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