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[STEAM] Microsoft dives into the handheld gaming PC wars with the Asus ROG Xbox Ally

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Back in March, we
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on what was then just a rumored Xbox-branded, Windows-powered handheld gaming device. Today,
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's
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looks like it fulfills almost all of our wishes for
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's biggest foray into portable gaming yet.

The Windows-11 powered Xbox Ally devices promise access to "all of the games available on Windows," including "games from Xbox, Game Pass,
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, and other leading PC storefronts [read: Steam, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect, etc]." But instead of having to install and boot up those games through the stock Windows interface, as you often do on handhelds like
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, all these games will be available through what
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is calling an "aggregated gaming library."

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promises an "integrated library" can be used to access Windows games across a variety of launchers. Credit:
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Asus and
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are stressing how that integrated experience can be used with games across multiple different Windows-based launchers, promising "access to games to can't get elsewhere." That could be seen as a subtle dig at SteamOS-powered devices like the Steam Deck which
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that don't play well with Steam and/or Linux for one reason or another.
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also highlights how support apps like Discord,
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, and downloadable game mods will also be directly available via the Xbox Ally's Windows backbone.

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