Microsoft has reportedly killed its in-house Xbox handheld to focus on its new ROG Ally platform

Hollow Knight: Silksong valley footage playing on floating ROG Xbox Ally
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft has reportedly canceled its in-house Xbox handheld to focus on the newly announced 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X.

Before the Asus-built handhelds were revealed, a report from Windows Central claimed Microsoft haಌd essentially sidelined its own, i🅺n-house handheld. Now, ꦛ (paywalled) reports that the handheld has essentially been canceled ♕altogether as Microsoft commits to its ROG Ally range of mobile devices.

It makes sense for Microsoft to avoid muddling its long-rumored and highly anticipated entry into the handheld space with two entirely different system 💙lineups – three, rather counting the Ally and Ally X – but it's good to have reliable reporting showing that's the case.

It also partially explains why Microsoft has been stressing, in promotional mater𒊎ials and interviews, the whole Xbox-ness of what is, at its core, a branded Asus ROG Ally that boots straight into the Xbox app wiಞth a custom OS. Now that it's evidently moving on from a full-blown in-house Xbox handheld, it's time to really lay on just how Xbox-y the apparent replacement is.

Microsoft has been billing the ROG Xbox Ally as something of a hybrid platfor💦m combining the open-ended freedom of Windows, which will let you use whichever storefronts and applications you want, with the seamlessness and dedication of a traditional games console. The hardware is as standard as it comes, and we still don't know the price, so a lot of potential is tied to its modified operating system.

Xbo✤x boss Phil Spencer recentl🐭y said the handheld is "the tightest collaboration" he's seen between the gaming and Windows teams in his roughly three decades with the company.

For a breakdown of the two Xbox handheld's specs, don't miss our guide to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:ROG Xbox Ally vs ROG Xbox Ally X, and check out our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:ROG Xbox Ally hands-on for our impressions.

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