Damn, Verge and Polygon Just shyt All Over The New X-Box Handheld

[daze23]

Gamerant 10/18/25:

"The ROG Xbox Ally X has been presented as an Xbox handheld, when that is clearly not what it is. The ROG Xbox Ally X is a ROG Ally with the Xbox branding slapped on it "

Gamerant 6/16/25:

"As its name implies, this portable device is basically an Xbox-branded version of the Asus ROG Ally, a handheld that came out in 2023."

 

[Fatboi1]

Gamerant 10/18/25:

"The ROG Xbox Ally X has been presented as an Xbox handheld, when that is clearly not what it is. The ROG Xbox Ally X is a ROG Ally with the Xbox branding slapped on it "

Gamerant 6/16/25:

"As its name implies, this portable device is basically an Xbox-branded version of the Asus ROG Ally, a handheld that came out in 2023."

Two different people wrote the articles.

 

[daze23]

Two different people wrote the articles.

Managing Editor of a site that has published more than 10 articles on this device. at best it's self-ether

 

[winb83]

If we're being real here the only reason this thing is still getting talked about is because it says Xbox in the name. If it came out and was just called the ROG Ally X 2 the industry would have already moved on to something else. The ROG Ally thread went around 9 months without a single post from December 2024 to September 2025. The MSI Claw thread is going on 2 years soon without a post. The Lenovo Legion Go hasn't had a post in going on a year in December. Just this thread in a 5 days has over 60% of the total post count from the ROG Ally thread from 2 years and 5 months ago.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

If we're being real here the only reason this thing is still getting talked about is because it says Xbox in the name. If it came out and was just called the ROG Ally X 2 the industry would have already moved on to something else. The ROG Ally thread went around 9 months without a single post from December 2024 to September 2025. The MSI Claw thread is going on 2 years soon without a post. The Lenovo Legion Go hasn't had a post in going on a year in December. Just this thread in a 5 days has over 60% of the total post count from the ROG Ally thread from 2 years and 5 months ago.

 

[winb83]

Asus accomplished what they set out to do. I doubt it adds up to more sales in a meaningful way but it's better to be debated than forgotten. These things are niche devices with a limited appeal. Even on YouTube there's way more people reviewing and talking about this one than the original.

 

[Rice N Beans]

If we're being real here the only reason this thing is still getting talked about is because it says Xbox in the name.

Aside from Stan Warz, an Xbox branded handheld which doesn't natively have access to the Xbox console library is already an uphill decision to make and rightfully should be talked about.

Getting the best of both worlds in the Xbox split is going to be cloud reliant, which means extra money from the consumer going into a hampered experience by performance, wait times, and/or ads.

 

[ORDER_66]

The xbox stans are the xmen?!!?

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

The xbox stans are the xmen?!!?

Yeah, playstation stans will never allow them to live in peace

 

[The Mad Titan]

"I made a $1000 uninformed purchase, and now I have buyers remorse"

These are our gaming journalist

 

[Calibrated]

The xbox stans are the xmen?!!?

Yeah, playstation stans will never allow them to live in peace

"I warned you before to leave us alone!"

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

X-men are perpetual victims