Don’t call it an Xbox.
The data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/xbox-ally” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/xbox-ally”>Xbox Ally is a PC gaming handheld through and through, and while it front-loads a lot of Xbox features and services, the underlying experience is data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″>Windows 11 ultimately. That comes with a wide array of benefits, such as broad openness, the ability to use third-party launchers, and even treating it like a workstation PC. However, for data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox”>Xbox traditional console gamers, it also comes with some PC-like complexity.
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