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Sounds like yet another great handheld device [to install SteamOS on]!
It probably should have released a could months ago, pre switch2 hype.
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.
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.
If they implemented Direct Resume I might cave and reinstall Windows on my Ally.
But what for? Nothing makes it better, even if you would get this equivalent feature.
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.
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.
Why not?
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.
It will run better on Steam OS.
Does steam OS allow for things like Nexus mods and emulators?
Is this the rumoured Xbox handheld that everyone has been going on about for months?
Only it doesn't run Xbox games. 🤡
To Microsoft, everything is an Xbox.
At least that's their marketing atm.
I'd say it'll backfire when people can't play those odd Xbox games that for some reason never came to PC, but there's so few people using Xboxes anyway, I doubt it's going to matter. They've well and truly dropped the ball since the Xbox 360, and don't really show any signs of being interested in picking it up again.
Everything just points to them making enough money from everything else to not really care. This is as token an effort as it's possible to make in the handheld space.
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hide away the complexity of Windows
for 720p gaming
the ability to log in via the Windows lockscreen with your controller
Seems like they've finally taken some notes from the Steam Deck, interested to see if they can actually make something decent. It seems unlikely, but I'm still interested!
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