Comment on Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience

• dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • pycorax@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • sheogorath@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    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.

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    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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.

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      • sheogorath@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

        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.

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  • Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Why not?

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